New Jersey
Video shows New Jersey teacher protecting student from teenage attackers
BAYONNE, N.J. — A New Jersey educator saw a student being attacked by a group of other teenagers and used her own body to shield him.
It happened outside Shemin Midtown Community School in Bayonne on Tuesday.
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Dramatic video shows a boy being stomped, punched and dragged by a group of teens. Onlookers stand around and watch, but Cathy Hurley did the opposite.
Hurley tries putting her arms out, but is ignored. Then, the special education teacher places her body on top of the victim, also covering his head to protect him from further harm.
“It’s not really until she kind of takes his head into her arms that there’s any type of reaction or stopping from the attack,” said Hurley’s daughter Frances Sielski.
Police say the victim was unconscious at one point.
“The fact that this poor child was really brutally attacked just has her very upset,” Sielski said.
Within two days, police arrested five teenagers and charged them with aggravated assault, endangering an injured victim and rioting.
“It’s really a vicious attack. I can’t imagine you know, just standing there,” Sielski said.
“She acted as an angel”
So far the school superintendent hasn’t responded to CBS News New York’s request for comment, but Sielski says she isn’t surprised her mother used her body as a shield, saying the former EMT and devoted grandma has always stood up for the underdog.
“It was instinctual. She would absolutely jump in and do whatever is necessary, obviously, to save someone’s life,” Sielski said. “I just think she acted as an angel in this instance and it’s those people that are really ordinary Joes that end up saving and making the biggest impact.”
Hurley’s daughter says her mom returned to work the following day to tend to her students, and although she’s getting a lot of attention from this incident, her daughter says she’s laying low because what she did was a no brainer.
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A severe thunderstorm watch looms over North Jersey on the evening of June 12 after days of extreme heat.
Nation Weather Service New York declared a severe thunderstorm watch for numerous North Jersey counties including Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Morris and Sussex among other Central Jersey and New York counties. The watch is in effect until 9 p.m., according to the NWS statement.
In an hourly forecast from The Weather Channel for Paramus, there is a 74% chance of thunderstorms at 7 p.m.
High temperatures reached past 90 degrees in many parts of North Jersey on June 11 and June 12 as a heat advisory also remains in effect until 8 p.m., said NWS New York.
“Dangerous heat is expected to continue across much of our region through today, with several record highs likely to be challenged again. High temperatures are forecast to peak into the low to mid 90s across most of the area,” the National Weather Service said Friday.
A Heat Advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. across the state except for Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem counties.
PHILADELPHIA – Philip McPherson II, a 37-year-old from Riverside, New Jersey, was sentenced Thursday, June 11, to 78 months in prison for his role in a 2022 plane crash in Lehigh County that killed a student pilot, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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What we know:
United States District Judge John M. Gallagher sentenced McPherson to 78 months in prison, three years of supervised release, a $5,000 fine, a $4,300 special assessment, and $19,530 in restitution. Judge Gallagher also barred McPherson from working in the aviation industry.
McPherson pleaded guilty in October to involuntary manslaughter, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, obstruction of an administrative proceeding, and 40 counts of serving as an airman without a certificate.
The backstory:
Court filings show that on September 28, 2022, McPherson took off from Queen City Airport in Allentown as the pilot-in-command with student pilot K.K. and crashed shortly after, resulting in K.K.’s death.
Prosecutors said McPherson acted with gross negligence, knowing he was not competent to fly as pilot-in-command. He had two prior crashes, nearly a third, and failed a reexamination for his pilot’s certificate in September 2021.
McPherson voluntarily surrendered his pilot’s certificate in October 2021 and let his Temporary Airman Certificate expire in November 2021, acknowledging his inability to meet FAA standards.
He admitted to flying with passengers without a valid FAA pilot’s certificate between October 12, 2021, and September 20, 2022.
Investigators from the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, FAA, and Salisbury Township Police Department worked on the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert Schopf and Special Assistant United States Attorney Marie Miller.
What we don’t know:
Authorities have not released further details about the circumstances leading up to the crash.
The Source: Information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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