we have done what we have promised we have found and brought shane home. >> reporter: shane montgomery's parents fought tears to say thank you shortly after the diver discovered their 21-year-old son. >> we want to thank everyone for their support and prayers and love and ask that they continue to pray for our family at this trying time. >> reporter: the people of manayunk and shane's native roxborough put flyers in windows and substituted a tree lighting for a candle light vigil. a reward grew to $60,000 with the help of local businesses and his parish st. john baptist became ground zero for search and rescue operations out of the basement. >> he is home with god. >> reporter: some parishners entering saturday evening mass just learned the news. >> i was praying everyday for him, they would find him for the parents. >> reporter: and shane's uncle with mixed emotions. >> there was a time when you were hoping it wasn't him but at the same time, he is in god's hands. >> reporter: during his disappearance his family members gave out green ribbons shane's favorite color the ribbons are all o

to the search for shane montgomery. his family confirms a body discovered today in the schuylkill river is that of the missing college student. saturday night, i'm walter perez and the big story on "action news" is ending the shane montgomery family dreaded the mostch the missing college student's body was found by differs today less than a mile from where he was last scene. "action news" reporter annie mccormick has been gathering reaction to the tragic development. we begin with ken live at the scene, kenneth. >> reporter: walter, right now the body of shane montgomery is at the medical sent to determine the cause of death. we don't know the condition of his body but we know how he was found behind manayunk brewing company. on this stretch of the schuylkill river in manayunk a discovery many in this community thought was inevitable and never wanted to see. saturday drivers pull the body of missing 20-year-old west chester senior shane montgomery from the waters. >> that's why we do this. to find family's loved ones an

have done what we have promised, we have found and brought shane home. >> reporter: shane montgomery's parents fought tears to say thank you shortly after the divers discovered their 21-year-old son. >> we thank everybody for their support and prayers and love and to continue praying for our family at this trying time. >> reporter: the family put flyers in shop windows and sub tooted a tree lighting for a vigil during the west chester's student's disappearance. his parish, st. john baptist became ground zero for search and rescue operations out of the basement. >> he is home with god and his family. >> reporter: some parishners entering saturday evening mass just learned the news. >> thank god, i was praying everyday that they would find him for the parents. >> reporter: shane you uncle sharing mixed emotions. >> you were hoping it wasn't shane, but at the same time he was in god's hands he'll never feel pain or rain, he'll always be happy. >> reporter: during his disappearance his family member gave out green ribbons, which was shane's favorite colors, those ribbons are all over the c

we have found and brought shane home. >> reporter: shane montgomery's parents fought tears to say thank you. >> we want to thank everybody for their support and prayers and love and ask they continue to pray for our family at this trying time. >> the people of manayunk and shane's native roxborough put flyers in the windows and substituted a tree lighting for a candle light vigil. a reward grew to $60,000 with the help of local businesses. his parish st. john baptist became ground zero for search and rescue operations out of the basement. >> he is home with god and his family. >> some parishners entering saturday evening malice heard the news. -- evening mass, heard the news. and shane's uncle sharing mixed emotions. it was that moment you kind of hoped it wasn't shane it was something else, but at the same time, he is in god's hands he'll never feel pain, he'll never feel rain, he'll always be happy. >> reporter: during his disappearance his family members gave out green ribbons it was his favorite color the ribbons are all over the christmas tree at st. john baptist church. his mother

. >>> shane montgomery body was found in the schuylkill river. montgomery disappeared in the early morning hours of thanksgiving day after a night out with friends in manayunk. his body was found less than a mile away from the bar where he was last seen. of an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. annie mccormick has reaction to the news of montgomery's body being discovered. >> today we have done what we have promised. we have found and brought shane home. >> reporter: shane montgomery's parents fought tears to say thank you shortly after the divers discovered their 21-year-old son. >> we want to thank everyone for their support and prayers and love. they continue to pray for our family at this trying time. the people of manayunk and businesses put flyers in windows, and substituted a tree lighting for a candle light vigil. a reward grew to $60,000 with the help of local businesses. his parish st. john baptist became ground zero for search and rescue operations out of the basement. >> else home with god. -- he is home with g

. >> friends and family of shane montgomery will gather in manayunk a viewing is set to takes place at st. john baptist church apt 5:00 p.m. searchers found the body of the west chester student in the schuylkill river he vanned an thanksgiving morning after leave a bar. >> coming up, police in the midwest are going above to find drivers stranded in the snow. >> reporter: all right guys, take a look at the kids, i've got them all bundled up, probably should have moved the scarf up over their faces. it's that kind of morning with very bitter cold and windchills, in the seven day we'll talk about when it gets better. >> new this morning iowa state police have taken to the skies to search for stranded drivers a snowstorm swept through this week leaving temperatures below zero in some areas. the state patrol is using their 6 aircraft to make it easier to spot motorists who slipped off the roadway. it is negative 6 in des moines. could get out out to negative 8. >> i just tweeted out my snow boots under the desk. david your the man of the hour. storm tracker 6 live 6 live double scan no prec

. >>> back here, family and friends of shane montgomery are gathering in manayunk for a final farewell a viewing began a short time ago at st. john the baptist church it is scheduled to last until 9:00 tonight. the student was a junior at westchester university and his body was discovered in the schuylkill river weeks after he left a manayunk bar his death is ruled accidental. >>> in other news please have photos of a man that held up a 7-eleven at gun point in montgomery county it happened at 9:00 at the store at old york road in abington it's man went to the counter to buy something and he pointed the gun at the clerk and demanded money and the worker put money into the clerk's duffle bag and he ran off. if you have information call abington police at the number on your screen. >>> time now a check of the "action news" traffic report matt pellman is in the traffic center with the latest on the commute home, it's slow and cold. >> that is for sure. it's almost as if people don't want to be outside today. go figure. slow here on the schuylkill expressway eastbound from 202 to this poin

. >>> people are gathering to pay their respects to shane montgomery, a viewing for the 21-year-old college student is underway at st. john the baptist church in manayunk his body was found in the schuylkill river over the weekend after disappearing on a night out with friends. >>> a philadelphia police officer was dragged by a motorist this morning in strawberry mansion before the car ran over his right leg, the law man fired his gun but the suspect escaped and the suspect has since been arrested. chad pradelli is live at police headquarters with the latest on this. chad? >> reporter: jim fortunately the officer will be okay, the suspect dominique fallins eluded capture for four hours and now he is under arrest and facing serious charges. "action news" was there as philadelphia police captured dominique fallins, he is aus kood of running over the officer at 32nd and susquehanna just before noon. the chevy impala that he was driving had an ohio license that didn't match the vehicle. >> we asked him to exit the vehicle instead of doing so he tried to gun the vehicle and spun on ice and the o

sells alcohol to have a surveillance camera outside of its store front of one month after the body of shane montgomery was pulled from the schuylkill river, he disappeared after a night out with friends and councilman curtis jones jr. says the cameras would have given them a point of reference for the search for montgomery. and it could reimburse businesses half the cost of the cameras, he is set to introduce the plan next week. >>> delaware county authorities arrested a man in a disturbing case of child abuse shawn whitaker is charged with aggravated assault for placing her girlfriend's son in scalding hot water. he says he was just bathing the boy but the youngster was forcibly held down in the 140 degree water and the boy spent time in the hospital and faces future surgeries. >>> and now investigators are sifting through the debris in the train crash in new york six people were killed instantly tuesday on the commute home from work about 20 miles north of new york city, witnesses say that an suv got stuck between the crossing gate and the train could not stop in time and pushed the explo

. >>> on friday, funeral will be held for shane montgomery. crews pulled his body from the schuylkill over the weekend. a viewing will be held in manayunk the funeral service will follow the next morning. the medical examiner determined that montgomery died of accidental causes. >>> time to take a look at accuweather. you say it's a bundler of a week. >> reporter: it is, if you look at the temperature you could be fooled a little bit. storm tracker 6 live double scan there's no precipitation from the rain yesterday. as expected it's gone. as we look outside, you can see the airport. you might see the camera wiggle around a little bit. we have a significant wind, at times it's gusting a bit. temperature is 42 degrees, when you see that it looks like it's not that bad. but out to the west we have windchills around the freezing mark. satellite shows you the rain is gone but the colder air is coming in. you can see it any precipitation falling to the west of us is falling as snow not rain. that colder air is on its way here as we speak. by 8:00, i

. >>> family and friends of shane montgomery will gather in manayunk to say good-bye to the college student, a viewing will take place at 5:00, he was discovered in the schuylkill river over the weekend and he was missing since early thanksgiving morning after leaving a manayunk bar while out with friends. funeral services are held tomorrow. so imagine ... what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar? imagine loving your numbers. introducing once-daily invokana®. it's the first of a new kind of prescription medicine that's used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. invokana® is a once-daily pill that works around the clock to help lower a1c. here's how: the kidneys allow sugar to be absorbed back into the body. invokana® reduces the amount of sugar allowed back in ... and sends some sugar out through the process of urination. and while it's not for weight loss, it may help you lose some weight. invokana® can cause important side effects including dehydration, which may cause some people to have loss of

." >> the medical examiner ruled that shane montgomery died accidentally but so far no further details were announced bend pending further investigation. they found his body in the schuylkill river yesterday less than a mile from where he was last seen in manayunk. there will be a viewing this thursday night st. john the baptist church followed by the funeral friday morning. >> in the world of sports and sports fans including president obama are paying trib out owe espn personality stewart scott. he was diagnosed in 2007 and remained on the air throughout most of his battle. scott will be remembered as a pioneer in sports broadcasting for his witness and truly original style and most tragically stuatr scott was 49 years old. we'll have reaction to his death coming up in sports. >>> a small girl sure vivld a plane crash in kentucky and she may be able to help them determine the cause of the scash. they plan to move the wreckage to a location they can study it further. the pilot reported engine trouble moments before the crash. his daughter sailor survived. her father mother, sister and

. >> family and friends of shane montgomery will gather in manayunk tonight for a final farewell. a viewing is said to takes place at the st. john baptist church starting at 5:00 p.m. the 21-year-old west chester student's body was discovered in the schuylkill river over the weekend after he left a manayunk bar. his death was ruled accidental. he'll be laid to rest tomorrow. >> a montgomery county woman will appear in court facing charges that she set her neighbor's home on fire. krupt blamed morris for her son going to jail. morris was not home at the time of the fire. >> david the screen says 13 degrees. it's colder in some areas. >> reporter: it feels colder than that, too matt. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we're dry this morning, as we look outside not a lot of cloud cover around, so we are expecting sunshine up over the horizon elsewhere and around the region. don't be fooled by the sun it's not going to help much. 10 degrees and below zero, that's very dry crisp area. once the sun comes up over the horizon, you'll see plenty of it obviously. we could get stronger w

. >>> today friends and family will say goodbye to shane montgomery. there was a service at the baptist church in manayunk. his body was found more than a month after he disappeared. his funeral is this morning at 10:00 at st. john baptist. >>> the florida developer who is buying the bankrupt revel casino is betting a water park will attract visitors. he wants to create a high speed ferry service from there to new york city. his attorney indicated there is a strong likelihood they will have gambling, but the size will be smaller than before. a judge in new jersey approved a sale price for 95.$4 million. he wants it for less than that. he has 30 days to appeal or close the deal. >>> a new study finds an outlook on life compacts your chance of having heart trouble. >> daredevils try to out run police in texas. >> reporter: it's cold out there, but a strong gusty wind, we have snow showers and we'll get you to the airport and day planner coming up. thank you cable. for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums.

. >> reporter: the apparent drowning happened not far from where shane montgomery was found last year. >> it's dangerous to swim in the schuylkill because of the currents. we do not recommend it at all. >> it was supposed to be a happy day, it's very sad to see what happened here. philadelphia police are investigating, they have not released the name of the victim. in manayunk, jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> officials say the massive fire in trenton friday night was started by accident, but investigators are trying to piece together details beyond that. the action cam was on the 200 block of hills place as demolition happened on the building. chopper 6 was overhead shortly after the fire broke out late friday night at 10:00 p.m. the building was on a narrow alley officials say that and low water pressure made for a difficult fight. >> it was like an explosion, i heard people screaming so i ran out to see what it was and i looked to the left and seen the house was engulfed in flames. >> officials say a 22-year-old woman who celebrated her birthday that evening suffered burns

. >> search and rescue team was the one involved in the search for missing college student shane montgomery and delaware county team kayhillman niev. it's possible 5' 2", 13 pounds only has the kloms on her back. red jacket, pink or gray police shirt. >> if we don't locate her today and find evidence of her being elsewhere, we're going to do some other areas in the upcoming days around here. >> upper merion township police are leading this investigation. but they're getting help from east norriton. give i'mer department a call if you have any information about this missing woman. reporting in east nor i son ton. kenneth moton, "channel 6 action news." >> in aston, delaware county a man lost control over his truck and went creeping into a home on hidden valley road. the vehicle traveled across the lawn and ended up in the living room. it happened 1:00 in the morning. you can seat impact caused significant damage to the house. the driver was taken into custody by police. >> several dozen gun rights supporters gathered at a montgomery county park this afternoon to protest a local gun ordinance

. >>> in less than an hour friends and family of shane montgomery will come to see good-bye. his body arrived in manayunk for his viewing, his body was found in the schuylkill river last weekend. the 21-year-old westchester university student was missing since thanksgiving and police say his death was an accident and his funeral is scheduled for tomorrow. >>> construction on a new inchange will begin eventually. >> they committed $35 million to connect the turnpike with the extension in montgomery county. the project began with an idea in 1999, it will put a new connecter in valley forge and the money is now committed and construction is expected to begin until at least 2018. >> still ahead bill cosby gets back on stage the protests outside and the person that stuck up for him. >> plus, how do you fights a fire when everything is covered in ice. find out what firefighter his to do when their equipment froze over today. we'll tell you about a web chat going on right now the topic is do you leak when you laugh? doctors are taking questions for the next hour. log on to 6abc.com

this comes one month after the body of shane montgomery was pulled from the schuylkill river, the 21-year-old montgomery disappeared after a night out with friends during the thanksgiving holiday and was last seen at the irish pub camera was have helped in the search for montgomery and any leads would have been critical. >> probably the camera would not have solved or prevented his death but it would have given closure in a quicker way as to where he went and was he with company. so talking to his mother at least we can do is help the future kids that go into those establishments. >> montgomery's mother karen suggested the legislation saying they searched for shane for 36 days and she doesn't wants this to happen to anyone again. it would reimburse businesses half of the cost of the cameras, up to $3000. >>> a rescue dog is on it's mend in new jersey after being lost in the bitter cold for six days. "action news" anchor, monica malpass is live with the details on this story today. >> hi brian the german shepherd escaped from his house almost a week ago the owner looked everywhere and

. >> reporter: the drowning occurred near where shane montgomery was found last year. fire officials warn this proves how dangerous the schuylkill can be. >> because of the current we do not recommend swimming at all. >> it was supposed to be a happy day it's very sad to see whappedz here. >> reporter: philadelphia -- what happened here. philadelphia police are investigating, they have not released the name of the victim. jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> the faa is investigating the cause of a deadly small plane crash in north jersey, the pilot was killed. the plane went down shortly after taking off in essex county fairfield. the pilot reported mcdiferlts mcdiferlts -- mechanical diferlts -- difficulties after take i don't off. >> northeast corridor nightmare at as the faa canceled all flights yesterday for five hours. there are still delays up to 40 minutes. if you have a flight or picking somebody up call the toll free line at 1-800-phl-gate and check ahead. >> the eagles will open the new season with the first preseason game at the linc. however, bird fans

. >>> family and friends said goodbye to shane montgomery. funeral services were held for the 21-year-old in manayunk. montgomery disappeared after leaving a bar. his body was found in the schuylkill river last weekend. police say his diset -- his death was an accident. >>> philadelphia firefighters have a new contract for the new year. the city has reached an arbitration award agreement with local 22. the terms provide retroactive wage increases for 2013 and 2014. and 3.25% until this july. it will allow the firefighters to do their job. >> it meets the members interests in terms of pay and benefits it ena little bit them them -- enables them to take the risks they take each day. >>> the contracts are good through june 2017. >>> mitt romeny is considering a move for the white house. he said yesterday that he would run a different campaign this time around, as recently as october, romney said publicly he was not planning on running. >>> meanwhile, new jersey governor chris christie plans to meet with potential supporters in the early state of

. >> today family and friends will say their final goodbyes to shane montgomery. there was a viewing at st. john baptist church in manayunk for the 21-year-old college student. montgomery's body was found in the schuylkill schuylkill river more than a month after he disappeared. his funeral is today at 10:00 a.m. >>> grammy gospel singer andre crouch has died. his music career started in the 1960s. he served as pastor of the family church in southern california. he is survived byes twin sister who is a singer and pastor. >> he was one of the greats of gospel music. >>> the french national guard have swarmed in-house in northeast paris. they say the suspects in the pa pa -- parissian massacre have taken a hostage. the latest coming up. >> the accuweather team is track be snow showers moving through the region, plus we have a handful of school delays at 6abc.com. >> and we're watching breaking news out of france where police have surrounded two brothers suspected in the deadly terror attack. >> a man is shot over money in a wal-mart parking lot. >> it sounds too goo

the incident happened not far from where west chester yumpt university student shane montgomery drown. it is very dangerous to swim in the schuylkill because of the strong current. >>> crews began work on what's left of the homes on 200 block of hills place. the blaze broke outfully night. a 22 -- broke out friday night. a 22-year-old 0 woman who was celebrating her birthday has burned over 80% of her body. it was ruled an accident. >>> long time civil rights activist, julian bond died in florida. he was on the front lines of civil rights protests. he served in the georgia state ledge literature and was a college professor. bond was 75 years old. >>> art hassles been actual to the catholic church and it -- art has always been central to the catholic church, and so has the latest iconic work. >> i assume when someone is on stage and finish the song, they are waiting for the second the applause comes. >> reporter: it's been made for the iconic art. he has been commissioned to create artwork across the county. when he got the call, he knew it had to be a true original. officials say they

. >>> family and friends have said their final goodbye to shane montgomery. funeral services were held for the 21-year-old in manayunk. the gunman disappeared after leaving a bar. his body was found in the schuylkill river last weekend. police say his death was an accident. >>> a south police officer who hit anticipate killed a 10-year-old boy will not face charges. matt that you mccloskey hit and killed the boy. the prosecutor said his actions were not criminal. he was responding to a nonemergency call and did not have his flashing lights on. he was going 74 miles per hour. police say the boy ran into the road when the accident happened. >>> mayor nutter announced yesterday that the city has reached an agreement with local 22 the terms provide retroactive wage increases and 3.2% hike this july. nutter said the deal will allow firefighters to do their jobs. >> it meets the members' interest in terms of pay and benefits and enables them to continue to take the personal and professional risk they take each and everyday. >>> the union health fund is expected to

. >> friends and family of shane montgomery will gather for a viewing at 5:00 p.m. the west chester students' body was discovered in the schuylkill river. he will be laid to rest tomorrow. >> a woman faces charges for setting her neighbor's home on fire. investigators say krupp blamed morris for her son going to jail. morris was not home at the time of the fire. >> 6:36 yet another story that is new on "action news." bill cosby appeared in a comedy act in ontario canada. his first show since november. his fans gave him a standing ovation in the ends. protesters came to shame the ticketholders. the pressure has been mounting to cancel the tour dates in canada. 20 women have come forward. his co-star in the cosby show defended him. >> you were quoted him online saying forget those women. >> that's not what i said. i said this is not about a -- the women, this is about the obliteration of legacy. >> cosby has denied the claims and has not been charged. >> let's talk about the weather, the coldest temperatures we've seen in a long time. >> reporter: last winter, certain

. >>> friday a funeral will be held for shane montgomery. crews pulled his body from the schuylkill over the weekend. a viewing will be held at st. john baptist church in manayunk. the funeral service will follow this morning. the medical examiner determined that montgomery died of accidental causes. >> time to turn to david murphy. it will be a week where you'llcy we're really into winter. >> i was just saying that last week. >> you'll say it more this week. >> reporter: this is the day of change and the week of change. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're looking at no precipitation out there after the rain over the weekend. as we look outside we have clear skies beginning to break out over the airport and elsewhere it's a clouds and stars mix right now. over toward the east by philadelphia by the coast we're starting to see things get brighter. the temperatures is coming in at 42 degrees that may not sound that bad to you, there is a west/northwest winds at 16 miles per hour. that's making the windchill around the freezing mark colder t

. >> reporter: the disappearance happened not far from where shane montgomery was found after he accidently drown in the river. fire officials warned just how treacherous the schuylkill can be. >> it's dangerous to swim in the schuylkill because of the current. we do not recommend it at all. >> it was supposed to be a happy and rocking day, it is very sad what happened here. >> reporter: philadelphia police are investigating they have not released the name of the victim. jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> officials say the massive fire in trenton on friday night was started by accident, but investigates are trying to piece together details beyond that. the action cam was on the 200 block of hills place as demolition happened on the building. chopper 6 was over the fire after it break out, take a look at those images friday night around 10:00. it was on a narrow alley that and low water pressure made for a difficult fight. >> i was in bed i heard like a cannon went over, like an explosion, i heard people creaming and i ran out to his what it was. i looked to the left and the house was

montgomery. the 21-year-old disappeared after he left a manayunk pub in november. police couldn't find his body until january. his parents think a camera outside the bar could have shortened that painfully long search. today a city council committee heard testimony on that very idea. the bill would require at least one camera outside the exit to any business with a liquor license. >> a dangerous fire that raged for hours at a central pennsylvania chemical planter is finally under control. this is the scene at miller chemical and fertilizer in hanover adams county just after 3:30 this morning. tower flames engulfed the warehouse as thick plumes of smoke billowed through the sky. even though those fumes were not considered toxic. nearby residents were asked to shelter-in-place as a precaution. fire officials say if the wind had shifted homes would have been evacuated. fortunately the blaze burned itself out before then. authorities say they will that continue to monitor the air quality as investiga

. >> family and friends said their final goodbye to shane montgomery today. the funeral for the 21-year-old was kneeled manayunk this morning. montgomery was a west chester university student. he went missing on thanksgiving morning. his body was found last last weekend. police say his death was an accident. he was buried at calvary cemetery in west conshohocken. >> new contract for philadelphia firefighters includes a raise and changes to their healthcare. mayor michael nutter announced today the city reached an arbitration award agreement with the international association of firefighters local 22. the new contract runs through the end of june 2017. the wage increase starts at 3 percent and raises to three and a quarter this coming july. as for healthcare, the union's healthcare fund will adopt aggressive wellness and disease management programs now. >> still ahead is google expanding its search for customers? the industry is reportedly about to jump into. >> also it's a plan that would mean a free college tuition for many u.s. students. how would it work a

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