AUG 16, 1998
PROTESTORS CLIMB FAMED STEEPLECHASE PARACHUTE JUMP
WEST 17 ST AND THE BOARDWALK, BROOKLYN, CONEY ISLAND
-WHITE MALES TIE UP HUGE PROSTEST BANNER ON TOWER "NYC PARKS DEPT, STOP KILLNG RAIN FORESTS FOR BOARDWALK AND BENCHES, RAINFOREST RELIEF"
-PROTESTER ON BOARDWALK WITH RADIO AND INFORMATION, NO POLICE AT ALL, PEOPLE SIGN PETITIONS
-WOMAN MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT HARVESTING OF TROPICAL WOODS FROM RAINFORESTS, WS OF BOARDWALK AT CONEY ISLAND, CYCLONE IN DISTANCE
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS ARRIVE, ZOOM IN ON PROTESTER ON TOWER, WOMAN PAINTS ELEPHANT ON ARM
-FDNY EMTS WAIT IN SHADE WITH GURNEY, STRETCHER
-STREET SIGN: SURF AVE AND WEST 16 ST

AUG 16, 1998
SUSPICIOUS FIRE AT SONY THEATERS
1998 BROADWAY AT WEST 68 ST, MANHATTAN
-EXT OF LINCOLN SQUARE SONY THEATER, DAYTIME, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, SNAKE EYES, LETHAL WEAPON, PARENT TRAP PLAYING
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AND TRUCKS ON SCENE
-MOVIE GOERS EVACUATED, STAFF IN UNIFORMS WAIT
-STATEMENT BY FIRE CHIEF ABOUT UNUSUAL, UNIDENTIFIED LIQUID IN MOVIE THEATER
-STREET SIGN: BROADWAY AND WEST 68 ST

AUG 17, 1998
4 ALARM FIRE (HEAVY ROOF FLAMES)
EAST 166 ST AND WEBSTER AVE, MORRISANIA, BRONX
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT NIGHT, TRUCKS AND FLASHING LIGHTS, FLAMES SHOOT OUT OF ROOF OF ONE STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING, AUTO BODY REPAIR SHOP
-FIRE HOSES SHOOT WATER FROM AERIAL TOWERS
-FIREMEN REST AND WATCH

AUG 17, 1998
2 ALARM FIRE / ONE DEAD
441 ALABAMA AVE, EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN
-HYSTERICAL BLACK WOMEN GRIEVING ON THE SIDEWALK, COMFORTED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, EXT OF BUILDING WITH WINDOWS BROKEN, FIRE AFTERMATH, TRAGEDY AND PAIN
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS EXIT BUILDING, DISPLACED RESIDENTS ON STREET, WOMAN SCREAMS AND COLLAPSES,
-GURNEY WAITS FOR BODY, FDNY EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS PLACE BODY BAG IN AMBULANCE, PEOPLE SCREAM, WOMEN CRYING

AUG 18, 1998
ANOTHER HOMICIDE IN GREENWICH VILLAGE
714 GREENWICH STREET AND CHARLES STREET, MANHATTAN
-NYPD COPS ON BIKES, MEDICAL EXAMINER'S TRUCK, MURDER INVESTIGATION, K-9 POLICE OFFICERS AND DOGS, COP IN HAZMAT JUMPSUIT, 6 PRECINCT CAR
-STREET SIGN: GREENWICH AND CHARLES ST

AUG 19, 1998
MANHATTAN WATER MAIN BREAK
EAST 81 ST BETWEEN MADISON AND FIFTH AVE
-DEP TRUCKS AND WORKERS ON SCENE, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, MAIN SHUT OFF, HOLE IN ROADWAY, COLLAPSE, NO WATER
-WORKER USES JACK HAMMER
STREET SIGN: EAST 81 AND MADISON AVE, UPPER EAST SIDE

AUG 18, 1998
ONE MALE SERIOUS INJURED
SOUTH CONDUIT AND FRANCIS LEWIS BLVD, QUEENS, ROSEDALE
-TRUCK CRASHED INTO MANGLED CAR, CITGO STATION SIGN, NIGHT
-AMERICAN EAGLE COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY TRUCK, CRUSHED CAR WITH FRONT END UNDER TRUCK, NYPD ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, (HARD TO BELIEVE ANYONE COULD SURVIVE)

AUG 19, 1998
BIRTHDAY CAKE THAT EXPLODED WITH A BANG
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL AND 35-18 103 ST, QUEENS, CORONA
CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER AMBULANCE BACKS UP TO EMERGENCY ROOM, EMT, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, REMOVE BLACK FEMALE PATIENT TO HOSPITAL
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES ENTER HOUSE, DETECTIVE BUREAU TRUCK
-STREET SIGN: 35 AVE AND 103 ST

AUG 20, 1998
MALE ARRESTED FOR MURDER IN THE VILLAGE
FIRST PRECINCT, 16 ERICSSON PLACE, MANHATTAN
-EXT OF PRECICNT STATION HOUSE, PERP WALK OF BLACK MALE WITH CAST ON HIS ARM AND HAND, DAYTIME

AUG 21, 1998
FOUR ALARM FIRE IN THE BRONX
EAST 170 ST AND WALTON AVE, BRONX
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK, FIXING LIGHT POLE, CLIMBING LADDERS, DAYTIME FIRE WITH LHEAVY SMOKE, BLIMPIE RESTAURANT, FIREMEN ON ROOF AND IN LADDER TOWER
-NYPD POLICE HELICOPTER OVERHEAD, KIDS PLAY IN THE WATER, BLACK SMOKE RISES
-FIRE MARSHAL TAKES STATEMENT, DISPLACED RESIDENTS WATCH
-STREET SIGN: WALTON AVE AND 170 ST
-STATEMENT BY OFFICIAL ABOUT FIRE, DIFFICULT TO HEAR, ANSWERS QUESTIONS, PORTABLE COMMAND CENTER, THE SALVATION ARMY VEHICLE

AUG 22, 1998
SHOT DEAD IN BMW
VERMONT ST NEAR SUNNYSIDE AVE, BROOKLYN, EAST NEW YORK, BUSHWICK AREA
-CAR WITH DOOR OPEN, WHITE MALE SLUMPED OVER, UNDER OVERPASS, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATE MURDER SCENE
-STREET SIGN: VERMONT ST AND SUNNYSIDE AVE

AUG 22, 1998
2 OF 3 KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
LAUREL HILL BLVD NEAR REVIEW AVE, QUEENS
-COVERED BODY OF VICTIM IN ROADWAY, RED CAR WITH DOORS CUT OPEN, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL CAR ON SCENE, NEAR TRAIN TRACKS, COP SEARCHES FOR EVIDENCT IN WOODED AREA, NYPD HELICOPTER OVERHEAD WITH SEARCHLIGHT, RAILROAD CROSSING SIGN, NEAR GREENPOINT AND THE KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE

***NO DATA, MAYBE FULL STORY ON VPN-1091***
-NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES POLICE SUIT UP, OUTSIDE THE VAN CORTLANDT MOTEL

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