VPN-1156

AUG 21, 1999
4 ALARM FIRE IN THE BRONX
2860 VALENTINE AVE AND EAST 198 ST, BRONX
STREET SIGN: VALENTINE AVE AND EAST 198, FDNY FIRETRUCK IN FRONT OF EVERGREEN CLEANERS, FIREFIGHTERS ON ROOF
-MAN HOLDS DALMATION PUPPY, DISPLACED RESIDENTS, WOMAN WRAPPED IN BLANKET HOLDS BABY
-ASST CHIEF BURNS AT PORTABLE COMMAND CENTER, FORDHAM MANOR, FIREFIGHTER TREATED BY FDNY PARAMEDICS ON SIDEWALK, WHEELED LONG DISTANCE TO AMBULANCE
-HISPANIC RESIDENTS IN PAJAMAS LAUGHING ON STREET, AMERICAN RED CROSS ON SCENE
-DEPUTY CHIEF MAKES STATEMENT TO PRESS ABOUT FIRE, DIFFICULT TO HEAR

AUG 21, 1999
ANOTHER SHOOTING IN A HOUSING PROJECT
85 TOMPKINS AVE AND MLK, BROOKLYN
-NYPD HOUSING COPS AND K-9 COPS INVESTIGATE ON A RAINY NIGHT, EXT OF PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX
-STREET SIGN: TOMPKINS AE AND MARIN LUTHER KING PLACE

AUG 21, 1999
RMP HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT (RADIO MOTOR PATROL)
EAST 51 ST AND RUTLAND RD, BROOKLYN, EAST FLATBUSH
-NYPD OFFICER IS FITTED WITH NECK BRACE IN POLICE CAR, FDNY EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, REMOVE COP VICTIM TO AMBULANCE, HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER

AUG 22, 1999
POLICE NEED HELP IDENTIFYING 15 YEAR OLD MALE
MIDTOWN NORTH PRECINCT, WEST 54 ST, MANHATTAN
-SMILING EAST INDIAN TEENAGER, MAY BE A DEAF MUTE
-STATEMENT BY NYPD OFFICER ABOUT FINDING THE TEEN IN THE SHERATON HOTEL ELEVATOR, (HAD A PORT WASHINGTON LIRR TICKET IN HIS POCKET)
-EXT OF MIDTOWN NORTH PRECINCT, 18 PRECINCT
-LOBBY OF THE SHERWOOD HOTEL VIEWED THROUGH GLASS DOORS, EXT OF THE SHERATON NEW YORK, TILT

AUG 23, 1999
MAJOR POWER OUTAGE AT STARETT CITY
PENNSYLANIA AVE, FRESH CREEK, BROOKLYN
-DARK HIGH RISE BUILDINGS AT NIGHT, 165 ELMIRA LOOP
-NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES AND POLICE OFFICERS ON SCENE, TRUCKS WITH LIGHTS AND COPS WITH FLASHLIGHTS, HELICOPTER OVERHEAD, FDNY AMBULANCE ARRIVES
-HELICOPTER WITH SPOT LIGHT THROUGH THE TREES

AUG 24, 1999
SCAFFOLDING COLLAPSE ON THE WEST SIDE
200 WEST 108 ST AND AMSTERDAM AVE, HARLEM
***DRAMATIC RESCUES***
-WORKERS SCAFFOLDING BREAKS, RESCUE OF WORKER, COP RAPELLED DOWN SIDE OF BULDING, WATER TOWER
-SLOWLY WORKER IS LOWERED, BYSTANDERS WATCH, FIREFIGHTERS CLIMB UP LADDER EXTENDED STRAIGHT UP
-CROWD CHEERS, WHISTLES AND APPLAUDS
-VICTIM IS STRAPPED TO STRETCHER BY EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS AND PARAMEDICS
-SECOND WORKER IS LOWERED TO LADDER AND SAVED
-STATEMENT BY CHIEF OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE NYPD AND FDNY
-EXT OF 200 WEST 108 ST, BUILDING WITH AWNING
-COMMENTS FROM THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT RESCUED THE MEN, DANGEROUS JOBS
-STREET SIGN: AMSTERDAM AVE AND WEST 108 ST

AUG 24, 1999
MOTORCYCLE INTO VAN
BROADWAY AND 152 ST, HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-MANGLED MOTORCYCLE IN STREET AT NIGHT, POOL OF BLOOD AND GUTS, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS
-BLACK MALE IN MOTORCYCLE JACKET HOLD HELMET TALKS TO COPS
-STREET SIGN: BROADWAY AND WEST 152

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