03/28/1997
SUSPECT ARRESTED IN DOUBLE HOMICIDE
77 PRECINCT STATION HOUSE, BROOKLYN
-YOUNG BLACK TEEN HANDCUFFED LED OUT OF PRECINCT TO CAR, PREP WALK
-EXT OF 77 PRECINCT, CROWN HEIGHTS

03/28/1997
OFFICER STRUCK BY FLEEING SUSPECT'S CAR
RIDGWOOD AVE AND AUTUMN AVE AND LINCOLN AVE AND ETNA ST, BROOKLYN, CYPRESS HILLS
-DAYTIME EVENT, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK ON SCENE, MANY POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES
-STREET SIGN: RIDGEWOOD AND AUTUMN AVES
-BLACK DETECTIVE WRITES REPORT, INVESTIGATION, CAR WITH DRIVER'S DOOR RIPPED BACK
-BROOKLYN INTERSECTION CORDONED OFF, NYC 1990S
-STREET SIGN: LINCOLN AVE AND ETNA ST

03/29/1997
1 CRITICALLY INJURED IN 2 ALARM BLAZE
PTITKIN AVE AND ASHFORD ST, BROOKLYN, CYPRESS HILLS
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK, NIGHT FIRE, BATTALION CHIEF BURRIS, FIRE OVER HE RUIZ FAST FOOD GROCERY, MS OF FIREFIGHTERS IN STAIRWAY CARRYING OUT VICTIM OF FIRE ON STRETCHER, FALLING RUBBLE
-PARAMEDICS AND EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS WORK ON VICTIM, LARGE BLACK MALE
-FIREMAN REST AND RECEIVE OXYGEN, FIREFIGHTERS BREAK OFF AWNING OF BUILDING
-STREET SIGN: PITKIN AVE AND ASHFORD ST

03/29/1997
POLICE OFFICERS INJURED IN RIOT
NEW LOTS AVE AND STONE AVE, BROOKLYN, BROWNSVILLE
AND
TWO COPS SHOT
530 HANCOCK ST, BROOKLYN, BED-STUY
WHITE NYPD POLICE OFFICERS HANDCUFF AND ARREST YOUNG BLACK MEN, TENSE SCENE AT NIGHT, POLICE HELICOPTER WITH SEARCH LIGHT
-COP TREATED IN AMBULANCE, SLING ON HIS ARM, EMERGENCY SERVICES POLICE OFFICERS WITH RIFLES, POLICE ARRIVE IN RIOT GEAR - MARCHING IN LIKE SOLDIERS, COPS SUIT UP WITH SHIELDS
-ARRIVING POLICE CARS WITH FLASHING LIGHTS, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCKS, COPS SIGNAL WITH LIGHTS FROM WINDOWS, LINED UP ON ROOF

03/29/1997
MALE STRUCK AND KILLED BY AMTRAK TRAIN
SHERIDAN AVE AND 172 ST, BRONX
-AMTRAK WORKERS AND FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT ACCIDENT SCENE, CU OF AMTRAK TRAIN OFF BALANCE, EMERGENCY VEHICLES AT SCENE, FDNY AND NYPD TRY TO RECOVER TWISTED BODY LAYING IN PILE OF BARBED WIRE, WHITE MALE

03/29/1997
12 INCH WATER MAIN BREAK
CLINTON ST AND HENRY ST, MANHATTAN, LOWER EAST SIDE, DAYTIME EVENT, RUSHING WATER ON NYC STREETS, CON ED TRUCKS, FDNY AND NYPD ON SCENE, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ARRIVES,WORKERS TURN HUGE VALVE
STREET SIGN: CLINTON ST AND HENRY ST

03/29/1997
DEAD IN PARKED VAN FOR TWO WEEKS
QUEENS PLAZA AND 24 STREET, QUEENS, HUNTERS POINT
-NYPD DETECTIVES, RAINY DAY NYC, CRIME SCENE UNIT VAN
-STREET SIGN: QUEENS PLAZA AND 24 STREET
-BODY ON SIDEWALK, DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE, LOOKS LIKE HEAD WOUND, EXECTUTION STYLE MURDER

03/30/1997
MALE FALLS 23 STORIES TO DEATH
77 FULTON ST, DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK ON SCENE, IN FRONT OF ASSOCIATED GROCERY STORE AT NIGHT, PAN OF HIGH RISE APARTMENT BUILDING, COPS REMOVE STRETCHER FROM TRUCK AND RETRIEVE BODY FROM BUILDING OVERHANG, ASIAN FEMALE FDNY PARAMEDIC HELPS LOAD BODY TO AMBULANCE
-STREET SIGN; GOLD ST AND JOHN DELURY ST PLAZA

03/30/1997
4 ALARM FIRE
500 WEST 148 ST, MANHATTAN, HAMILTON HEIGHTS
-FLAMES SHOOT OUT FROM ROOF OF BUILDING, FALLING DEBRIS ON FIRE, PORTABLE COMMAND CENTER, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK, CLIMB AERIAL TOWER LADDER
-DISPLACED RRESIDENTS IN ROBES ON STREET, GRAFFITI ON BUILDING
-STREET SIGN: AMSTERDAM AVE AND WEST 148 ST

03/30/1997
UNHOLY ACT AT CHURCH ON EASTER
136-76 41 AVE, FLUSHING, QUEENS
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