(VV-YTV)
22 MARCH, 1988
2 ALARM FIRE, 2 DOA
CORTLANDT AVE & 155 STREET, BRONX, SOUTH BRONX
- FLAMES ON URBAN ROOF, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK, DANGEROUS JOBS, NYC 1980S
-SMOKE POURS OUT OF WINDOWS AT NIGHT
-DISPLACED RESIDENTS, COUPLE HUGGING ON STREET, COLD WINTER NIGHT
-FIREMEN CARRY OUT LARGE HEAVY TANK, FIRE TRUCKS AT NIGHT
-WOMAN WITH HEAD WOUND BEING TREATED IN AMBULANCE, HANDS SHAKING, MAN ON OXYGEN

23 MARCH 1988
ARRIVAL OF RINGLING BROS CIRCUS
-STATEMENT FROM RINGLING BROS SPOKESMAN CRAIG BASKIN DESCRIBES BONFIRE AND ZULU WARRIORS, MOROCCAN AFRICAN THEME, ANIMAL WALK FROM QUEENS TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
-ZULU WARRIORS WEARING WHITE ROBES, DANCING AROUND BONFIRE IN QUEENS, DRUMMING, AFRICAN TRIBAL DRESS
-ELEPHANTS WITH CLOWNS,POLICE MOTORCADE INTO THE QUEENS MIDTOWN TUNNEL, BYSTANDERS
-HORSES AND CAMELS, KIDS PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE CLOWNS
-CLOWNS AND ELEPHANTS IN MIDTOWN TUNNEL NIGHTTIME PARADE, ZEBRAS
-PAN OF ELEPHANTS LINED UP

(VV-YTV)
23 MARCH 1988
AI (MALE STRUCK BY AUTO)
23 STREET & 6 AVE, MANHATTAN, MIDTOWN SOUTH
-PATIENT TREATED IN ST. VINCENT'S AMBULANCE, MEDICAL DEBRIS ON CLOSED STREET, NYPD 13 PRECINCT POLICE CAR
-STREET SIGN: 6 AVE AND WEST 23 ST

(VV-YTV)
23 MARCH 1988
3 ALARM FIRE
129 STREET & LENOX AVE, MANHATTAN, HARLEM
-DISPLACED RESIDENTS, MANY CHILDREN IN CROWDED AMBULANCE, FDNY FIRE TRUCKS, SIRENS, AERIAL TOWER
-EXT OF OLD APARTMENT BUILDING AT NIGHT, PARAMEDICS WITH HELMETS, VERY DARK PICTURE
SATELLITE ONE FIRE TRUCK

23 MARCH 1988
WATER MAIN BREAK
165 & SUMMIT, BRONX, HIGHBRIDGE
-44 PRECINCT COP CAR LEAVES SCENE, WATER GUSHING DOWN STREET AT NIGHT
-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WORKERS TURN VALVE AT NIGHT
-STREET SIGN: SUMMIT AVE AND WEST 165 ST

25 MARCH 1988
GAMBLING ARRESTS (PERPS, DISPLAY) 45 PRECINCT, BRONX
-DISPLAY OF SHOTGUNS AND CASH IN PRECINCT HOUSE, THROGS NECK SECTION, CU OF RIFLES, 100 BILLS STAMPED EVIDENCE, STACKS OF GAMBLING SLIPS, SOUND OF A TYPEWRITER IN BACKGROUND
-STATEMENT FROM INSPECTOR WITH PUBLIC MORALS DIVISION OF THE NYPD, DESCRIBES THE BUSTS, SPORTS BETTING ON COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAMES, GENOVESE CRIME FAMILY, NEW YORK STATE AND NEW JERSEY POLICE ASSISTED
-CU OF SLOT MACHINES, VIDEO SLOTS
-PROPERTY CLERK'S INVOICE CLOSE UP
-WHITE MALE AND FEMALE PERPS LOADED INTO VAN, HANDCUFFED HIDING THEIR FACES, EXT OF 45 PRECINCT

25 MARCH 1988
HOLLAND HOTEL FIRE
42 STREET & NINTH AVE, MANHATTAN, HELL'S KITCHEN
-HUGE BUILDING AND FIRE ESCAPES AT NIGHT, RESIDENTS CLIMBING DOWN STAIRS, VERY DARK PICTURE
-HOTEL HOLLAND SIGN, WELFARE HOTEL
-FDNY FIRE TRUCKS, VICTIM TREATED IN AMBULANCE WITH OXYGEN MASK, EMT GIVES VERY SMALL BABY OXYGEN,CU OF CRYING BABY IN AMBULANCE, HEROES, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS
-STREET SIGN: 9 AVE AND WEST 42 ST

26 MARCH 1988
VERNIA BROWN HOMICIDE PERPS
7 PRECINCT, BRONX
-STATEMENT FROM NYPD OFFICIAL (SGT) DESCRIBING THE KILLING OF VERNIA BROWN, 19, AND INNOCENT BYSTANDER, AND BUST OF TWO PERPS CHARGED WITH MURDER, WAR ON DRUGS, VIOLENT NYC 1980S, GROWING UP GHETTO
-PERP WALK OF TWO BLACK MALES, 1980S URBAN FASHIONS, LED THROUGH PRECINCT AND OUT TO CAR
-EXTERIOR OF 7 PRECINCT, WAKEFIELD SECTION OF THE BRONX

26 MARCH 1988
HOMICIDE (ELDERLY MALE FOUND DOA IN APT)
120 ELGAR PLACE BUILDING 34, CO-OP CITY, BRONX
-CU OF 45 PRECINCT NYPD CAR, EXT OF CO-OP CITY BUILDING AT NIGHT, POLICE OFFICER WITH PERSONAL BELONGING, EVIDENCE IN PAPER BAGS, MURDER VICTIM
-APARTMENT DOOR OF VICTIM, INT OF APARTMENT, EVIDENCE OF BEING DUSTED FOR FINGERPRINTS
-DIRECTORY, NAME OF VICTIM WEINGRAFF
-CITY MORGUE WORKERS AND POLICE OFFICERS CARRY OUT BODY OF MURDER VICTIM, LOAD WRAPPED BODY IN VAN
-MORTUARY WORKER MAKES ROOM IN VAN FOR ANOTHER BODY, VIOLENT NYC 1980

(VV-YTV)
27 MARCH 1988
PIN JOB/OVERTURNED AUTO
LIE & COLLEGE PT BLVD, QUEENS, FLUSHING MEADOWS
-JAWS OF LIFE WORKING ON OVERTURNED VEHICLE, LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY, EMTS READY WITH STRETCHER
-WHITE FEMALE EXTRACTED AND STABILIZED WITH NECK BRACE, ACCIDENT VICTIM WHEELED TO AMBULANCE
-PARAMEDICS FROM FLUSHING HOSPITAL
-NYS PLATES QVM-181
-NYPD EMERGENCY TRUCKS AND FDNY FIRE TRUCKS AT SCENE

27 MARCH 1988
DOA ON LIRR TRACKS
71 & CONTINENTAL, QUEENS
-MTA DETECTIVES SEARCH TRACKS AND WOODED AREA AT NIGHT
-MTA POLICE CAR, METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY
-NYPD 112 PRECINCT COP CAR, FOREST HILLS DECORATIVE IRON GATE
-LONG ISLAND RAILROAD STATION AT FOREST HILLS

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