VPN-892

07/12/1996
ESU GRADUATION CEREMONY EXERCISE
FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, HANGER B, BROOKLYN
-PEOPLE SIT IN FOLDING CHAIRS, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICE UNIT GRADUATION GRADUATES SIT IN FRONT ROWS IN UNIFORMS WITH WHITE GLOVES, MANY MUSTACHES, FAMILY MEMBERS
-NYPD HELICOPTER OVERHEAD
-NYPD OFFICIALS BEGIN CEREMONY, HOWARD SAFIR POLICE COMMISSIONER, IRISH TENOR SINGS NATIONAL ANTHEM, GRADUATES STAND AT ATTENTION AND SALUTE, PRESENTATION OF COLORS, VIPS INTRODUCED, INSPECTOR JOHN HARKINS SPEAKS, GRADUATES RECEIVE DIPLOMA FROM HOWARD SAFIR, SALUTING, INLCUUDING BLACK FEMALE OFFICERS, INCLUDING NEW ROCHELLE POLICE OFFICERS

CONTINUATION OF ABOVE EVENT, NYPD ESU GRADUATION, SAFIR SHAKES HANDS WITH RECENT GRAD, PEOPLE MILL AROUND AFTER CEREMONY AND INTRODUCE FAMILY, TAKE PICTURES, ESU POLICE VAN PULLS AWAY
-DEMONSTRATION OF JUMPER OFF BUILDING ROOF, MEN BLOW UP INFLATABLE AND COPS TRY TO TALK HIM DOWN, MAN ACTS CRAZY, MAN JUMPS INTO INFLATABLE AND IS HANDCUFFED
-DEMONSTRATION OF BODY WEDGED UNDER TRAILER, MEN USE INFLATABLE AIR BAGS
-DEMONSTRATION OF ESU RESCUING MAN NEXT TO BARREL, HAZMET UNIT ARRIVES AND DRESSES UPIN SUITS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
-DEMNSTRATION OF JAWS OF LIFE CUTTING THROUGH CAR HELICOPTER OVERHEAD, MEN HANG ON HELICOPTER AND RAPEL DOWN TO GROUND

07/12/1996
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MELEE ARRESTS (JAYSON HARRIS)
MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT, 357 W 35 ST, MANHATTAN
-EXT OF PRECINCT, PRESS WAIT WITH CAMERAS, DETECTIVES EXIT WITH YOUNG BLACK MALES IN HANDCUFFS, SURROUNDED BY DETECTIVES, THEY ENTER POLICE VAN WHICH LEAVES

07/13/1996
STATEN ISLAND FDNY ACCIDENT
WEST SHORE EXWY AND VICTORY BLVD
-RAINY DAY, FDNY FIRETRUCK, HOOK AND LADDER INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT WITH CAR, SMASHED WINDSHIELD, TOW TRUCK ON THE SCENE, BACKED UP TRAFFIC, 1990S CARS ON WET HIGHWAY

07/13/1996
AMERICAN JET HITS HEAVY TURBULENC/ FLIGHT STAFF IN AMERICAN TERMINAL, JFK QUEENS
-EMTS WHEEL OUT GURNEY WITH WHITE WOMAN WITH BLOODY NOSE, BRITISH ACCENT, LOADED INTO CATHOLIC HEALTH AMBULANCE
-INJURED PASSENGERS /FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, STEWARDESS, TREATED IN AMBULANCE BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS
-EXT OF AMERICAN AIRLINES TERMINAL AT JFK

07/14/1996
MALE RESCUED FROM OVERTURNED BOAT
EAST 23 ST MARINA, MANHATTAN
-NYPD OPEN LOCKED FENCING, FDNY PARAMEDICS WAIT FOR BOATER, MINOR INJURY RESCUED BY US COAST GUARD NEW YORK STATION, BOATER IN AMBULANCE ANSWERS QUESTIONS, EAST RIVER AT NIGHT,
-AMBULANCE LEAVES SCENE AT NIGHT

07/14/1996
2 ALARM FIRE
381 EAST 138 ST, SOUTH BRONX
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS IN AERIAL TOWER LADDER AT NIGHT, MANY FIREMEN ON SIDEWALK, DIPSLACED ASIAN FAMILY COVERED WITH BLANKETS
-FIREFIGHTERS BREAK INTO LAUNDROMAT, NEXT TO BODEGA, MELO GROCERY
-STREET SIGN: EAST 138 ST AND WILLIS AVE
-FIREMEN FOLDING UP HOSES

07/14/1996
MVA MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, 2 DOA, DEAD ON ARRIVAL (NO BODIES ON CAMERA)
TRIBORO BRIDGE
- NYPD POLICE OFFICERS, SMASHED CAR, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, DIVERTING TRAFFIC PAST CRASH SCENE, ONE CAR FOLDED IN HALF BETWEEN TWO TOWN CARS, DAYTIME ACCIDENT, MOTORCYCLE HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS

07/14/1996
EAST NEW YORK STREET CAVE-IN
NEW LOTS AVE AND VERMONT ST, BROOKLYN
-HUGE 5 FT WIDE POT HOLE, COLLAPSED STREET, DEEP HOLE
-NYC OFFICIALS ON SCENE, CORNER BODEGA
-STREET SIGN: NEW LOTS AVE AND VERMONT ST
-BYSTANDERS

07/15/1996
CON ED TRANSFORMER VAULT EXPLOSION, INJURED FIREMEN
98 STREET AND 57 PLACE, ELMHURST QUEENS
-FDNY FIREFIGHTER IN AMBULANCE WIPING HIS FACE, BURNS ?,
**DRAMATIC STREET FIRE ENGULFS PARKED CARS**
-FIREFIGHTERS SHOOT EXTINGUISHERS, THE PICTURE OF DEVASTATION, MANY BURNT CARS ON STREET
-FDNY FIREMEN SPRAY HOSES, FOAM ALL OVER HE STREET
-FIREMAN HOLDS UP BURNT HELMET, PORTABLE COMMAND CENTER
-STREET SIGN: 57 AVE AND 98 ST

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