Christie Ileto
Journalist at WPVI-TV (Philadelphia, PA)
AP & Emmy Award winning journalist. @6abc.📍Philadelphia. 1st gen Filipino-Amer🇵🇭 D{M}V Native. @medillschool alum. IG @christie_ileto Retweets ≠ endorsements
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6abc.com | Christie Ileto
Heroes on the Frontline: Nighttime rescue on Barnegat BayTuesday, April 22, 2025 9:42PMLosing time and the tide, it was a race to find a 72-year-old clammer reported overdue. BARNEGAT, N.J. (WPVI) -- Losing time and the tide, it was a race to find a 72-year-old clammer reported overdue. Authorities had spotted John Mazzi's boat off the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, but he was nowhere to be found.
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6abc.com | Christie Ileto
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Joseph Lynch is no stranger to running down Broad Street. He shares his passion through photos on his desk and the medals wallpapering his office. It's just a snapshot of his love for pounding the pavement. "So this year will be my 18 running. I've completed 17," Lynch said. RELATED: What to know about the 2025 IBX Broad Street RunHe's completed 41 marathons and is on a journey to complete the World Marathon Majors. But he says this race is unlike any other.
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6abc.com | Christie Ileto
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- From electronic junk to joy, the PAR-Recycle program gives old gadgets and people a reboot. Three hundred sixty-five days a year, the nonprofit is plugging into purpose by helping the environment, but also employing people out of jail who are in need of a second chance. PAR Recycles is a nonprofit in Hunting Park. And like their name, they're in the recycling business -- specifically electronics. Their mission is part green, part second chance.
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6abc.com | Christie Ileto
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A new chemical is molding a new narcotic nightmare in Philadelphia. BTMPS is shorthand for an industrial substance that's added to plastics, and it's being found in the illicit fentanyl supply in Philadelphia. "It's changing extremely rapidly, like day-to-day, hour-to-hour," said Jen Shinefeld with the Everywhere Project.
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6abc.com | Christie Ileto
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- This week, the Trump administration abruptly laid off the entire staff who work closely with the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP. That office in Health and Human services ran a $4.1 billion program to help at-risk households across the country, including here in the Philadelphia area. Last year, PECO helped 38,000 customers secure $15 million in assistance from LIHEAP. PGW helped 48,000 customers receive $19 million in grants in 2024.
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