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APR 29, 1996
CON-ED WORKER KILLED IN FREAK ACCIDENT
EAST 75 ST AND YORK AVE, MANHATTAN, UPPER EAST SIDE
-EXT OF CON ED BUILDING, FDNY FIRETRUCK AND AMBULANCE ON SCENE, WORKERS ON STREET LOOK UP
-FIREFIGHTERS LEAVE BUILDING,CON ED WORKERS IN LOBBY OF BUILDING
-FDNY DEPUTY, NEIL MCBRIDE, CHIEF MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT WORKER WHO FELL INTO A HOPPER SETTING UP ROPE AND SCAFFOLDING
-STREET SIGN: EAST 75 ST AND YORK AVE

APR 30, 1996
TRACTOR TRAILER HITS A MUSTANG
GARDEN ST AND METROPOLITAN AVE, QUEENS
-MANGLED BLACK MUSTANG ON FOFFY ROADWAY, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL COPS INVESTIGATE ACCIDENT, AMBULANCE FROM ST MARY'S HOSPITAL

MAY 01, 1996
HOMICIDE BY SHOOTING
30 AVE AND 31 ST, ASTORIA, QUEENS
-COPS AND DETECTIVES WAITING AROUND TALKING, VIEW OF LEG WITH BOOT ON FLOOR VISIBLE FROM OPEN DOOR, MURDER VICTIM, ELEVATED TRAIN TRACKS
-NYPD POLICE CAR, 114 PRECINCT, ASTORIA, JAMES II DONUT SHOP, DONUTS IN WINDOW OF TRUCK

MAY 1, 1996
CAR THIEF CAUGHT INSIDE CAR AND BEATEN
OWNER ARRESTED
EAST 161 ST AND RIVER AVE, BRONX
-LONG SHOT OF ELEVATED TRAIN, POOL OF BLOOD ON SIDEWALK, SIGN FOR KINNEY YANKEE STADIUM PARKING, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATE
-STREET SIGN: RIVER AVE AND EAST 162 ST

MAY 1, 1996
EXPLOSION IN TRANSIT RUSH HOUR HORROR
-51 ST AND LEXINGTON AVE
-MIDTOWN MANHATTAN STREETS DAYTIME, LOOKS LIKE BUILDING EVACUATED, 1990S FASHIONS, SUBWAY TRAIN EVACUATED
-NYPD POLICE OFFICER DESCRIBES THE EXPLOSION AND FLAMES, NUMBER 5 SOUTHBOUND TRAIN
-VICTIMS TREATED BY EMTS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS
-STREET SIGN: EAST 51 ST AND LEXINGTON AVE

SUBWAY PASSENGERS STUCK ON DARK TRAIN BETWEEN CARS, WAVE AT CAMERA, MAY BE RELATED TO ABOVE EVENT, SUBWAY TILES AT 33 ST STATION

MAY 2, 1996
SCHOOL KIDS BITTEN BY WILD PIT BULL
RANDALL AVE AND METCALF AVE, BRONX, SOUNDVIEW
-SCHOOL KIDS GET INTO NYC AMBULANCE, HYSTERICAL MOTHER WITH YOUNG BOY WITH CUT ON FACE TALKS ABOUT HOW HER KIDS WERE ATTACKED BY DOG IN THE PROJECTS, CU OF CUTS ON BOYS FACE, TREATED BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, DAYTIME HOUSING PROJECTS
-STREET SIGN: RANDALL AVE AND METCALF AVE

MAY 2, 1996
NY YANKEES STAR'S MISSING CHILDREN FUND PRESSER
YANKEE STADIUM, BRONX
-REPORTERS TALK TO MOTHER OF MISSING CHILD IN DUG OUT, PARENTS OF MISSING BOY SIT IN CHAIRS AT YANKEE STADIUM WITH PLAYER
-RESS CONFERENCE ABOUT RUBEN SIERRA MAKING DONATION TO THE JIMMY RYCE FUND, 9 YEAR OLD ABDUCTED FROM HOMESTEAD FLORIDA
-RUBEN SIERRA MAKES STATEMENT IN SLOW ENGLISH ABOUT HIS DONATIONS
-SPOKESMAN FROM FILA USA REGARDING MATCHING DONATION
-PARENTS OF MURDERED CHILD SPEAK
-RUBEN SIERRA SPEAKS IN SPANISH

MAY 3, 1996
OVERTURNED EMS AMBULANCE
-EMPIRE BLVD AND NEW YORK AVE, FLATBUSH BROOKLYN
-NYC EMS BUS ON ITS SIDE, DAYTIME ACCIDENT, 1990S TOWN CAR WITH FRONT END DAMAGE
-PICK-UP TOWS CAR AWAY WITH CHAIN, NYPD POLICE CAR ON SCENE, CU OF NYS TAXI AND LIMOSINE LICENSE PLATE
-STREET SIGN: EMPIRE BLVD AND KINGSTON AVE

MAY 3, 1996
SPRING STREET SUBWAY FATALITY
SPRING ST AND LAFAYETTE ST, MANHATTAN, VILLAGE/SOHO
-NYPD TRANSIT COPS AND SUBWAY WORKERS ON TRACKS AT BLEECKER STATION, NUMBER 6 TRAIN STOPPED OUTSIDE STATION, SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT "NO SERVICE AT THIS TIME", COPS CARRY UP WRAPPED BODY OF VICTIM, PASSENGERS WALK THROUGH STATION
-COPS LOAD BODY IN AMBULANCE IN THE RAIN
-STREET ENTRANCE TO BROADWAY LAFAYETTE STATION

MAY 3, 1996
PIN JOB LEAVES MALE IN CRITICAL CONDITION
EMPIRE BLVD AND NEW YORK AVE, BROOKLYN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS , HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS GUARD STREET IN THE RAIN, ACCIDENT SCENE CORDONED OFF, NYPD POLICE SCOOTER, WOMAN WAITS IN SUV

MAY 4, 1996
2 ALARM FIRE AT A CAR DEALERSHIP
65 ST AND FT HAMILTON PARKWAY, BROOKLYN, BAY RIDGE
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE BLAZE AT ADVANTAGE DODGE, DAYTIME FIRE, FIREMEN ON ROOF, FIRE TRUCKS AND MOBIL STATION, AERIAL TOWER LADDER EXTENDED OUT HORIZONTALLY
-STREET SIGN: 65 ST AND FORT HAMILTON PKWY, SHELL STATION SIGN
-STATEMENT BY BATTALION CHIEF ABOUT THE FIRE AND MINOR INJURIES

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