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26 FEBRUARY 1988
COP SHOT DOA (EDWARD BYRNE)
REMINGTON STREET & 107 ST, QUEENS, JAMAICA
-103 PRECINCT POLICE CAR WITH WINDOW SHOT OUT, MURDER SCENE CORDONED OFF, BROKEN GLASS ON STREET, NYPD COPS INVESTIGATE AND TALK IN SMALL GROUP, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES UNIT TRUCK WITH FLASHING LIGHTS
-INT OF CAR WITH BROKEN GLASS
-STREET SIGN: INWOOD ST
-NYPD DETECTIVES ON SCENE, VIOLENT NYC 1980S, WAR ON COPS

26 FEBRUARY 1988
4 MILLION DOLLAR GOLD ROBBERY (EXT ONLY)
48 WEST 48 STREET, MANHATTAN
-EXT OF BUILDING AT NIGHT, DARK PICTURE
-NYPD CRIME SCENE UNIT, CSU, CU OF BUILDING ADDRESS
-NYPD MIDTOWN NORTH PRECINCT POLICE CAR, EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK

(VV-YTV)
FEBRUARY 27, 1988
ALL HANDS FIRE, INJURIES
207 STREET & BROADWAY, MANHATTAN
-SMOKE POURS OUT OF WINDOW AT NIGHT, BROKEN GLASS ON SIDEWALK AND STEPS OF BUILDING, DISPLACED HISPANIC RESIDENTS, WOMAN WRAPPED IN BLANKET ON PAY PHONE
-EMTS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS) PARAMEDICS AND FDNY FIREMEN CARRY OUT VICTIM (ELDERLY FEMALE WITH CURLERS) OF FIRE, ON OXYGEN, LOAD PATIENT ON TO AMBULANCE, NYC 1980S
-SMOLDERING MATTRESS ON SIDEWALK, FIRE DEBRIS, FIREFIGHTERS LOOKING UP
-STREET SIGN: BROADWAY AND WEST 207 ST, INWOOD

(VV-YTV)
FEBRUARY 27, 1988
CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE FIRE(*)
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
-LS OF FIRE IN THE DISTANCE, FLAMES ABOVE ROOFS, BLACK SMOKE, LARGE INDUSTRIAL FIRE, HELLISH INFERNO
-NEW JERSEY FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK, DANGEROUS JOBS, 1980S, HUGE PLUME OF BLACK SMOKE AT DAWN, TANKERS OF CHEMICALS ? NEARBY
-YELLOW NEWARK FIRE DEPARTMENT TRUCK

28 FEBRUARY 1988
4 CAR ACCIDENT, INJURIES
FDR (N/B) AT 118 STREET
-TOYOTA CAMRY ON HIGHWAY AT NIGHT WITH FRONT END DAMAGE, BACKED UP TRAFFIC, 1980S CARS, NYC
-NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS AND NYC AMBULANCE, SNOW ON CAR, WINTER NIGHT

28 FEBRUARY 1988
DOA VAN ACCIDENT
FDR (S/B) AT 118 STREET
-OFFICIAL NYC DODGE RAM VAN ON HIGHWAY AT DAWN, SMASHED WINDSHIELD, HIGHWAY SIGN FOR EXIT 17
-NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS INSPECT VAN AND WRITE REPORT, 25 PRECINCT POLICE CAR, EARLY MORNING WINTER
-BLACK MALE IN BACK OF POLICE CAR
-BLOOD ON STREET

29 FEBRUARY 1988
DOA BABY INVESTIGATION (ACCIDENTAL DROWNING)
755 SOUTHERN BLVD, BRONX (EXT ONLY)
-EXT OF BUILDING, JK ABODE IN LOBBY
-STREET SIGN: EAST 156 ST AND SOUTHERN BLVD

29 FEBRUARY 1988
ONE ALARM FIRE, 1 DOA
93 JEWEL STREET, BROOKLYN, GREENPOINT
-FDNY FIRE TRUCK PULLS UP, BATTALION CHIEF'S VEHICLE AND FIRE MARSHAL CAR, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS ENTER AND EXIT BUILDING, ALUMINUM AWNING
-CU OF FRONT OF FDNY FIRE TRUCK WITH LIGHTS FLASHING, NYC AMBULANCE
-STREET SIGN: JEWEL AVE AND NORMAN AVE

(VV-YTV)
09 FEBRUARY 1988
PERP WALK (KIDNAPPED 8 DAY OLD BABY FROM HOSP)
44 PRECINCT, BRONX
-PERP WALK, BLACK WOMAN STRUGGLING AND CRYING
LED TO CAR BY POLICE DETECTIVES
-EXT OF 44 PRECINCT, HIGHBRIDGE

29 FEBRUARY 1988
MANHOLE EXPLOSION
F/O 1603 MCDONALD AVE, BROOKLYN, MIDWOOD
-DEBRIS ON SIDEWALK, DISTORTED VIDEO, EXT OF BUILDING, DISPLACED RESIDENTS IN PAJAMAS
-66 PRECINCT CAR, CON EDISON EMERGENCY TRUCK PULLS UP
-STREET SIGN: 24 AVE AND MCDONALD AVE

(VV-YTV)
01 MARCH 1988
ALL HANDS FIRE
33 STREET & LEXINGTON AVE, MANHATTAN, MIDTOWN
-MS OF FDNY FIREFIGHTER AND WOMAN IN UPPER STORY WINDOW
-FIREFIGHTERS LEAN LADDERS AGAINST BUILDING TO RESCUE RESIDENTS, WOMAN IN ROBE HELPED BY FIREMAN
-RESIDENTS ON SIDEWALK, FIREFIGHTERS WITH HOSES ON STOOP, SMOKE, SOUND OF BRAKING GLASS

(VV-YTV)
01 MARCH, 1988
COP SHOOTING PERP
62 PRECINCT, BROOKLYN (NOT BYRNE)
-PERP WALK THROUGH PRECINCT, HISPANIC MALE HANDCUFFED, WAR ON COPS, NYC 1980S
-PERP LED OUT TO CAR
-EXT OF 62 PRECINCT, BENSONHURST

01 MARCH 1988 HOMICIDE
216-03 MERRICK BLVD, QUEENS
-EXT OF SPRINGFIELD MARKET, VEGETABLE STAND AT NIGHT, MURDER SCENE, SCHOOL BUSES PARKED IN PARKING LOT
-STREET SIGN: SPRINGFIELD BLVD AND MERRICK BLVD

02 MARCH 1988
FALLING DEBRIS (BRICKS FALL FROM ROOF OF BUILDING)
MORRIS PARK, BRONX
-PILE OF BRICKS ON SIDEWALK,CRUSHED PARKED CAR
-FACADE OF BUILDING, EARLY MINI VAN WITH BROKEN WINDOWS, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE, MULTIPLE DAMAGED VEHICLES
-FIREMEN ON THE ROOF AND IN APARTMENT, CLEANING UP ROOF

02 MARCH, 1988 HOBOKEN MAYOR DROPS DEAD
EXT OF ST MARY'S HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM AND
109 14 STREET (RESIDENCE) (WITH S/B'S)
-EXTERIOR OF ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ENTRANCE
-INTERVIEW WITH HOBOKEN OFFICIALS, DESCRIBING TOM VEZZETTI, MAYOR DIED, AGE 56, WELL-LOVED, HISTORY OF HEART AILMENT, SPEAKS IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH
-HOUSING COMMISSIONER OF HOBOKEN SPEAKS IN SPANISH ABOUT THE MAYOR
-EXT OF MAYOR'S HOUSE, OVER A TE-AMO CIGAR STORE
-HOBOKEN POLICE CARS AND OFFICERS

03 MARCH 1988 INVESTIGATE 3 DOA'S FOUND IN VAN PACIFIC STREET & NEVINS AVE, BROOKLYN
(POSSIBLE HOMELESS) (BODY REMOVAL)
-NYPD COPS AND CITY MORGUE WORKERS REMOVE BODIES AND LOAD INTO MORGUE VAN
-HOMELESS LIVING IN A VAN, COMMENTARY BY WOMAN OFF CAMERA
-COLD WINTER NIGHT, HOMELESS PROBLEM, NYC 1980S
-NYPD 84 PRECINCT POLICE CAR, DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN

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