VPN-951

01/11/1997
3 ALARM FIRE
375 CANAL ST AND WEST BROADWAY, MANHATTAN
-FIRE GUTTED BUILDING AT NIGHT, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS IN APARTMENT AND ON STREET AND N SMOKY FIRE ESCAPES
GOOD SHOT OF FIREMAN DESCENDING AERIAL TOWER LADDER
-IN FRONT OF THE CAFE CANAL, LOWER MANHATTAN, FIREMEN BREAKING GLASS WINDOW
-DISPLACED RESIDENTS SIT IN FIRE ENGINE CAB, FIREMEN USE SAW TO GET BASEMENT ACCESS
-RESIDENTS IN BLANKETS HELPED TO AMBULANCE
-STREET SIGN: CANAL AND WEST BROADWAY

01/11/1997
PROSTITUTION STING NETS 38
110 PRECINCT, ELMHURST QUEENS
-EXT OF PRECINCT STATION HOUSE, DAYTIME PERP WALK, HANDCUFFED WHITE MEN CHAINED TOGETHER AND LED TO PADDY WAGON, NYPD POLICE VAN
-PERPS TAUNTING PRESS AND CAMERAMEN WITH SEXUAL INNUENDOS
-EXT OF VARIETY STORE IN QUEENS, UPPER WINDOWS SITE OF PROSTITUTION ??, NUMBER 84-22
-STREET SIGN: ROOSEVELT AVE AND 85 ST, JACKSON HEIGHTS QUEENS

01/11/1997
3 ALARM FIRE
ALLEN ST AND HESTER ST, LOWER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN
-DAYTIME FIRE WITH FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON ROOF OF TENEMENT BUILDING, FIREMEN IN AERIAL TOWER LADDER
-POV NEIGHBORING ROOF OF FIREMEN ON ROOF, HEAVY SMOKE CONDITIONS
-STREET SIGN: ORCHARD ST AND HESTER ST

01/11/1997
ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE PERFORMS
ROSELAND BALLROOM
239 WEST 52 ST MANHATTAN
-PAN OF AUDIENCE IN DARK NIGHTCLUB, VERY CROWDED, DARK STAGE, CAMERAS FLASH AND THE AUDIENCE SCREAMS
-FEMALE GUITARIST AND BAND PLAYS, PRINCE WALKS OUT WITH SHORT HAIR AND SINGS JAZZ/FUNK SONG, PLAYS PIANO, MANY TV CAMERAS
-MARQUEE OUTSIDE THEATRE READS: "LOVE ONE ANOTHER, EMANCIPATION, JAN 11, SOLD OUT"

01/11/1997
2 PEDESTRIANS STRUCK, (1 CRITICAL, 1 SERIOUS)
EAST 79 ST AND THIRD AVE, UPPER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN (NO BODIES)
-NYC YELLOW TAXI, POOL OF BLOOD IN STREET, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL COPS INVESTIGATE, CONES AND FLARES IN STREET, YOUNG WHITE MALE TAXI DRIVER SITS IN COP CAR
-STREET SIGN: EAST 79 ST AND 3 AVE

01/12/1997
GAS LEAK AT FOX NEWS CHANNEL
1211 SIXTH AVE, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-GUEST FROM THE TV STUDIOS IS QUESTIONED IN HIS LIMO ABOUT THE SMELL, CHARLES RANGEL WEARING FUR COAT
-EXT OF FOX NEWS CHANNEL STUDIOS, AMBULANCES AND FDNY FIRETRUCKS WAIT, DAYTIME
-BEAUTIFUL LOBBY OF 1211 6 AVE,
-STREET SIGN: WEST 48 ST AND AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

01/12/1997
PATTERN DELI ROBBERS ARRESTED
MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT, WEST 35 ST MANHATTAN
-ASIAN DETECTIVE AND OTHERS LEAD HANDCUFFED BLACK MEN, PERP WALK OUT OF PRECINCT TO WAITING CARS
-EXT OF MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT

01/13/1997
UNITED NATIONS BOMB
1 AVENUE AND 45 ST, MANHATTAN
NYPD POLICE CAR PARKED NEAR THE EAST RIVER, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES VEHICLES AND BOMB RETRIEVAL
-UN BUILDING, DAYTIME, HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS TALKING, FDNY FIREMEN AND TRUCK ON SCENE
-EMERGENCY VEHICLES DRIVING ON NYC STREETS, FDNY FIRETRUCK DRIVES THE WRONG WAY ON 1 AVENUE WITH SIRENS
-UNITED NATIONS PARKING GARAE AND LOADING DOCKS
-POLICEBOAT IN EAST RIVER
-STREET SIGN: EAST 48 ST AND UN PLAZA

01/13/1997
SUSPICIOUS DOA FOUND IN CENTRAL PARK
EAST DRIVE AND EAST 64 ST, MANHATTAN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES IN SNOWY PARK NEAR CHESS AND CHECKERS HOUSE, MURDER INVESTIGATION
-WHITE MALE HANGING FROM A ROPE, SUICIDE ?, NYC PARKS POLICE ARRIVE, BIG INVESTIGATION

01/13/1997
3 ALARM EXPLOSION IN PIZZERIA
4416 18 AVENUE AND MCDONALD AVE, BROOKLYN, BOROUGH PARK
-RAGING FIRE AT NIGHT, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK
-STREET SIGN: 18 AVE AND MCDONALD AVE

01/14/1997
BELT PARKWAY FATAL COLLISION
BELT PARKWAY AND CONEY ISLAND AVE, BROOKLYN
-WRAPPED BODIES ARE LOADED INTO AMBULANCE, FDNY EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, ACCIDENT VICTIMS
-CAR WITH ROOF CUT OFF AGAINST TREE, SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT
-HIGHWAY SIGN FOR CONEY ISLAND AVE AND KNAPP ST, SHEEPSHEAD BAY
-AMBULANCE LEAVES SCENE WITH POLICE ESCORT, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL COPS ON SCENE
-FLARES IN ROADWAY

01/14/1997
HOUSE OF GUNS ON FIRE
CALIFORNIA RD AND COLUMBUS AVE, MT VERNON
-LOCAL FIRETRUCKS AND FIREFIGHTERS, ENGLISH TUDOR HOUSE SMOULDERING, BLACK MAN IN ROBE, MEN CARRY MULTIPLE RIFLES
-FIRETRUCK WITH BUCKET, MORE RIFLES IN DRIVEWAY, FIREMAN WITH AXE IN HOUSE CHOPPING AT THE WALLS

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