VPN-1046

12/30/1997
MADISON AVE SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE
MADISON AVE, BETWEEN 47 AND 48 ST, MANHATTAN, MIDTOWN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES TALK ON STREET, EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK BLOCKS ROAD, 2 LARGE SUITCASES LEFT ON SIDEWALK, POSSIBLE BOMB SITUATION
-BOMB SQUAD INVESTIGATES USES SENSORS, OPENS SUITCASE

12/30/1997
COLLAPSE ON 42 ST
NEAR 8TH AVE, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-PILE OF RUBBLE ON SIDEWALK, WET STREETS AT NIGHT, TIMES SQUARE
-SIGN FOR "NEW 42 ST", THEARTER MARQUEE FOR LION KING
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS ON SCENE, FDNY FIRE TRUCK WITH LADDER EXTENDED, COLAPSING BRICK WALL, RENOVATIONS
-INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE TIMES SQUARE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, GRETCHEN DYKSTRA, TALKS ABOUT THE EFFECT ON NEW YEARS EVE PLANS FOR TIMES SQUARE
-FDNY ASST CHIEF NIGRO TALKS ABOUT THE COLLAPSE AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT NO ONE WAS
-TIMES SQUARE 1997
-NYPD CANINE COP WITH GERMAN SHEPHERD

BODEGA DOUBLE HOMICIDE
2187 STRAUSS ST, BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN
-NYPD ON MOBILE PHONE, COLD DAYTIME EVENT,SHNOW FLURRIES, COPS OUTSIDE BODEGA, DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE, LOOK FOR EVIDENCE
-NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK ON SCENE, FDNY AMBULANCE LEAVES SCENE, 73 PRECINCT CAR, COP CORDONS OFF CRIME SCENE
-WOMAN WITH CURLERS IN HER HAIR LOOKS OUT OF WINDOW
-GRIEVING FAMILY MEMBERS CRY AND COMFORT EACH OTHER, HISPANIC WOMAN CRYING
-STREET SIGN: STRAUSS ST AND RIVERDALE AVE

12/31/1997
MAJOR FIRE TRUCK AND AMBULANCE ACCIDENT
FIRST AVE AND EAST 6TH ST, LOWER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN
-HATZOLOH VOLUNTEEER AMBULANCE COMPANY AMBULANCE IN ACCIDENT WITH FDNY FIRETRUCK, HECTIC SCENE, MANY FIREMEN AND COPS ON SCENE, JAWS OF LIFE AND SAWS IN USE, FIREMEN CUT OFF TOP OF AMBULANCE, BROKEN WINDSHIELD ON SIDEWALK
-FDNY EMT TRY TO REMOVE PASSENGER FROM AMBULANCE, CUT OFF HIS JACKET
-SCENE SWARMS WITH EMERGENCY PERSONNEL,
PATIENT TREATED IN AMBULANCE, BLOODY HAND SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY
-IN FRONT OF EAST VILLAGE LAUNDERETTE-VCTIM REMOVED TO AMBULANCE HEAD IN TRACTION
-AMBULANCE DONATED IN LOVING MEMORY OF HARRY SNYDER PAINTED ON DOOR

12/31/1997
TWO PEOPLE SHOT ON MOTORCYCLE
145-20 223 ST, QUEENS, BROOKVILLE
-DAYTIME EVENT, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICE COPS AND TRUCK ON SCENE, POLICE TAPE "DO NOT CROSS", CRIME SCENE UNIT ARRIVES, COVERED BODY ON STREET WITH OVERTURNED MOTORCYCLE, INVESTIGATION
-COPS COVER BODY IN WIND, MANY DETECTIVES
STREET SIGN: 223 ST AND 145 AVE
-COPS USE RED SOLO CUPS TO MARK EVIDENCE, BULLETS
-SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCE, CU OF FLASHING LIGHTS, COPS SUIT UP WITH VESTS AND HELMETS

12/31/1997
JAMAICA HOSPITAL HOSTAGES SITUATION
90 AVE AND 135 ST, QUEENS
-EMERGENCY SERVICES REMOTE TACTIC TRUCK ARRIVES, IN FRONT OF JAMAICA HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE, COPS AND DETECTIVES LEAVING, CLEAN UP AFTER EVENT

***SEE FULL STORY ON VPN-1047***
12/31/1997
MIDNIGHT RUN 1997-98
TAVERN ON THE GREEN, CENTRAL PARK, MANHATTAN
-RUNNERS PARTY AND DANCE TO DJ
-RACE BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT MUSIC BLASTING, NEW YORK ROADRUNNERS CLUB, FIREWORKS, REFLECTION OF FIREWORKS ON GLASS BUILDINGS, 1990S MUSIC PLAYING

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