VPN-809

OCT 05, 1995
CATHOLIC PRIEST AND PARISHONERS ARRESTED
125 EAST 105 ST AND LEXINGTON AVE, MANHATTAN
-HISPANIC PARISHONERS PROTEST AND SING, SIGNS READ "RUBEN FRANCO IS TRASHING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH"
-BLACK AND WHITE PRIESTS SINGING ALONG, "THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE I'M GOING LET IT SHINE"
-JACKHAMMERS IN MUDDY LOT, PROTEST IN THE RAIN, SIGN WELCOMING POPE JOHN PAUL II, SINGING SPANISH SONGS
-PRIESTS SPEAKS ABOUT THE INJUSTICE TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN, LEADS GROUP IN PRAYER
-"SHAME ON YOU" SIGN IN THE RAIN, CHANTING "SHAME ON YOU RUBEN"
-WHITE PRIEST AND OTHERS (BLACK NUN) ARE HANDCUFFED AND ARRESTED AS GROUP SINGS AND APPLAUDS
-PROTEST IN THE POURING RAIN IN SPANISH HARLEM, EL BARRIO, NYPD PADDY WAGON DRIVES AWAY
-STATEMENT BY ASSOCIATE PASTOR AT ST CECILIA'S ABOUT RUBEN FRANCO'S (NYC HOUSING OFFICIAL) ACTIONS, PLACING A COMPACTOR NEXT TO THE CHURCH
-EXT OF ST CECILIA'S PARISH
STREET SIGN: LEXINGTON AND EAST 105 ST

OCT 05, 1995
2 SHOT IN A FLATBUSH PARK
EAST 38 ST AND AVE I, BROOKLYN
- ABANDONED BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK IN POURING RAIN, CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF, TWO BOTTLES OF BEER IN BROWN PAPER BAGS ON WALL
-NYPD INVESTIGATION IN THE POURING RAIN, COP CARS AND POLICE SCOOTER WITH FLASHING LIGHTS, DETECTIVES IN TRENCH COATS AND POLICE OFFICERS, TRAFFIC CONES IN STREET, COP TALK TO YOUNG COUPLE, TALK ON RADIO
-SIGN FOR AMERSFORT PARK
-STREET SIGN: EAST 38 ST AND AVE I

OCT 6, 1995
METRO NORTH DERAILMENT
CROTON - HARMON, NEW YORK
-METRO NORTH WORKERS AND CRANE, EQUIPMENT TRY TO RIGHT TRAIN, DAYTIME EVENT ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER, BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF HUDSON WITH DERAILED TRAIN CALLED THE SOJOUNER TRUTH, LIGHT TRAFFIC AS SUN SETS ON TWO LANE HIGHWAY ALONG RIVER

OCT 08, 1995
PAPAL FOLLOWERS
5TH AVE AND 84 ST, MANHATTAN
-NUNS AND MONKS IN HOODED ROBES ENTER THE PARK, MANY RELIGIOUS FAITHFUL LINING UP TO SEE THE POPE, COLOR CODED TICKETS, NYPD POLICE OFFICER CONTROLLING THE EARLY MORNING CROWDS HOLDING UMBRELLAS, 1990S FASHIONS, ELDERLY IN WHEELCHAIRS
-VENDORS SELLING SOUVENIRS OF THE MASS, BLACK NUNS, HAPPY CROWDS
-BANNERS ON LIGHT POLE FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II'S VISIT

OCT 08, 1995
THREE SHOT
EAST 174 ST AND NOBLE AVE, BRONX
-NYPD CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION AT NIGHT, BLOODY CLOTHING IN FRONT OF GRAFFIT COVERED BUILDING, BOARDED UP, EVIDENCE MARKERS FOR BULLET CASINGS, NEXT TO BODEGA
-STREET SIGN: EAST 174 ST AND NOBLE AVE

OCT 08, 1995
WHO WILL BE THE NEW SCHOOL CHANCELLOR
161 ST AND GRAND CONCOURSE, BRONX
-INFORMAL PRESS CONFERENCE (BY FERNANDO FERRER - BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT WEARING SHORTS) ABOUT THE SELECTION OF RUDY CREW AS NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL CHANCELLOR, TALK ABOUT THE RUDY CREW'S CONTRACT WITH THE TACOMA WASHINGTON SCHOOL SYSTEM
-ANSWERS MANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS, MENTIONS RAMON CORTINES
**LOSES AUDIO, REAR VIEW OF PRESS CONFERENCE AND BRONX BOROUGH HALL ?

OCT 08, 1995
THE BRONX BIKE TOUR
161 STREET AND GRAND CONCOURSE, BRONX
-BICYCLE RIDERS WEARING "TOUR DE BRONX" TEE SHIRTS, MANY RIDERS WAIT FOR RACE
-FERNANDO FERRER, BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT, INTRODUCES DOT CHAIRMAN HAYWARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, NYC PARKS COMMISSIONER HENRY STERN, SPEAKS
-BIKE RACE STARTS, SUNNY DAY IN THE BRONX

***PLEASE SEE VPN-810 FOR FULL STORY***
FIRE IN QUEENS, FIREFIGHTER DOA, HECTIC TRAMATIC SCENE

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