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New York Post
17-07-2025
- New York Post
Video shows boy, 7, being kidnapped at gunpoint — as dad runs and hides: ‘Hell yeah I ran'
Chilling footage shows a 7-year-old boy being kidnapped at gunpoint — as his father abandons him to run to safety. The footage obtained by WISN shows little Jamal White riding his bike near his Milwaukee home when a white Jeep circles back and blocks his family's driveway. Two people jump out of the vehicle and grab the youngster — as his dad, Jamal Sr., sprints inside the house, before coming back outside to slam the trunk of his car in fustration. 'Hell yeah I ran,' the dad later wrote on Facebook as he was ripped for failing to stop and help his 7-year-old son. 3 Terrifying footage shows a 7-year-old boy being kidnapped at gunpoint outside his Milwaukee home. FOX 6 Milwaukee 'I ran im thinking they tryna rob me not take my damn baby,' he wrote. Jamal was snatched at 7 p.m. Friday, but an Amber Alert wasn't issued until almost five hours later, WISN noted. He was eventually found nearly 24 hours later at a house seven miles from where he was taken. 3 Jamal White was missing for 24 hours before he was safely found. Family of Jamal White 'Yalll slow we both alive n my baby tried to get away like I taught em,' the dad said, suggesting he should be praised for his son surviving his kidnapping. 'God had us the whole time obviously I did right my baby safe !' Many commenters slammed the dad's actions. 'Your son gone beat on you when he get older and find out what you did buddy,' one user wrote. 3 His father has been slammed for running inside the house when the kidnappers came. FOX 6 Milwaukee 'Bro you ran in the house and slammed the door,' a second wrote. 'I mean did you at least jog after the car?' a third asked. Three people have since been arrested, although no motive has been disclosed for the kidnapping, Complex reported.
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Did you see a balloon in the Wisconsin sky this weekend? Here's what to know about it
Did you see something in the sky across southeastern Wisconsin on June 22? You're not alone. FOX6 Milwaukee Chief Meteorologist Tom Wachs said on X, formerly known as Twitter, the station "had a lot of calls" about a balloon floating in the sky. FOX6 reported that the National Weather Service was unfamiliar with the object, and confirmed the balloon belonged to aerospace and defense company Raven Aerostar. Aerostar Culture and Communications Director Anastasia Quanbeck confirmed to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in a June 23 email that a "Thunderhead balloon" is in the area. "Thunderhead Balloon Systems serve various purposes including extending communications across wide distances, environmental monitoring, earth observation, and scientific research," Quanbeck said. Aside from research, Quanbeck added balloons also can "restore communications after national disasters" and "provide overhead support to firefighters during forest fires." The Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based company's website says it has completed missions for NASA, Google and the United States Air Force. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: What to know about the weird balloon seen over southeastern Wisconsin
The Guardian
12-05-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Milwaukee apartment building residents jump from windows amid rare large fire
A fire at an apartment building in Milwaukee killed four people, critically injured four others and displaced roughly 200 people Sunday, according to authorities. The blaze was so intense that residents of the four-story building jumped from its windows – and the first firefighters to arrive at the scene were 'outmatched' by its flames, officials said. Ladder trucks were used to rescue other residents from windows while some firefighters inside the burning building crawled on their hands and knees to get people out, said Milwaukee's fire chief, Aaron Lipski, on Sunday. In all, about 30 people were rescued. It was not immediately clear how the fire may have started. Lipski said the building did not have a sprinkler system and was built in 1968, predating a law that would have required one, according to the fire chief. 'If we had sprinklers in the buidling we would have stopped the fire very, very small,' he said. 'We would not have had to have people jumping out of windows.' Several other residents were treated for lesser injuries in the fire that began sometime before 8am as the US observed Mother's Day. The blaze rendered the 85-unit building uninhabitable, leading to the displacement of about 200 of its residents. James Rubinstein, a resident in the building, described how he jumped to the ground floor. 'There was so much smoke. I climbed out the courtyard with my cat in my backpack,' Rubinstein told television station FOX6 Milwaukee. Emergency operators received calls that people were trapped and jumping to escape. The first arriving firefighters came to be 'far, far outmatched' by the flames of the five-alarm blaze, as Lipski put it. The number of alarms associated with a fire indicates the size of a fire department's response to it, with a higher number indicating a blaze that is more resource intensive. Anything above three alarms is typically considered major, and five-alarm blazes are rare. Authorities did not immediately release the identities or ages of the victims. Lipski said the fire began in a common area and spread to multiple floors. Eddie Edwards, another resident of the building, said he also jumped to escape. 'I wasn't thinking about nothing but getting away,' he told Milwaukee television station WISN. 'Getting out and saving everyone's life. It was a scary moment.' The Associated Press contributed reporting
New York Post
12-05-2025
- General
- New York Post
Residents jump from windows during Milwaukee apartment fire that kills 4 on Mother's Day
Residents jumped from the windows of a four-story apartment building in Milwaukee during a Mother's Day fire that killed four people, critically injured four others and grew so intense that the blaze outmatched the first firefighters to arrive, authorities said. Ladder trucks were used to rescue other residents from windows while some firefighters inside the burning building crawled on hands and knees to get people out, Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski said Sunday. In all, about 30 people were rescued. 3 A photo from the four-story apartment building fire in Milwaukee during Mother's Day. Fox6 Authorities have not said how the fire might have started. Lipski said the building did not have a sprinkler system and was built in 1968, predating a law that would have required one, according to the fire chief. 'If we had sprinklers in the buidling we would have stopped the fire very, very small. We would not of had to have people jumping out of windows,' he said. Several other residents were treated for lesser injuries in the fire that began sometime before 8 a.m. The blaze rendered the 85-unit building uninhabitable, displacing an estimated 200 people. 3 In this image made from video, a firefighter on a ladder helps a person out of the window at the site of an apartment building fire in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on May 11, 2025. AP James Rubinstein, a resident in the building, said he jumped to the ground floor. 'There was so much smoke. I climbed out the courtyard with my cat in my backpack,' Rubinstein told television station FOX6 Milwaukee. Emergency operaters received calls that people were trapped and jumping to escape. 3 Firefighters rescued about 30 people from the blaze. Fox6 The first firefighters to arrive were 'far, far outmatched' by intense flames, Lipski said. Authorities did not immediately release the identities or ages of the victims. Lipski said the fire began in a common area and spread to multiple floors. Eddie Edwards, another resident of the building, said he also jumped to escape. 'I wasn't thinking about nothing but getting away,' he told Milwaukee television station WISN. 'Getting out and saving everyone's life. It was a scary moment.'
NBC News
12-05-2025
- General
- NBC News
Residents jump from windows during Milwaukee apartment fire that kills 4
MILWAUKEE — Residents jumped from the windows of a four-story apartment building in Milwaukee during a Mother's Day fire that killed four people, critically injured four others and grew so intense that the blaze outmatched the first firefighters to arrive, authorities said. Ladder trucks were used to rescue other residents from windows while some firefighters inside the burning building crawled on hands and knees to get people out, Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski said Sunday. In all, about 30 people were rescued. Authorities have not said how the fire might have started. Lipski said the building did not have a sprinkler system and was built in 1968, predating a law that would have required one, according to the fire chief. 'If we had sprinklers in the buidling we would have stopped the fire very, very small. We would not of had to have people jumping out of windows,' he said. Several other residents were treated for lesser injuries in the fire that began sometime before 8 a.m. The blaze rendered the 85-unit building uninhabitable, displacing an estimated 200 people. James Rubinstein, a resident in the building, said he jumped to the ground floor. 'There was so much smoke. I climbed out the courtyard with my cat in my backpack,' Rubinstein told television station FOX6 Milwaukee. Emergency operaters received calls that people were trapped and jumping to escape. The first firefighters to arrive were 'far, far outmatched' by intense flames, Lipski said. Authorities did not immediately release the identities or ages of the victims. Lipski said the fire began in a common area and spread to multiple floors. Eddie Edwards, another resident of the building, said he also jumped to escape. 'I wasn't thinking about nothing but getting away,' he told Milwaukee television station WISN. 'Getting out and saving everyone's life. It was a scary moment.'
