VPN-939

DEC 10, 1996
ACCIDENT AT BORIQUEN PLACE, BROOKLYN BORIQUEN PLACE AND SOUTH 1 ST AND RODNEY ST, WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN
-DAYTIME ACCIDENT, CRASHED CARS WITH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, NYPD POLICE AND DETECTIVES
-BORIQUEN PL AND RODNEY ST

DEC 12, 1996
FUR PROTESTING SANTA ATTACKS VOGUE
350 MADISON AVE AND 45 ST, MANHATTAN
-PROTESTERS WITH BANNERS, DRESSED AS ELVES, SANTA DROPS A BAG OF COAL IN FRONT OF BUILDING
-CHANTING "SHAME ON VOGUE", "COMPASSION IS A FASHION", PETA, "FUR IS DEAD"
-EXT OF CONDE NAST BUILDING, BYSTANDERS WATCH, WORKERS TRY TO ENTER BUILDING, SECURITY, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS ARRIVE, GRAPHIC PICTURES, DEMONSTRATORS ARE HANDCUFFED AND ARRESTED, DRAGGED TO COP CAR
-STREET SIGN: MADISON AVE AND EAST 45 ST

DEC 10, 1996
2 HOMELESS PEOPLE BURNED IN SHANTY FIRE
ROOSEVELT AVE AND BQE, JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS
-HOMELESS WOMAN ? ARRESTED ON THE STREET AND LED TO AMBULANCE, VICTIMS ARE TREATED IN AMBULANCE, YOUNG WHITE WOMAN WITH BANDAGED HANDS, MANY FDNY FIRETRUCKS UNDER THE EL TRAIN, FIREFIGHTERS SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCE UNDER OVERPASS UNDER HIGHWAY, SHANTY TOWN UNDER BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY
-STREET SIGN: ROOSEVELT AVE AND BQE

DEC 11, 1996
END ZONE SHOOTING
149 ST AND 14 AVE, WHITESTONE, QUEENS
-EXT OF SMALL BAR, "THE END ZONE", NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES, 109 PRECINCT CAR, CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS IN WINDOWS
-STREET SIGN: 14 AVE AND 149 ST

DEC 11, 1996
ARMED ROBBERY AT US POST OFFICE
234 10 AVE, BETWEEN WEST 23 AND 24 ST, MANHATTAN
-EXT OF POST OFFICE, US POSTAL POLICE CARS ON SCENE, CLOSES SIGN IN WINDOW, COPS ENTER
DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE LONDON TERRACE PO STATION-STREET SIGN: WEST 24 ST AND 10 AVE

DEC 10, 1996
AMBULANCE OVERTURNS IN ACCIDENT
4 AVE AND 65 ST, BROOKLYN, BAY RIDGE
-DAYTIME ACCIDENT, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS STARE AT OVERTURNED AMBULANCE, SHEETS ON GROUND BUT NO VICTIMS, LUTHERAN HOSPITAL AMBULANCE IS RIGHTED PULLED OVER WITH CHAIN, PARAMEDICS RETRIEVE THEIR STUFF, HIGHWAY SIGN FOR BELT PARKWAY, FDNY FIRETRUCKS ON SCENE, OIL LEAKING ON THE STREET

DEC 11, 1996
ELDERLY WOMAN KILLED CROSSING THE STREET
NOSTRAND AVE AND AVENUE Y, BROOKLYN
-COVERED BODY OF WOMAN ON WET STREET, CAR CRASHED INTO LIGHT POLE, RAINY NIGHT, BYSTANDERS WATCH, ROAD CORDONED OFF, VICTIM'S SHOE AND UMBRELLA IN ROAD
-NYPD POLICE INVESTIGATION, FATALITY
-STREET SIGN: AVE Y AND NOSTRAND AVE
-COPS SHIELD BODY FROM VIEW AS EMTS WRAP UP BLOODY BODY AND LOAD INTO AMBULANCE

DEC 12, 1996
DEAD AND BURIED UNDER THE FLOOR
1165 GERARD AVE, BRONX
-NYPD POLICE CAR AND EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK, DETECTIVES IN TRENCH COATS LOOK DOWN AT SOMETHING, EXT OF RED BRICK BUILDING, COPS ENTER GATE, BASEMENT APARTMENT ?
BEGINS TO SLEET, DETECTIVES LEAVE, EMERGENCY SERVICE COPS WITH SHOVEL, PICKS AND ROPES
-MAN WITH POWERHOUSE GYM JACKET CARRIES BODY OUT, NYC MORTUARY WORKERS CARRY BODIES TO MORGUE TRUCK
-STREET SIGN: GERARD AVE AND EAST 167 ST

DEC 12, 1996
GRAND CENTRAL TRAIN DERAILMENT
794 43 ST AND MADISON AVE, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-DAYTIME EVENT, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK AND FDNY FIRE TRUCKS ON SCENE, MANY COPS AND FIREFIGHTERS WAIT ON SUBWAY PLATFORM, DERAILED TRAIN IN TUNNEL, OFFICIALS IN SUITS AND WORKERS IN REFLECTIVE VESTS
-STATEMENT BY FDNY DEPUTY CHIEF VISCONTI ABOUT DERAILMENT ON TRACK 11, 700-800 PASSSENGERS EVACUATED, ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS
-GRAND CENTRAL EXT

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