23 MARCH 1989
CIRCUS ARRIVAL
QUEENS MIDTOWN TUNNEL, QUEENS
-SPOKESWOMAN FOR RINGLING BROS. BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS DESCRIBES THE ANIMALS BEING WALKED FROM LONG ISLAND CITY TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
-WORKERS UNLOAD HORSES AND ELEPHANTS FROM RAILROAD CARS AT NIGHT
-CAMERAMEN AND PHOTOGRAPHERS, KIDS WATCH, ELEPHANTS LINED UP, FAMOUS ANIMAL TRAINER, GUNTHER GEBEL-WILLIAMS, LAST TOUR
-TIGER IN CAGE IS ROLLED THROUGH THE QUEENS MIDTOWN TUNNEL
-MOMS AND KIDS, 1980S FASHIONS, ELEPHANTS WITH NYPD POLICE ESCORT, PEOPLE RIDING ELEPHANTS THROUGH TUNNEL, SURREAL NYC MOMENT, WHITE HORSES, LLAMAS AND CAMELS GO THROUGH TOLL LANES
-ANIMALS EMERGE FROM TUNNEL IN MANHATTAN TO CHEERS, ELEPHANTS TRUMPET, WEARING THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH HEADDRESSES, CROWDS LINE THE STREETS OF MANHATTAN

23 MARCH 1989
ALL HANDS FIRE W/10 45 CODE 2 (FIRE RELATED INJURY, RED TAG, LIFE THREATENING INJURY)
PARK PLACE & 5 AVE, BROOKLYN, PARK SLOPE
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT NIGHT, BRICK BUILDING EXTERIOR, LITTLE WHITE DOG, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS WITH DISPLACED BLACK RESIDENTS ON STREET
-FIRETRUCKS AT NIGHT

25 MARCH 1989
ALARM FIRE
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, WILLIAMSBURG BROOKLYN
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT NIGHT ON RESCUE LADDER AND STREET, DARK PICTURE, SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS, FIREMEN USING POLES

25 MARCH 1989
DOUBLE HOMICIDE
4710 5TH AVE, BROOKLYN, SUNSET PARK
-APARTMENT OVER STORES, EXTERIOR OF BUILDING, GRAFFITI COVERED SECURITY GATES,NYPD 72 PRECINCT POLICE CAR AND CSU CRIME SCENE UNIT STATION WAGON AT SCENE
-STREET SIGN: 47 STREET AND 5 TH AVE

(VV-YTV)
26 MARCH 1989
3 ALARM FIRE
HOUSTON & ALLEN STREETS, MANHATTAN, LOWER EAST SIDE
-BUILDING ENGULFED IN FLAMES, LOW ANGLE VIEW UP AT FIRE RESCUE LADDERS, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS IN WINDOW WITH FLAMES, DANGEROUS JOBS 1980S, GREAT SHOT OF FIREMAN IN MOVING BUCKET, ROOFTOP IN FLAMES AND FALLING DEBRIS, SPARKS FALLING, SIRENS AND HONKING
-FIREFIGHTERS CLIMBING LADDER WITH FIRE HOSE

26 MARCH 89
SHOOTING, 1 DOA (NO BODY)
604 ROGERS AVE, BROOKLYN, LEFFERTS GARDENS
-EXTERIOR OF BAR AT NIGHT, NYPD POLICE OFFICER ENTERS BAR, PATRONS? BLACK MEN AND WOMEN EXIT, STREET AT NIGHT, 1980S CAR WITH WINDOW SHOT OUT, SHOOTING, MURDER, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, NYPD DETECTIVES
-POLICE OFFICER CORDONS OFF AREA, BULLET CASING ON SIDEWALK, ASIAN NYPD DETECTIVE

(VV-YTV)
27 MARCH 89
MALE SHOT DOA
EAST 11TH ST & AVE A, MANHATTAN, LOWER EAST SIDE, EAST VILLAGE
-NYPD POLICE OFFICER PERFORMS CPR ON BLACK MALE, EMTS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN) TREAT PUT ON COMPRESSION PANTS, TRY TO REVIVE, ON SIDEWALK
-SHOOTING VICTIM HAS BLOODY CHEST AND FACE, HECTIC SCENE, TRANSFER VICTIM TO AMBULANCE WHILE STILL DOING CHEST COMPRESSIONS, 9 PRECINCT CAR
-CABRINI MEDICAL CENTER AMBULANCE LEAVES SCENE WITH SIREN ON
-STREET SIGN: EAST 11 ST AND AVE A

(VV-YTV)
27 MARCH 1989
BOMB THREAT SUSPECT
KENNEDY AIRPORT, QUEENS
-PORT AUTHORITY POLICE OFFICER MAKES STATEMENT REGARDING BOMB THREAT USING A PAY PHONE AT THE AIRPORT, PERP FORMALLY THREATENED THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT REAGAN
-PERP WALK AT KENNEDY AIRPORT PORT AUTHORITY, YOUNG REDHEADED WHITE MALE IS LED OUT TO CAR
-EXTERIOR OF BUILDING

28 MARCH 1989
1 CAR ACCIDENT

ATLANTIC BEACH BRIDGE, LONG BEACH
-NASSAU COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATE CAR THAT CRASHED INTO RAISED DRAWBRIDGE, BROKEN GATE
-NASSAU COUNTY POLICE VAN CRIME SCENE SEARCH UNIT
-FIREFIGHTERS AT SCENE, POLICE TOW TRUCK, CLEANING UP THE ACCIDENT SCENE, THROWING PIECES OF DEBRIS INTO THE CAR

(VV-YTV)
28 MARCH 1989
MALE SHOT IN HEAD
100 STREET & FDR, MANHATTAN, EAST HARLEM
-COVERED BODY OF MURDER VICTIM ON SIDE ON HIGHWAY, GRAFFITI COVERED WALLS, 23 PRECINCT POLICE CAR, NYPD, HOMICIDE, VIOLENT NYC 1980S

29 MARCH 1989
2 DOA'S LIRR TRACKS

85 ST & 57 AVE, QUEENS, ELMHURST
-VERY DARK PICTURE OF TRAIN AND EMERGENCY WORKERS ON ELEVATED TRACKS, NYPD DETECTIVES, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, BODIES ARE COVERED WITH ORANGE TARPS, LONG ISLAND RAILROAD TRAIN
-NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK AT NIGHT, BODIES CARRIED ALONG ELEVATED TRACK AND DOWN LITTER STREWN EMBANKMENT TO AMBULANCE, DANGEROUS JOBS, NYC 1980S, 110 PRECINCT CAR, MTA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY POLICE CAR

MARCH 29 89
38 ARRESTS FOR DRUGS
30 PRECINCT, MANHATTAN

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