VPN-149

20 AUGUST 1989
OIL SPILL
WEST 54 STREET & ELEVENTH AVE, MANHATTAN
STREET SIGN: 11 AVE AND WEST 54 STREET, HELL'S KITCHEN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND CON EDISON WORKERS TRY TO CONTAIN OIL SPILL, HAZMAT WORKERS, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT NIGHT, LONG PIPETTE TAKING SAMPLES OF THE OIL, POLICE TAPE
-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRUCK FDNY

20 AUGUST 1989
ORIENTAL MALE HOMICIDE
LAFAYETTE STREET & CANAL STREET, MANHATTAN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS TALK TO ASIAN MALES ON STREET AT NIGHT, ASIAN COP, CHINATOWN, 5 PRECINCT POLICE CAR, AWNING FOR HENNESSY'S BAR AND RESTAURANT, MURDER SCENE CORDONED OFF, MURDER SCENE INVESTIGATION

(VV-YTV)
20 AUGUST 1989
2 DOA COLLISION
WEST 15 STREET & NEPTUNE AVE, BROOKLYN
-NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL CARS AND COPS, EMTS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS), SMASHED CAR ON SIDEWALK AT NIGHT, MANY POLICE OFFICERS, FEMALE EMTS AND COP
-GRAFFITI COVERED WALLS, GHETTO, HEINEKEN BEER BOTTLE ON DASHBOARD OF CRASHED CAR, SMASHED WINDSHIELDS, 1980S CARS, CONEY ISLAND
-MS OF COP WRITING REPORT, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER
-STREET SIGN: WEST 15 ST AND NEPTUNE AVE

(VV-YTV)
21 AUGUST 1989
CORRECTION OFFICER RAPE ARREST
71 PRECINCT, BROOKLYN
-PERP WALK, BLACK MALE, HANDCUFFED, LED THROUGH PRECINCT AND OUT TO CAR, BENT OVER, STRUGGLES WITH DETECTIVES, UPSIDE DOWN IN BACK OF CAR,
-EXTERIOR OF 71 PRECINCT, CROWN HEIGHTS

21 AUGUST 1989
ALL HANDS FIRE, INJURIES
145 EAST 23 STREET, MANHATTAN, MIDTOWN, GRAMERCY PARK
-RESIDENTS EVACUATED FROM HOTEL, GARBAGE ON STREET, FDNY TOWER LADDER
-STATEMENT FROM DEPUTY CHIEF ABOUT FIRE ON FIFTH FLOOR OF HOTEL, TALKS ABOUT NERVOUS EXCITABLE RESIDENTS WANTING TO JUMP, MANY ELDERLY FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO ORIGINAL ROOM
-ELDERLY MALE ON OXYGEN IN WHEELCHAIR TAKEN TO AMBULANCE BY EMTS AND FIREFIGHTERS
-MANY BYSTANDERS ON SIDEWALK, FIRE TRUCKS ON STREET, FIREFIGHTERS EXIT BUILDING LOBBY, ELDERLY WOMAN WITH OXYGEN WHEELED TO AMBULANCE
-SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY HOTEL, KENMORE HOTEL, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE HOUSING

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21 AUGUST 1989
DOA ACCIDENT
HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY, MANHATTAN
-CAR MISSING FRONT END WRAPPED AROUND TREE,NYPD COPS USE JAWS OF LIFE, HYDRAULIC SAW TO CUT CAR APART, HIGHWAY IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
-BODY OF VICTIM IS LOADED INTO AMBULANCE BY NYPD POLICE OFFICERS, BAD SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND CLEAN-UP, EXPOSED ENGINE IN PIECES

21 AUGUST 1989
3 ALARM FIRE
185 PALISADES AVENUE, YONKERS
-YONKER FIRETRUCK TOWER LADDER DESCENDING
-OLDER WHITE MALE IN PAJAMAS IS HELPED BY FIREMEN TO STREET, DISPLACED ELDERLY RESIDENTS WAIT IN PARK AT NIGHT, SITTING ON BENCHES, FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK
-EXTERIOR OF HUDSON VIEW MANOR, ADULT HOME, NURSING HOME SIGN, RETIREMENT HOME, AGING

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