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19971990s NEWS
NEWS EVENTS FILMED IN AND AROUND NEW YORK CITY, 1997
JANUARY 23 - 24, 1997

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01/23/1997
LIGHT POLE SLOW TRAFFIC
SOUTH AVE, FDR DRIVE, MANHATTAN
-LEANING LIGHT POLE OVER HIGHWAY, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS CENE, SETTING UP FLARES, TRAFFIC DIVERTED, CITY WORKER ON LOOKS AT WIRES
-CRANES AND BUCKET TRUCKS LIFT POLE AND MOVE IT OFF ROADWAY, WORKERS DON'T EVEN WEAR HARD HATS
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COLOR TEST
01:06:51 411.53 thumbnail
01/23/1997
YOUNG WOMAN HIT BY VAN (NO BODY)
34 ST AND 3 AVE, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-VICTIM'S BELONGINGS IN THE STREET WITH POOL OF BLOOD, ACCIDENT SCENE TAPED OFF, NYPD POLICE CAR AS SKY LIGHTENS, DAWN, WHITE FORD VAN WITH NEW JERSEY PLATES
-NYPD POLICE OFFICER AND DETECTIVE,
-STREET SIGN: EAST 34 ST AND 3 AVE
01:09:12 552.17 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
01:09:36 576.25 thumbnail
01/23/1997
FULTON ST THREE ALARM FIRE
1425 FULTON ST AND TOMPKINS ST, BROOKLYN
-DAYTIME FIRE, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS IN BUCKET TRUCK LADDER AND ON ROOF, FIRE AFTERMATH, BUILDING SMOLDERING, FLAMES ON ROOF FLARE UP
-BYSTANDERS WATCH IN BEDFORD-STUYVESANT
-TWO TIRED FIREMEN TAKE A BREAK AND DRINK COFFEE
-MAN IN BACK OF COP CAR
-PARAMEDICS AND EMTS WAIT
-STREET SIGN: FULTON ST AND BROOKLYN AVE
01:16:52 1012.02 thumbnail
MANY NYPD VEHICLES, MAY BE PART OF ABOVE EVENT, LOOKS LIKE FRONT OF PRECINCT
01:17:32 1052.7 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
01:17:56 1076.35 thumbnail
01/23/1997
PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON ATLANTIC AVE
ATLANTIC AVE AND NOSTRAND AVE, BROOKLYN
-MEDICAL DEBRIS IN STREET, NEAR ELEVATED TRAIN
-ASIAN MAN WAITS NEAR HIS CAR, SQUATTING, PROBABLY DRIVER INVOLVED, BEDFORD STUYVESANT
-STREET SIGN: ATLANTIC AV AND NOSTRAND AVE
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COLOR TEST
01:19:33 1173.6 thumbnail
01/23/1997
WATERMAIN BREAK CAUSE BUILDING DESTRUCTION
ST FELIX ST AND HANSON PLACE, DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
-EXT OF BRICK BROWNSTONE TYPE BUILDING, MANY FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE BEHIND TAPE WAITING
-BIG HOLE IN STREET IN FRONT OF CHURCH, CRACK IN BRICK BUILDING AND IN SIDEWALK
-LINE OF BLACK STUDENTS IN FRONT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOL ?? WAVE TO THE CAMERA
-STATEMENT BY DONALD BYRNES ABOUT THE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDINGS DUE TO WATER MAIN BREAK, FAMILIES EVACUATED
-STREET SIGN: LAFAYETTE AVE AND ST FELIX ST
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COLOR TEST
01:26:48 1608.46 thumbnail
01/23/1997
JHS 231 STUDENT LOOSES FINGERS IN DOOR
145 AVE, QUEENS
-EXT OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN SPRINGFIELD GARDENS
-BLACK TEENS TALK TO CAMERAMAN ABOUT KID LOSING FINGERS WHILE LEAVING CLASSROOM
-STREET SIGN: 145 AVE AND SPRINGFIELD BLVD
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COLOR TEST
01:28:24 1704.44 thumbnail
-CONTINUATION OF ABOVE EVENT
-PUBLIC SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICERS, AMBULANCE BACKS UP TO HOSPITAL, FDNY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS REMOVE PATIENT TO HOSPITAL, TEEN FROM ABOVE EVENT
-EXT OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM, NYPD POLICE CAR ON SCENE,
01:29:42 1782.31 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
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01/24/1997
HOMELESS MAN SET ON FIRE (NO BODY)
BOND ST AND 3 ST, DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
-CHARRED AND WET PILE OF CLOTHES NEAR LOADING DOCK WITH BURNED WOODEN PALLETS
-EXT OF C. L. IMPORT COMPANY, CHINESE OR KOREAN CHARACTERS ?
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COLOR TEST
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01/24/1997
WATER MAIN BREAK AND FLOODED SUBWAYS
7 AVE AND 14 ST - 16 STS, MANHATTAN
-FLOODED SUBWAY TRACKS, LOOKS LIKE A MUDDY RIVER, WORKERS STAND BY ON PLATFORM, WATER POURS OUT OF WALLS, CLOCK IN SUBWAY STATION WITH BARRONS STICKER ON IT
-STATION AT 14 ST CORDONED OFF, TURNSTILES, STREET ENTRANCE TO SUBWAY STATION, SIGNS FOR THE F , L , 1, 2, 3, AND 9 TRAINS
-MAN CARRIES HIS GIRLFRIEND ACROSS THE FLOOD STREET, CON ED WORKERS AND DEP WORKERS ON SCENE, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, TRYING TO SANDBAG THE SIDEWALK, UNBELIEVABLE
-NYC TRANSIT SAND TRAILER, WATER GUSHES DOWN STORM DRAIN
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COLOR TEST
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01/24/1997
CHURCH FIRE ON CANAL ST
CANAL ST AND SOUTH ST, LOWER EAST SIDE MANHATTAN
-EXT OF ST BARBARA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, 27 FORSYTH ST, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ENTER AND EXIT, DAYTIME FIRE, GREEK PRIEST ENTERS
-LADDERS EXTENDED TO TOP OF BUILDING, NO ACTIVE FLAMES BUT FIREMEN CARRY OUT CHARRED DEBRIS
-STREET SIGN: FORSYTH ST, CHINESE CHARACTERS
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COLOR TEST
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01/24/1997
SCHOOL STUDENTS OVERCOME BY FUMES
179-37 137 AVE, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, QUEENS
-FDNY EMTS CARRY STUDENTS IN WHEEL CHAIRS WITH OXYGEN TO NEARBY BUILDING, EMERGENYC MEDICAL TECHNIICIANS, NYC PEACE OFFICERS, SCHOOL SECURITY
-NYPD AND FDNY VEHICLES ON SCENE
-PARENTS PICKING UP KIDS FROM SCHOOL
EMT REMOVING LARGE CANISTER OF OXYGEN
-STATEMENT BY ASST CHIEF JOHN MCCORMICK ABOUT THE EVENT, AND THE EVALUATION OF THE SYSTEMS
-STREET SIGN: 137 AVE AND BELKNAP ST
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COLOR TEST
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