VPN-1044

12/20/1997
MALE FOUND DEAD IN A VAN
BARUCH DR NEAR GRAND ST, MANHATTAN, LOWER EAST SIDE
-NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICE TRUCK LEAVES SCENE
-NYPD DETECTIVE WITH MURDER VICTIM, BLACK MALE FELL OUT OF DRIVER'S SEAT DEAD ON ROAD, POOL OF BLOOD
-NYPD POLICE CAR, DETECTIVE COVERS BODY
-STREET SIGN: DELANCY ST AND BARUCH DR, SIGN FOR BERNARD BARUCH HOUSES
-PUBLIC HOUSING, PROJECTS AT DAWN

12/20/1997
CRACK IN BUILDING FOUNDATION POSES A DANGER
2240 84 STREET, BROOKLYN, BENSONHURST
-DAYTIME PAN OF BUILDING EXT, CRACK IN BRICK WALL
-EXCAVATED LOT NEXT DOOR, BUILDING INSPECTORS, NYPD, FDNY AND SURVEYORS
-RESIDENTS ARE EVACUATED, CARRYING BAGS OF BELONGINGS
-CU OF WORK PERMIT
-FDNY COLLAPSE RESCUE TRUCK ON SCENE, NYC BUS WAITS, COPS TAKE THE NAMES OF THE RESIDENTS, WOMAN HOLDS DOG, AMERICN RED CROSS TALKS TO DISPLACED RESIDENTS
-STREET SIGN: 84 ST AND BAY PARKWAY

12/21/1997
TWO POLICE CARS COLLIDE, 4 COPS INJURED
FIFTH AVE AND 17 ST, PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN
-TWO CRASHED NYPD COP CARS IN FRONT OF AARON'S
-NEW POLICE CAR ON SCENE, 72 PRECINCT, CAR INT, AIRBAG DEPLOYED
-STREET SIGN: 17 ST AND 5 AVE

12/21/1997
2 ALARM FIRE (AFTERMATH SHOTS)
1829 STILLWELL AVE, BROOKLYN, BENSONHURST
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE, DAYTIME, CLEANING UP DEBRIS, MEN AT WORK
-STREET SIGN: STILLWELL AVE AVD 24 AVE

12/21/1997
ANOTHER MOM BUSTED FOR LEAVING KIDS ALONE
28 TH PRECINCT, MANHATTAN, HARLEM
-PERP WALK, BLACK FEMALE HANDCUFFED, LED FROM PRECINCT TO CAR
-EXT OF 28 PRECINCT HOUSE

12/21/1997
NYC PARK RANGER BEATEN WITH A PIPE
VAN CORTLANDT PARK, BRONX
NYC PARK RANGERS, AND NYPD POLICE OFFICERS IN BRONX PARK
-SIGN FOR VAN CORTLANDT PARK AT NIGHT, STABLES
-SIGN FOR RIVERDALE RIDING CENTER
-STREET SIGN: BROADWAY AND MOSHOLU AVE

12/21/1997
2 CABS COLLIDE, 2 INJURED
EAST 33 ST AND MADISON AVE, MANHATTAN
-EMTS AND FIREFIGHTERS TREAT ACCIDENT VICTIM ON STRETCHER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS
-EMERGENCY PERSONNEL CAREFULLY REMOVE BLOND WOMAN WITH HEAD INJURY FROM YELLOW TAXI,
-EMTS REMOVE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BAGS FROM WRECKED CAB
-STREET SIGN: MADISON AVE AND 33 ST

12/22/1997
HUSBAND SHOOTS WIFE DEAD AND ANOTHER WOMAN
120-46 238 ST, QUEENS, CAMBRIA HEIGHTS (SCENE ONLY)
-EXT OF SMALL BRICK HOUSE AT NIGHT, CORDONED OFF, CU OF NYPD POLICE CAR
-CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ON LAWN, CU OF YELLOW "POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS" TAPE
-NYPE EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK

12/22/1997
FIVE PEOPLE SHOT AT CATERED AFFAIR (SCENE ONLY)
2ND AVE AND EAST 105-106 STREETS, MANHATTAN, EAST HARLEM
-QUIET STREET AT NIGHT, POLICE CAUTION TAPE, BEER CAN ON SIDEWALK, NYPD DETECTIVES TALK TO WITNESSES, UPPER CLASS CATERING HALL, UPPER STORY WINDOWS WITH BALLOONS
NYPD POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATE HALL
-STREET SIGN: 2 AVE AND EAST 106 ST

12/23/1997
PATTERN RAPE ARREST
71 PRECINCT HOUSE, BROOKLYN
-PERP WALK, BLACK MALE, LEAD FROM PRECINCT HOUSE TO CAR, RAINY NIGHT
-EXT OF 71 PRECINCT

12/23/1997
TWO ALARM IN A RESTAURANT
WEST 67 ST AND CENTRAL PARK WEST, MANHATTAN, UPPER WEST SIDE
-NYPD POLICE OFFICER RECIEVES OXYGEN IN AMBULANCE
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE, RESTAURANT AWNING FOR HOTEL DES ARTISTES, MANY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ON STREET, WOMAN WITH FUR COAT TALKS TO FIREMAN
-WOMAN WITH CAT WRAPPED IN BLANKET, DAYTIME EVENT
-FDNY EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS
-NICK VISCONTI FDNY COMMANDER MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT FIRE IN KITCHEN OF RESTAURANT, CONSIDERABLE WATER DAMAGE
-FIRE TRUCK WITH CHRISTMAS WREATH
-STREET SIGN: W 67 ST AND CENTRAL PARK WEST

12/23/1997
CRUISE SHIP LIFE RAFT ACCIDENT
PIER 88, WEST 44 ST AND 12 AVE, MANHATTAN, HUDSON RVER
-WEST SIDE PIER AT NIGHT, LARGE CRUISE SHIP MOORED, SOUND OF HELICOPTER OVERHEAD, LOOKS LIKE OVERTURNED LIFE BOAT, FDNY FIREMEN IN DINGHY
-VICTIM OF ACCIDENT IS TRANSFERRED TO AMBULANCE, SHAKING FROM THE COLD, NYPD DIVER IN LARGE GARAGE
-DEPARTMENT CHIEF, ARRIVING AMBULANCE FROM ST. CLARES
-CRUISE SHIP CU "EDINBURGH CASTLE"

12/24/1997
2 KIDS INJURED IN XMAS EVE BLAZE
105-59 134 ST AND 105 AVE, QUEENS, RICHMOND HILL
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS LEAVE QUEENS HOME AT NIGHT, FIRE TRUCKS WITH FLASHING LIGHT, FIRE AFTERMATH
-FRONT YARD FULL OF BURNT FURNITURE, FIRE INVESTIGATION
-STATEMENT BY FIREMEN ABOUT FIRE AND RESCUE OF CHILDREN
-UPSET FAMILY MEMBER ON SIDEWALK CRYING, MAYBE MOTHER
-STREET SIGN: 105 AVE AND 134 ST

***NO DATA ON EVENT***
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES ON LARGE CELL PHONES, RAINY NIGHT, 70 PRECINCT CAR, COP INVESTIGATES CAR WITH FLASHLIGHT, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCE
-BUILDING NUMBER 941

12/25/1997
2 ALARM CHRISTMAS BLAZE
501 WEST 164 ST AND AMSTERDAM AVE, MANHATTAN, HARLEM
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS CLIMB DOWN FIRE ESCAPES
-TIRED WET FIREFIGHTERS REST
-STREET SIGN: AMSTERDAM AVE AND WEST 163 ST

12/25/1997
FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE 3 YEAR OLD FROM ELEVATOR
110 EAST 70 ST AND PARK AVE, UPPER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN
-YOUNG CHILD ON STRETCHER IN AMBULANCE, FAMILY MEMBERS GET INTO NYPD POLICE CAR, LOOKS LIKE MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, FDNY FIRE TRUCKS ON SCENE
-WHITE WOMEN IN FUR COAT WATCH, CHRISTMAS NIGHT, TOWNHOUSE
-FATHER AND SONS TALK TO COP IN MARBLE LOBBY
-STATEMENT BY FDNY FIRE CHIEF ABOUT YOUNG GIRL WHO SLIPPED BETWEEN GAP OF ELEVATOR CAR AND WALL
-STREET SIGN: EAST 70 ST, LEXINGTON AVE

12/26/1997
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
88-19 101 AVE, QUEENS, OZONE PARK
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS SHAKING HANDS, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WAITING AROUND, DAYTIME EVENT
-FDNY VEHICLE ON SCENE, K-9 COP WITH DOG, SMALL WHEELED DEVICE, REMOTE CONTROLLED ROBOT
-NYPD ARRIVES WITH BOMB RETRIEVAL TANK, ROBOT CARRIES PACKAGE TO TANK, ROBOT FALLS OFF RAMP, VERY AWKWARD SYSTEM, BOMB SQUAD
-STREET SIGN: ROCKAWAY BLVD

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