VPN-1011

JUL 10, 1997
ANOTHER FIRE AT GRAND CENTRAL
EAST 42 ST AND PARK AVE, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-NYC EMS AMBUANCE AND FDNY EMTS ON SCENE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, MAN IS TREATED IN AMBULANCE, PARAMEDIC IN ORANGE HELMET
-NEW YORKERS EXIT STATION, 1990S FASHIONS, OP GIVES DIRECTIONS, COMMUTERS EXIT TURNSTILES AND ON ESCALATORS
-MANY FIREFIGHTERS, DEPUTY CHIEF MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT CONDITIONS AND THE SITUATION

JUL 11, 1997
MAN HIT BY SUBWAY TRAIN
BROADWAY AND 79 ST, MANHATTAN
BLOODY BODY ON STRETCHER ON PLATFORM, WHITE MALE VICTIM IS CARRIED UP STAIRS BY FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AND EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, LOOKS LIKE ARM IS SEVERED
-VICTIM'S CLOTHES OR ARM IN BAG, LENOX HILL HOSPITAL AND ST LUKES AMBULANCES TAKE OFF WITH SIRENS, DAYTIME ACCIDENT
-STREET ENTRANCE TO 79 ST STATION, UPPER WEST SIDE

JUL 11, 1997
SAMMY GRAVANO HEADS FOR COURT TO TESTIFY AGAINST VINCENT GIGANTE, VINNY GIGANTE, VINNY "THE CHIN" GIGANTE. WALL STREET HELIPORT, LOWER MANHATTAN. SAMMY "THE BULL" GRAVANO. SALVATORE "SAMMY THE BULL" GRAVANO.
-SUVS AT HELIPORT, LOOKS LIKE SECRET SERVICE SECURITY ON RADIOS, DRIVER BACKS UP ON CURB, VERY SHADY EVERYONE WEARS DARK GLASSES
-HELICOPTER ARRIVES AND LANDS, MEN EXIT AND GET INTO SUV, MULTIPLE HELICOPTERS LAND WITH COUPLES AND BUSINESSMEN, BUSY HELIPORT, SUV LEAVES, PAN OF LOWER MANHATTAN. MAFIA, MOBSTERS, GANGSTERS, ORGANIZED CRIME.

JUL 11, 1997
12 YEAR OLD SHOT IN THE CHEST
1801 AVENUE N, NEAR EAST 18 ST, MIDWOOD, BROOKLYN
ELDERLY SIT OUTSIDE IN FOLDING CHAIRS, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES, DAYTIME INVESTIGATION IN BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOOD, HASIDIC TEENS IN FRONT OF THE ABINGDON APARTMENT BUILDING
-70 PRECINCT CAR, INT OF BUILDING
STREET SIGN: EAST 18 ST AND AVENUE N
FEMALE COPS EXIT BUILDING AND GET INTO COP CAR
-SHAKY VIDEO BREAKS UP, VICTIM LOADED INTO AMBULANCE

JUL 11, 1997
ROBBERY VICTIM SHOT AND KILLED
88 MOTT ST AND CANAL ST, CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN
-VICTIM'S BLOODY BODY IN ROAD, SUV ON SIDEWALK
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE, LITTLE CHINESE TABLE USED AS EVIDENCE MARKER
-IN FRONT OF CHINESE SHOPS, ASIAN COPS AND DETECTIVES
-DAY BECOMES NIGHT IN CHINATOWN WITH BODY STILL IN STREET, MURDER INVESTIGATION
-STREET SIGN: CANAL ST AND MOTT ST

JUL 12, 1997
COMMON LAW DAD KILLS MOM
4723 CHURCH AVE, NEAR EAST 47 ST, BROOKLYN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES IN FRONT OF THE HOT ROTI RESTAURANT AND BAKERY AT NIGHT
-FDNY EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, 67 PRECINCT CAR
-STREET SIGN: CHURCH AVE AND EAST 48 ST

JUL 12, 1997
YMCA SWIMMING FATALITY
2 CASTLE HILL AVE, NEAR HART STREET, BRONX
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS ENTER THE HOWARD AND MINERVA MUNCH YMCA, COPS SEARCH THE OUTDOOR POOL AT NIGHT, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK
-COVERED BODY OF VICTIM ON EDGE OF POOL
-BODY IS REMOVED BY STRETCHER AND GURNEY IN DAYLIGHT BY FDNY EMTS
-STREET SIGN: CASTLE HILL AND HART ST

JUL 12, 1997
CRITICAL BICYCLE ACCIDENT IN PROSPECT PARK
EAST DRIVE, PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN
-MAN STAND NEAR BIBCYLE, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS CORDON OFF AREA WITH POLICE TAPE, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, COP MEASURES DISTANCES
YELLOW VAN WITH PARKWAY WINDOWS INVESTIGATED
-BIKERS ON DRIVE, SIGN FOR THE KATE WOLLMAN SKATING RINK
-NYC PARKS POLICE SCOOTER

JUL 12, 1997
KIDS FISHING CONTEST
THE LAKE, PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN
-SIGN FOR "MACY'S ANNUAL FISHING CONTEST"
-KIDS SIT ALONG SIDE OF ALGAE FILLED LAKE WITH FISHING POLES, VOLUNTEERS HELP WITH BAIT, MEASURE FISH, KEEP RECORDS
-KID OPENS CAN OF CORN WITH KNIFE, FISH IN A BUCKET
-KIDS CAST OFF

JUL 12, 1997
BAPTIST CHURCH BUCKLES AND COLLAPSES
1171 GREENE AVE AND CENTRAL AVENUE, BROOKLYN, BUSHWICK
-EXT OF THE GREAT JOY BAPTIST CHURCH
WORKER OR NYPD OFFICIAL INVESTIGATES CHURCH, FDNY OFFICALS AND TRUCKS ON SCENE, SURVEYORS
-MAYOR RUDOLPH GIULIANI VISITS CHURCH AND TALKS TO RESIDENTS ABOUT BUILDINGS CONDITION
-GIULIANI TALKS ABOUT THE PARTIAL COLLAPSE AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS
-STREET SIGN: EVERGREEN AND GREENE AVES

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