A Good Samaritan paid the ultimate price while saving two children from drowning in South Jersey.

Authorities in Atlantic County say 49-year-old Pablo Hernandez Cruz noticed two boys, ages 8 and 12, struggling in the Great Egg Harbor River yesterday and jumped in to rescue them. He went under water right after saving the kids.

Others pulled him out. He was rushed to the hospital and later pronounced dead.

(Photo credit: NBC10)

A Good Samaritan paid the ultimate price while saving two children from drowning in South Jersey.
Authorities in Atlantic County say 49-year-old Pablo Hernandez Cruz noticed two boys, ages 8 and 12, struggling in the Great Egg Harbor River yesterday and jumped in to rescue them. He went under water right after saving the kids.
Others pulled him out. He was rushed to the hospital and later pronounced dead.
(Photo credit: NBC10)

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Man dies trying to rescue 2 kids in Great Egg Harbor River

SEPTA says weekend work near Fern Rock will affect service on five SEPTA regional rail lines starting next Saturday.

Crews will be repairing track and upgrading signals.

Starting July 27, no trains will run between Fern Rock and Wayne Junction, or on the Fox Chase line.  Shuttle buses will be running in place of trains between Fox Chase and Wayne Junction.  

Inbound riders on the Glenside, Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster and West Trenton lines will have to get off at Fern Rock and transfer to the Broad Street Line. 

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SEPTA says weekend work near Fern Rock will affect service on five SEPTA regional rail lines starting next Saturday.
Crews will be repairing track and upgrading signals.
Starting July 27, no trains will run between Fern Rock and Wayne Junction, or on the Fox Chase line.  Shuttle buses will be running in place of trains between Fox Chase and Wayne Junction.  
Inbound riders on the Glenside, Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster and West Trenton lines will have to get off at Fern Rock and transfer to the Broad Street Line. 
(Photo Credit: Tim Jimenez/KYW Newsradio)

SEPTA says major repairs, upgrades will effect weekend regional rail service

It was raining small pieces of glass earlier this week near 23rd and Arch streets in Center City. A window from an high-rise apartment building shattered and pellet sized pieces of glass fell to the ground. It's not the first time that it happened. The issue has prompted the building to file a lawsuit against the window manufacturer.

With more here's KYW Newsradio's John McDevitt. 

(Photo: John McDevitt/KYW Newsradio)

It was raining small pieces of glass earlier this week near 23rd and Arch streets in Center City. A window from an high-rise apartment building shattered and pellet sized pieces of glass fell to the ground. It's not the first time that it happened. The issue has prompted the building to file a lawsuit against the window manufacturer.
With more here's KYW Newsradio's John McDevitt. 
(Photo: John McDevitt/KYW Newsradio)

Falling glass from Center City high rise prompts lawsuit

It's an international assignment for some budding journalists at Temple University's TV station. Four student reporters are heading to Paris to cover the summer Olympics.

KYW Newsradio's Mike DeNardo reports.

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It's an international assignment for some budding journalists at Temple University's TV station. Four student reporters are heading to Paris to cover the summer Olympics.
KYW Newsradio's Mike DeNardo reports.
(Photo: Temple University)

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