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01/20/91
3 ALARM FIRE (DAQUINO BAKERY)
BATH AV & 18 AVE, BROOKLYN, BENSONHURST, BATH BEACH
-LARGE FIRE D'AGNINO BAKERY, FANCY AWNINGS, LOW ANGLE SHOT OF AERIAL TOWER WITH FIRE HOSES, SMOKY FIRE, FALLING DEBRIS FROM UPPER STORY WINDOWS, WINTER NYC 1990S, FLAMES IN BAKERY
-CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON STREET SIGN: BATH AVE AND 18 AVE

TU 01/22/91
BTK GANG ARREST
1st PRECINCT, MANHATTAN, CHINATOWN, TRIBECA
-CU OF EVIDENCE TAG LABELED "CHAMBER 1 ROUND", WEAPONS INSIDE PLASTIC BAGS, ASIAN GANGS MEMBERS HANDCUFFED LED THROUGH PRECINCT AND OUT TO YELLOW TAXI, NOT HIDING FACES, BRUISED FACES, CAMERAMEN AND COPS LAUGHING AT THEM, NYPD 1 PRECINCT CAR, BTK "BORN TO KILL", VIETNAMESE GANG
-EXT OF 1 PRECINCT

TU 01/22/91
HOMELESS/COLD/HOMELESS SLEEPING IN BOXES
NEAR UNITED NATIONS PLAZA, MIDTOWN EAST
41 STREET & FIRST AVE, MANHATTAN
-HOMELESS WRAPPED UP IN COLORFUL CROCHET AFGHAN BLANKET, CARDBOARD BOXES, WINTER, POVERTY, NYC 1990S, BLACK MAN WITH WOOL CAP SLEEPING ON SIDEWALK
-STREET SIGN: EAST 41 ST AND 1 AVE

01/22/91
MEDALLION CABBIE SHOT (MURDERED)
IN FRONT OF 420 E 13 STREET, MANHATTAN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS, WINTER, COLD NIGHT, YELLOW TAXI CORDONED OFF, CRIME SCENE, 1980S CARS, VIOLENT NYC 1990S, CU OF OFF DUTY SIGN, INTERIOR OF CAB WITH DRIVERS HACK LICENSE, BODY SLUMPED OVER, MURDER SCENE, NYPD 9 PRECINCT POLICE CAR, INVESTIGATION, "DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING"
-INTERIOR OF CAB, BLACK MALE DRIVER DEAD, DANGEROUS JOBS, EAST VILLAGE, GRAFFITI COVERED WALLS, HOOD, GHETTO

01/24/91
YESHIVA STUDENTS RETURN FROM ISRAEL
KENNEDY AIRPORT
-INTERVIEW WITH ANDY GOLDSMITH ?, IS ASKED ABOUT HIS MISSION IN ISRAEL, YARMULKE, BIG ROUND GLASSES, TRYING TO PROVE THAT ISRAEL IS SAFE, GROUP CALLED TORAH SHIELD
-JEWISH MAN TALKS ABOUT DIFFICULT TIME IN ISRAELI, WEARING A GAS MASK, NIGHT AND DAY, "HAVE FAITH IN GEORGE BUSH THE GOVERNMENT", ATTACK ON TEL AVIV, SCUD MISSILES, "WELL, GOD BLESS AMERICA" SADDAM HUSSEIN, AIRPORT INTERIOR, JEWS ARRIVING, HADISIM, WOMEN WITH LUGGAGE AND CHILDREN
-INTERVIEW WITH WOMAN AND CHILDREN, LITTLE GIRL ASKED ABOUT GAS MASK
-MAN TALKS ABOUT JERUSALEM, MENTIONS GAS MASKS, NOT SCARED, SHOWING SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL
-SIGN FOR ARRIVING PASSENGERS
-MOTHER HUGS ADULT DAUGHTER, PRO USA
-HAPPY FAMILIES, REUNIONS AT AIRPORT, KISSING AND HUGGING, SIGN WRITTEN IN HEBREW
-MAN IN HANDMADE SWEATSHIRT "I SURVIVED ISRAEL"- VIETNAM VET, HATES SADDAM
-MAN FROM KUWAIT, MAN TALKS ABOUT VISITING FATHER, FELT EXPLOSIONS
-OLD MONITOR SCREENS WITH FLIGHT INFORMATION

FR 01/25/91
COMEDIAN JACKIE MASON RETURNS FROM ISRAEL
KENNEDY AIRPORT
-CULTURAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL, NORM SIMMONS, MEETS JACKIE MASON AT JFK AIRPORT TO THANK HIM FOR VISITING ISRAEL AND LIFTING THE SPIRITS OF JEWS
-JACKIE MASON ARRIVES, WIFE IN FUR COAT, APPLAUSE FROM PASSENGERS
-TALKS ABOUT SUFFERING AND HIS POOR CHILDHOOD, MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT ISRAEL, STOPS AND TALKS TO FANS, SHAKES HANDS
-MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT JEWS IN ISRAEL NOT TO CONCERNED ABOUT SADDAM HUSSEIN, AND SAUDI ARABIA, JACKIE AND WIFE WAIT WITH BLACK COP OUTSIDE TERMINAL

SA 01/26/91
SUBWAY SUICIDE
BROADWAY/NASSAU STREET IND SUBWAY STATION,MANHATTAN
-A TRAIN, 1990S SUBWAY SYSTEM, MANY NYPD POLICE OFFICERS, TRANSIT POLICE ON PLATFORM, DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE
-CU OF TRAIN FRONT WINDOW SMASHED BY IMPRESSION OF BODY, MEN ON WALKIE TALKIES, PLATFORM OF THE BROADWAY AND NASSAU ST STATION
-BODY OF SUICIDE VICTIM'S COAT ON PLATFORM FUR TRIMMED LOOKS LIKE A BODY, WRAPPED BODY OF VICTIM IN SUBWAY CAR
-EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, WHEEL AWAY TRAIN DRIVER ON OXYGEN, SPECTATORS BEHIND POLICE TAPE
-COP LOOKS THROUGH POCKETS OF VICTIM'S JACKET, COPS COMPARE NOTES
-BODY IS CARRIED UP RAMP AND OUT OF STATION, LIFTED OVER TURNSTILES, LONG WALK ON STREET TO AMBULANCE

SA 01/26/91
BOMB SCARE
IFO BROOKLYN NAVY YARD
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