1990-19991990s NEWS
1990'S NEW YORK CITY NEWS EVENTS INCLUDING HEROIC ACTS, ARRESTS, SEXUAL ABUSE CASE, FIRES
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SCENE OPENS AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE IN BUSINESS SUIT ENTERS CONFERENCE ROOM TO STANDING OVATION AND APPLAUSE. TV CAMERAMAN FILMING THE EVENT
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| 00:01:27 67.87 |
SAME AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE, JONATHAN COHEN, IS PRESENTED A PLAQUE AND A CHECK HONORING HIM AS A HERO, APPLAUSE FROM THE ROOM.
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| 00:02:09 109.94 |
HE THANKS EVERYONE - AUDIO UNCLEAR. HARD TO UNDERSTAND, BUT SOUNDS LIKE HE PERFORMED A HEROIC ACT ON A SUBWAY.
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| 00:04:25 246.3 |
AUDIENCE SHOT OF THE ROOM - PEOPLE SITTING AND STANDING AS HE SPEAKS.
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| 00:04:57 277.71 |
HE HOLDS UP PLAQUE - CLOSE UP READS: TO OUR HERO JONATHAN COHEN ...PROUD OF YOU! JANUARY 4TH, 1995, FROM YOUR FRIENDA AT (?) PUBLISHING CO.
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| 00:05:22 302.63 |
PEOPLE ALL AGES MALE AND FEMALE STANDING IN ROOM, LAUGHING ENJOYING THE MOMENT. SOME PEOPLE SEATED AT CONFERENCE TABLE
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| 00:06:06 347.52 |
JOKINGLY AN UNSEEN AUDIENCE MEMBER ASKS HOW A BLACK MAN HAS A LAST NAME LIKE "COHEN", AUDIENCE LAUGHTER
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| 00:06:16 357.09 |
JONATHAN RESPONDS JOKINGLY WITH HIS STORY. EVERYONE LAUGHING, A LIGHTHEARTED MOMENT.
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| 00:07:15 416.23 |
COHEN PROUDLY AND HUMBLY HOLDS UP HIS PLAQUE
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| 00:07:58 459.09 |
COHEN SAYS A FEW WORDS, EXPLAINS HIS GOOD DEED AND TOASTS THE AUDIENCE HOLDING UP CHAMPAGNE GLASS.
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| 00:09:30 550.61 |
PAN AUDIENCE IN THE ROOM CHATTING, DRINKING CHAMPAGNE AND AT THE FOOD TABLE
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| 00:10:46 627.55 |
OPEN BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE AND CHAMPAGNE FLUTES ON TABLE
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| 00:11:32 673.24 |
COHEN SITTING AT HIS DESK IN OFFICE, LOTS OF MAIL ON DESK, HUGE POSTER ON WALL BEHIND HIM, DIALS PHONE, LISTENS TO RINGING ON SPEAKER.
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| 00:12:41 742.6 |
POSTER ON WALL "JONATHAN COHEN, CEO"
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| 00:13:35 796.32 |
COHEN SITTING AT DESK TALKING ON THE PHONE, CAN HEAR HIM SAY I'D LIKE TO MEET YOU IN PERSON"
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| 00:14:50 870.93 |
CLOSE UP ON LARGE POSTER OF AMERICAN INDIAN ON THE WALL BEHIND COHEN.
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| 00:15:54 934.8 |
COHEN SPEAKS TO UNSEEN REPORTERS IN HIS OFFICE. THEY ASK HIM IF HE'S SINGLE OR MARRIED. HE TALKS ABOUT WOMEN CALLING HIM, SAYING THEY'D LIKE TO MEET HIM, STATES HE IS NOT BEING A SNOB AND CALLS THEM BACK.
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| 00:20:48 1229.41 |
COHEN HOLDING A CAMERA EXAMINES IT, PRETENDS TO TAKE A PICTURE, PAN OF ROOM - REPORTERS ARE THERE.
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| 00:21:15 1255.99 |
STILL SITTING AT DESK, COHEN TAKE MIC AND WAVES HAND - FOOLING AROUND, THANKS THE CROWD, SINGS INTO THE MIC.
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| 00:22:59 1360.55 |
VAR. BOOKS PROPPED UP ON LONG CREDENZA.
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| 00:23:12 1372.67 |
CUTAWAY, DIRECTORY ON WALL Z'IN ON "K" "KENSINGTON PUBLISHING CORP.", LIST OF NAMES, WALTER ZACHARIUS - CHAIRMAN; STEVEN ZACHARIUS - V.P./GEN MGR.; LYNN BROWN - PUBLISHER
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| 00:23:48 1408.94 |
EXTERIOR - WESTERN PUBLISHING BUILDING, CHRISTMAS TREE CAN BE SEEN INSIDE LOBBY, PEDS WALK BY AND IN AND OUT OF BUILDING
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| 00:24:14 1434.66 |
STREET SIGN - 3 AV, E 52 ST. TRAFFIC LIGHT.
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| 00:24:25 1445.71 |
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| 00:24:29 1449.82 |
CLIP OPENS - DARK, INSIDE LOBBY OF BUILDING, MANY PEOPLE, NOISY
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| 00:24:35 1455.82 |
NYPD OFFICERS STANDING INSIDE LOBBY OF BUILDING, BLACK AND WHITE TILE FLOOR, WHITE PLASTIC WITH RED TAPE ON WALL. OFFICERS ARE SEEN PULLING TAPE AWAY AND LOOKING INSIDE. PEOPLE TALKING LOUDLY IN BG
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| 00:25:06 1487.54 |
SECTION OF WALL COVERED IN WHITE PLASTIC MORE CLEARLY SEEN
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| 00:25:26 1506.85 |
OFFICER ADJUSTS POLICE BARRICADE IN FRONT OF ELEVATOR DOOR, RED TAPE BLOCKS THE AREA.
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| 00:25:43 1524.2 |
OFFICERS TAPING THE WHITE PLASTIC TO WALL IN LOBBY OF BUILDING., POLICE BARRICADE AND RED TAPE.
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| 00:26:12 1553.58 |
POLICE OFFICERS SHAKE HANDS
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| 00:26:19 1560.5 |
NYPD OFFICER JUMPS THE BARRICADES
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| 00:26:23 1563.67 |
WIDE SHOT LOBBY, WHITE PLASTIC ON WALL, POLICE BARRICADES AND RED TAPE MARK THE AREA, NYPD AND OFFICIAL TALKING.
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| 00:26:59 1599.69 |
PEDS CROWD ON STREET IN FRONT OF "MELROSE CENTRAL BUILDING".
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| 00:27:04 1605.37 |
PAN UP - MELROSE CENTRAL BUILDING - TALL HIGH RISE.
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| 00:27:16 1617.56 |
PEOPLE ARE SEEN ENTERING AND EXITING MELROSE CENTRAL BUILDING THROUGH GLASS DOORS
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| 00:27:20 1621.55 |
PAN UP OFFICE BUILDING AGAIN
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| 00:27:42 1642.92 |
CROWD OF PEDS ON SIDEWALK, POLICE OFFICER IS SEEN LOOKING LIKE HE'S GUARDING THE BUILDING
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| 00:27:53 1654.22 |
NYPD OFFICERS COME OUT OF SAME BUILDING, POLICE BARRICADES ON SIDES BLOCKING AREA, PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN BEHIND BARRICADES
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| 00:28:08 1668.66 |
CLOSE UP ON POLICE OFFICERS EXITING BUILDING AND HOLDING DOOR OPEN FOR OFFICERS CARRYING OUT A STRETCHER WITH A COVERED BODY STRAPPED IN. THEY HOIST BODY INTO WAITING AMBULANCE.
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| 00:28:32 1693.49 |
NYC EMS AMBULANCE DRIVING AWAY.
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| 00:28:44 1705.32 |
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| 00:29:19 1740.42 |
INSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SIGN ON INTERIOR WINDOW "ALL PERSONS MUST CHECK IN..." WHITE MALE PERP ESCORTED BY POLICE OFFICER COMING THROUGH INTERIOR DOORWAY, HEAD DOWN.
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| 00:29:40 1760.69 |
WHITE MALE HANDCUFFED, HEAD DOWN, ESCORTED BY TWO POLICE OFFICERS OUT OF BUILDING AND INTO WAITING CAR. HE IS HEARD MUTTERING ABOUT PEOPLE RUINING HIS LIFE FOREVER.
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| 00:30:49 1830.09 |
CLOSE UP ON PERP, HEAD STILL DOWN BUT CAN SEE HIS FACE AS HE ENTERS VEHICLE. OFFICER GETS IN CAR, HIS HEAD IS STILL DOWN AS THEY DRIVE OFF IN UNMARKED SEDAN.
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| 00:31:47 1887.84 |
TALKING HEAD FOR THE NEW YORK PORT AUTHORITY, WHITE OLDER MALE, SPEAKS TO UNSEEN REPORTER. PORT AUTHORITY POLICE EMBLEM HANGS ON WALL BEHIND HIM.
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| 00:32:02 1902.82 |
SAME PORT AUTHORITY REP REPORTS A FIGHT ON AN AIRCRAFT FROM BUENOS AIRES THAT LANDED AT JFK AIRPORT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A 51 YEAR OLD MALE PASSENGER HAD PERFORMED ORAL SEX ON A SLEEPING 16 YEAR OLD BOY. FIGHT ENSUED WHEN BOY WOKE UP AND STARTED PUNCHING MAN. MAN WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE AND SODOMY.
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| 00:32:52 1952.86 |
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| 00:33:22 1982.84 |
DARK, NIGHT TIME - FIRE FIGHTER ON FIRE ESCAPE OF BRICK HI-RISE
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| 00:33:25 1986.58 |
ZOOM OUT - BROKEN IRON GATE LYING ON SIDEWALK
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| 00:33:29 1989.9 |
FIREMAN, CAN BARELY BE SEEN, IDENTIFIED BY DAYGLO STRIPES ON UNIFORM, STANDING IN UPPER FLOOR OPEN OR BUSTED OUT WINDOW OF BRICK APARTMENT BUILDING.
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| 00:33:39 2000.51 |
WIDE SHOT - FIRE ENGINE #118 PARKED IN FRONT OF BRICK APARTMENT, NIGHT TIME, FIRE LADDER IS UP AND FIREMAN CAN BE SEEN CLIMBING DOWN
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| 00:33:44 2005.54 |
ZOOM IN ON BROKEN UPPER FLOOR WINDOW
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| 00:34:03 2024.23 |
FIRE ENGINE #110 PARKED IN FRONT OF BUILDING, LIGHTS ON AND FLASHING. PAN OVER TO OTHER FIRE TRUCK #118, LADDER IS UP, SPOTLIGHT ON UPPER FLOOR OF APARTMENT BUILDING
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| 00:34:10 2031.53 |
ZOOM IN ON UPPER FLOOR WINDOW - NO GLASS, DARK INSIDE
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| 00:34:29 2050.48 |
NIGHT - FIREMEN STANDING BY IN FRONT OF APARTMENT BUILDING. LIGHTS FROM UNSEEN FIRE ENGINE FLASHING
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| 00:34:45 2066.07 |
WIDE SHOT BRICK APARTMENT BUILDING - IN UPPER FLOOR WINDOW, THE STRIPES GLOWING FROM FIREMAN'S UNIFORM IS ALL THAT CAN BE SEEN
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| 00:34:57 2078.36 |
NY FIRE ENGINES PARKED, DEBRIS ON SIDEWALK INCLUDING IRON FENCE
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| 00:35:04 2085.57 |
DARK BLACK PUDDLE ON SIDEWALK
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| 00:35:11 2092.6 |
DEBRIS ON SIDEWALK, FENCING
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| 00:35:15 2096.32 |
LOOKS LIKE ANIMAL, MAYBE A CAT, COVERED BY DARK BLUE BLANKET, FURRY LEG OR TAIL CAN BE SEEN
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| 00:35:22 2103.16 |
GOLD ADDRESS PLAQUE ON BRICK BUILDING - 72 ORANGE STREET
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| 00:35:27 2107.68 |
ZOOM OUT - OFFICER OR FIREMAN CAN BE SEEN IN LOBBY THROUGH OPEN FRONT DOOR
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| 00:35:33 2114.6 |
FIREMEN IN RESCUE GEAR FILE OUT OF FRONT DOOR OF APARTMENT ONE BY ONE. OLDER CIVILIAN MAN AFTER LAST FIREMAN FOLLOWS, STANDS THERE AND LOOKS OUT
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| 00:35:43 2123.88 |
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| 00:36:01 2142.25 |
DARK, EVENING - GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS STANDING OUTSIDE A DUNKIN' DONUT SHOT, CRIME SCENE TAPE VISIBLE
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| 00:36:10 2151.58 |
ADDRESS ABOVE DOOR FRAME 118-07
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| 00:36:57 2197.78 |
INSIDE DUNKIN' DONUT SHOP - CUSTOMERS, COULD BE DETECTIVES, ARE SEEN - CRIME SCENE TAPE HANGS INSIDE SHOP.
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| 00:37:31 2232.53 |
PAN OUT ON SHOP - SIGN IN WINDOW "FREE DOZEN DONUTS, WITH PURCHASE OF TOY TRUCK". PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN INSIDE AS WELL AS POLICE OFFICERS STANDING OUT FRONT
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| 00:38:35 2296.58 |
"TRANSIT POLICE NEW YORK CITY" DECAL ON TRUCK DOOR
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| 00:39:01 2322.11 |
EMPTY COFFEE CUPS AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN CORNER OF DUNKIN' DONUTS SHOP. OFFICIALS WALKG ABOUT INSIDE AS SEEN THROUGH LARGE GLASS WINDOW. BIG SIGN FOR FREE DOZEN DONUTS WITH PURCHASE OF TOY TRUCK ON WINDOW
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| 00:39:14 2335.06 |
CU YELLOW CRIME SCENE TAPE READS: POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS
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| 00:39:31 2352.22 |
CUPS AND DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR - BLURRY
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| 00:40:05 2385.67 |
MENU HANGS ABOVE DONUTS IN CASE.
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| 00:40:33 2414.64 |
CSU 5139 ON CHEVROLET POLICE VEHICLE
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| 00:40:54 2435.45 |
STREET SIGN ON POLE : QUEENS BLVD
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| 00:41:07 2448.34 |
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| 00:41:28 2469.5 |
BRIGHT YELLOW FLAMES OF FIRE COMING OUT OF BUILDING WINDOWS, DARK
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| 00:41:40 2481.36 |
DARK - WATER SHOOTING OUT FROM HOSE COMING FROM FIRE ENGINE RESCUE CRANE BASKET AT FLAMES COMING OUT OF HI-RISE WINDOWS
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| 00:41:57 2497.99 |
BRIGHT FLAMES AND BLACK BILLOWING SMOKE COMING FROM AT LEAST FOUR WINDOWS OF BRICK BUILDING. SIGNAGE READING "NECKTIES..." BELOW WINDOWS CAN BARELY BE SEEN
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| 00:42:43 2544.23 |
CORNER ANGLE OF BUILDING FIRE, FLAMES, BLACK BILLOWING SMOKE, NECKTIES SIGN, RESCUE CRANE AND FIRE LADDERS
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| 00:43:18 2578.97 |
STREAM OF HOSE WATER SHOOTS OUT FROM RESCUE CRANE BASKET
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| 00:43:22 2582.78 |
DARK SMOKE BILLOWING FROM BRICK APARTMENT BUILDING, BRIGHT YELLOW FLAMES COMING FROM WINDOWS, FIREMEN SHOOTING WATER FROM HIGH UP ON RESCUE CRANE AS SMOKE GETS BLACKER AND THICKER
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| 00:44:20 2641.15 |
FIREMEN WITH HOSE CAN BE SEEN MORE CLEARLY - THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE DARKENS THE SCENE AND ENGULFS THE FIREMEN. DISTANT SIRENS FROM BELOW.
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| 00:44:55 2676.22 |
WIDE SHOT RESCUE CRANE HOVERING NEAR SIGN FOR "NECKTIES, SCARVES, CORBATAS" ON BUILDING, SHOOTING WATER ON BURNING BUILDING, THICK SMOKE BILLOWING
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| 00:44:59 2679.98 |
DOZENS OF FIREMEN LOOKING UP FROM STREET AS SMOKE ENGULFS THEIR COLLEAGUES PUTTING OUT FIRE.
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| 00:45:17 2698.25 |
FIREMAN CLIMBING ONTO TO ROOF OF BUILDING FOR A SECOND
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| 00:47:47 2848.55 |
FIREMAN CAN BE SEEN (DISTANTLY) CLIMBING OUT OF BUILDING AND BACK ONTO RESCUE CRANE ASSISTED BY ANOTHER FIREMAN
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| 00:48:03 2864.53 |
FIRE ENGINES PARKED ON STREET WITH CRANES AND LADDERS UP, HOSES ALL OVER THE STREET, LIGHTS FLASHING.
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| 00:48:26 2886.75 |
FIREMEN IN RESCUE CRANE AS IT MOVES THEM SLOWLY FROM THE STREET AND UP
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| 00:48:35 2896.61 |
FIREMAN ON UPPER FLOOR OF BUILDING THROWS LARGE IRON GATE DOWN FROM WINDOW, GATE BOUNCES OFF "NECKTIES" SIGN, LANDING ON THE GROUND WITH A CRASH ..
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| 00:48:51 2912.46 |
STREET SIGNS - BROADWAY, W 30 ST, ONE WAY
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| 00:48:59 2919.8 |
WIDE SHOT OF BURNING BUILDING, FLAMES ARE GONE BUT BUILDING STILL SMOKES, SIGNS FOR NECTIES, SCARVES AND CORBATAS HANG CLEARLY ON CORNER OF BUILDING, FIRE ENGINE RESCUE CRANE CAN BE SEEN.
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| 00:49:40 2961.49 |
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| 00:50:02 2983.52 |
PEOPLE INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS WALKING IN AND OUT OF BUILDING - ADDRESS ABOVE DOOR, "137W"
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| 00:50:11 2991.72 |
TWO MEN WITH BROWN LEATHER JACKETS WALK INTO 137 W BUILDING.
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| 00:50:28 3008.9 |
WIDE SHOT FROM STREET, LARGE APARTMENT BUILDING MULTI FLOORS, FIRE ESCAPE DOWN THE FRONT. CARS ON STREET INCLUDING POLICE VEHICLE.
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| 00:50:48 3029.05 |
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| 00:50:51 3031.84 |
FIRE ENGINE PARKED ON STREET "#28". SIGN ACROSS TOP LADDER READS: HARLEM HILTON
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| 00:51:02 3043.17 |
POLICE OFFICER IN ORANGE JACKET AND ANOTHER OFFICER WITH NOTEPAD IN DOORWAY OF APARTMENT BUILDING THEY SHAKE HANDS, THIRD MAN AFRICAN AMERICAN HANDS ON HEAD LOOKING CONFUSED.
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| 00:51:26 3066.89 |
POLIC OFFICER STANDING BY OPEN TRUNK OF POLICE CAR - #4662 32 PCT WRITTEN ON REAR FENDER. LARGE #'S 662 ON OPEN TRUNK
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| 00:51:32 3072.66 |
NYC POLICE SEDAN PULLS AWAY
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| 00:51:52 3093.06 |
FIREMEN IN RESCUE GEAR STREAMING OUT OF APARTMENT BUILDING, WALK DOWN THE STREET
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| 00:51:59 3100.44 |
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| 00:56:14 3355.56 |
NYC POLICE STATION WAGON, MAN INSIDE LOOKING BACK AS PARAMEDIC TRUCK PULLS IN SPACE NEXT TO HIM
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| 00:56:30 3371.53 |
SIGN ABOVE IRON GATE: SKYLINE TERRACE
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| 00:56:41 3382.29 |
PARKED POLICE STATION WAGON
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| 00:56:52 3393.47 |
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| 00:56:57 3398.51 |
DARK, NIGHT TIME - FOUR POLICE OFFICERS CARRYING WHAT LOOKS TO BA A DEAD BODY WRAPPED TIGHTLY IN ORANGE CLOTH OR TARP OUT OF BUILDING, PLACE BODY ON TOP SHELF IN WAITING VAN
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| 00:57:21 3422.08 |
POLICE OFFICERS AGAIN COMING OUT OF SAME BRICK BUILDING WITH ANOTHER SEEMINGLY BODY WRAPPED IN ORANGE CLOTH AND PLACE IN WAITING VEHICLE NEXT TO OTHER ONE
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| 00:57:58 3459.4 |
FOR THE THIRD, FOURTH FIFTH AND SIXTH TIME - AN ENDLESS STREAM -POLICE CARRY OUT MOST LIKELY DEAD BODIES WRAPPED IN ORANGE CLOTH, AND PUSH THEM TIGHTLY INTO WAITING VAN.
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| 00:59:17 3538.44 |
CAMERAS FLASH ON OPEN BACK DOORS OF VAN, TWO SHELVES LINED WITH WHAT IS MOST LIKELY DEAD BODIES WRAPPED IN ORANGE.
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| 00:59:55 3576.62 |
FINALLY DOORS ON VAN ARE CLOSED, DOZENS OF OFFICERS ARE STANDING AROUND VAN AND OUTSIDE BRICK APARTMENT
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| 01:00:04 3585.6 |
ADDRESS ON AWNING OF APARTMENT - 25-34
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| 01:00:16 3596.77 |
STREET SIGN: 25 AV - 120 ST
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| 01:00:18 3599.47 |
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