VPN-389

AUG 16, 1992
NYPD VAN ACCIDENT WITH TREE, 9 COPS INJURED
PROSPECT PARK, FLATBUSH AVE AND GRAND ARMY PLAZA, BROOKLYN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICER IN AMBULANCE, EMTS AND PARAMEDICS ON SCENE, POLICE VAN OFF ROAD IN THE WOODS, BROOKLYN SOUTH TASK FORCE, TRANSIT COP TRUCK ON SCENE

AUG 17, 1992
STEAM PIPE EXPLOSION
FIFTH AVE AND 33 ST, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-EXT OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE, BATTALION CHIEF MCGOWAN
-STREET SIGN: 5 AVE AND 34 ST, IN FRONT OF HOULIHAN'S RESTAURANT, STEAM RISES FROM STREET,
-FDNY HAZAROUS MATERIALS TRUCK, CON EDISON TRUCKS AND DEP, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS
-WORKERS WEARING MASKS AND GOWNS, MADISON AVE AND 34 ST, NYC EMS AMBULANCE BUS ON SCENE
-POLICE OFFICER MAKES STATEMENT TO THE PRESS ABOUT INCIDENT AND ASBESTOS CONCERNS

AUG 18, 1992
LIE SHUT DOWN DUE TO FLOODING, LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY
BETWEEN 164 ST AND FRANCIS LEWIS BLVD
-CARS MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAY, POV OVERPASS
-NYC EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AMBULANCES AND COP CARS
-STREET SIGN: 188 ST AND HORACE HARDING EXP
-FLARES BURN IN ROAD, COP CARS BLOCK DARK HIGHWAY

AUG 19, 1992
EXPRESSWAY TRAGEDY CLAIMS FATHER AND 6 YEAR OLD
WESTBOUND GOWANUS AT 92 ST, BROOKLYN
-MANGLED, CRUMPLED WRECK OF A CAR ON HIGHWAY, DAYTIME ACCIDENT INVESTIGTION, BABY CARRIAGE ON SIDE OF ROADWAY, MULTIPLE WATER TOWERS IN DISTANCE, WRECKAGE EVERYWHERE
-NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER AND DETECTIVE LOOK THOUGH WRECKAGE, TRACTOR TRAILER PULLED OVER, BLOOD ON HIGHWAY **NO BODIES**
-COP TAKES PHOTOS, COP WRITES REPORT, BACKED UP TRAFFIC

AUG 19, 1992
4 ALARM BLAZE GUTS BUILDING
2134 VYSE AVE AND 181 ST, EAST TREMONT, BRONX
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AND TRUCKS ON STREET, FIREMEN AND VICTIMS REST WITH OXYGEN ON SIDEWALK, DAYTIME FIRE
-LARGE BRICK APARTMENT BUILDING, BATTALION CHIEF CORDES, RESPONDERS CARRY COP TO AMBULANCE, FIREMEN THROW DEBRIS OUT OF WINDOW
-STREET SIGN: VYSE AVE AND EAST 181 ST

AUG 19, 1992
PERP WALK OF 16 YEAR OLD
44 PRECINCT, HIGHBRIDGE, BRONX
-PERP WALK OF YOUNG BLACK TEEN, HANDCUFFED AND LED THROUGH PRECINCT, DEFIANT AND PROUD
-EXT OF PRECINCT

AUG 20, 1992
MALE WHITE FLOATER
WEST 63 ST AND THE HUDSON RIVER, MANHATTAN
-BODY OF WHITE MALE WASHED ASHORE WITH DEBRIS NEAR PIERS, NYPD DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE, CONSTRUCTION SITE NEARBY, 20 PRECINCT CAR
-RUINS OF OLD TRACKS AND STRUTURES
-VERY GRAPHIC SHOTS OF BLOATED BODY, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITH HARD HATS

AUG 22, 1992
DOUBLE SHOOTING ON THE SUBWAY
SIMPSON ST AND SOUTHERN BLVD, BRONX
-STREET SIGN: SOUTHERN BLVD UNDER THE EL TRAIN AT NIGHT, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS, TRANSIT COPS, INVESTIGATION, BLOOD ON CURB, BYSTANDERS, KIDS ON BIKES
-SIMPSON STREET STATION, PLATFORM FOR EL TRAIN, TRANSIT POLICE TRUCK ON SCENE
-STREET SIGN FOR SIMPSON ST, K-9 COPS WITH GERMAN SHEPHERD

AUG 22, 1992
MALE SHOT OUTSIDE YANKEE STADIUM
EAST 161 ST AND WALTON AVE, BRONX
-BODY OF BLACK MALE IN STREET WITH HEAD UP ON CURB, VERY GRAPHIC, EYES OPEN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND TRUCKS ON SCENE
-MURDER SCENE INVESTIGATION

AUG 22, 1992
TRIPLE SHOOTING
WHITE PLAINS AVE AND EAST 227 ST, BRONX
-COVERED BODY OF MURDER VICTIM, BLACK MALE, ON SIDEWALK AT NIGHT, CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF, CU - VICTIM'S HAND
-STREET SIGN: WHITE PLAINS RD AND EAST 227 ST
-NYPD BRONX TASK FORCE CAR ON SCENE

AUG 22, 1992
DRIVE-BY SHOOTING
EAST 194 ST AND BAINBRIDGE AVE, BRONX
-CAR WITH MULTIPLE BULLET HOLES IN DOOR, CAR UP ON SIDEWALK, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS ON STREET AT NIGHT, GRAFFITI COVERED BUILDINGS, LITTER IN STREETS
-STREET SIGN: BAINBRIDGE AVE AND EAST 194 ST
-EVIDENCE, BULLET CASINGS MARKED WITH LITTER

AUG 23, 1992
TWO VEHICLE PIN JOB WITH INJURIES
NORTHBOUND BRONX RIVER PARKWAY AT PELHAM PARKWAY, BRONX
-SMASHED CAR WITH ROOF CUT OFF, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS INVESTIGATE, WRECKAGE, **NO BODIES**, MANGLED CARS AT NIGHT

AUG 23, 1992
MACY'S TAP-A-MANIA
WEST 34 ST, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-MACY'S EVENT WITH TICKERTAPE, GROUPS OF DANCERS ?? IN FRONT OF MACY'S DEPARTMENT STORE, MACY'S BALLOONS
-NYC STREET LIFE, 1990S, GROUP OF GIRLS TAP DANCING, MAY BE SOME SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, 1990S FASHIONS
-BANNER READS: "MACY'S TAP-O-MANIA GETS GOOFY", EVERYONE WEARS MATCHING TEE-SHIRTS

NO DATA, AUG 1992
NYPD BOMB SQUAD ON SCENE, DEFUSING MAKESHIFT BOMB ON SIDEWALK, DAYTIME
IN FRONT OF CHASE BANK, QUEENS, ASTORIA
-STREET SIGN: BROADWAY AND 33 ST
-NYPD 114 PRECINCT CAR

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