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08/05/1993
LOST WHALE ARRIVES AT NY AQUARIUM (AT NIGHT)
WEST 8 ST AND SURF AVE, BROOKLYN, CONEY ISLAND
-PICK UP TRUCKS ARRIVE WITH SMALL WHALE IN BED WORKERS HOSE THE WHALE DOWN, NYPD POLICE AND AQUARIUM WORKERS, SOME IN WET SUITS
-WHALE IS LIFTED BY WINCH AND CRANE OUT OF TRUCK BED AND OVER TO ENCLOSURE FOR AQUARIUM, CON EDISON TRUCK AND WORKERS INVOLVED
SIGNAGE FOR THE NEW YORK AQUARIUM
NYPD COPS OUTSIDE WAITING
-WHALE SWIMMING IN CIRCLES IN POOL WITH WORKERS IN WET SUITS WATCHING

08/05/1993
ARREST OF HIT AND RUN CAR THIEF DRIVER
79 PRECINCT, BROOKLYN, BED-STUY
-PERP WALK, NYPD HGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS LEAD ANGRY SHIRTLESS BLACK MALE WITH HEAD WOUND, CURSING AT COPS AND CAMERAMEN
-POLICE CAR LEAVES WITH PERP
-EXT OF 79 PRECINCT DURING THE DAY

08/05/1993
HOTEL HI RISE FIRE
BROADWAY AND 46 ST, MANHATTAN
-UPPER STORY OF MODERN BUILDING WITH WINDOWS SMASHED OUT
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AND TRUCKS ON SCENE, MIDTOWN NYC DAYTIME FIRE, VERY CROWDED SIDEWALKS
-EMT AND PARAMEDICS WAIT OUTSIDE, BATTALION CHIEF ARRIVES, NYC EMERGENCY SERVICES
-BUILDING EVACUATED ?, EMERGENCY, 1990S FASHIONS
-BATTALION CHIEF MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT 27 FLOOR FIRE, ISOLATED, BUILDING IS A HOTEL
-SECOND STATEMENT BY ANOTHER BATTALION CHIEF, CONFUSION ABOUT WHICH BUILDING THE FIRE WAS IN
-WATER KNOCKED OUT ELEVATOR SERVICE
-EMS OFFICIAL MAKES STATEMENT BOUT MINOR INJURIES
-TIGHT SHOTS OF EVACUATED WOMEN CHATTING ABOUT FIRE, EYEWITNESSES
-FDNY FIRE MARSHAL TRUCK IN MIDTOWN DAYTIME, MANY AMBULANCES
-STREET SIGN: WEST 46 ST AND TIMES SQUARE

08/06/1993
JESUS CHRIST ARRIVES
POST AVE AND 204 ST, MANHATTAN, INWOOD
-CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON WINDOW, OVERHEAD SHOT FOR CROWED STREET, MANY PEOPLE SCREAMING AND CHEERING, HISPANIC NEIGHBORHOOD
-CROWDS WAVE FOR CAMERA
-STREET SIGN: POST AVE AND 204 ST

08/06/1993
FATHER ARRESTED FOR FALSE REPORT
46 PRECINCT, WEST BRONX
-EXT OF 46 PRECINCT AT NIGHT
-HISPANIC MOTHER AND DAUGHTER LEAVE PRECINCT AND GET INTO DETECTIVE CAR
-PERP WALK, HANDCUFFED HISPANIC MEN ARE LED THROUGH PRECINCT AND OUT TO CAR, BOOKED AT COUNTER

08/06/1993
SUSPICIOUS FIRE INJURES 2 FIREFIGHTERS AND 2 CHILDREN
48 27 AVE BROOKLYN, GRAVESEND (NOT ON CAMERA)
08/06/1993
2 FIREFIGHTERS AND 2 CHILDREN ARRIVING AT CORNELL BURN CENTER, MANHATTAN, UPPER EAST SIDE
-ARRIVING NYC AMBULANCES, NYC EMS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, EMTS REMOVE SMILING PATIENT, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS
EXT OF CORNELL BURN CENTER, DEPUTY FDNY COMMISSIONER ARRIVES
-NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL COPS RUN TO VEHICLES, RUSHING EMERGENCY, LEAVE WITH SIRENS AND LIGHTS FLASHING, NYC DAYTIME
-AMBULANCES ARRIVE WITH PATIENTS
-FDNY FIRE OFFICIAL MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT FIRE AND INJURIES
-MORE AMBULANCES ARRIVE WITH POLICE ESCORTS LOTS OF RUSHING AROUND, CHILDREN ON STRETCHERS, EMT HOLDS IV BOTTLE
-EMERGENCY ROOM SIGN
-STREET SIGN: YORK AVE AND EAST 70 ST

FIRE AT 49 ST SUNSET TERRACE AND 7 AVE, SUNSET PARK BROOKLYN, (NOT ON INFO CARD)
-CU OF FIRE FIGHTER, FDNY, DAYTIME FIRE, LADDER 148 TRUCK, AERIAL TOWER

08/07/1993
MOTORIST EJECTED FROM AUTO AD DOA
SOUTH BOUND FDR DRIVE AND EAST 33 ST, MANHATTAN
-COVERED BODY OF ACCIDENT VICTIM ON ROADWAY
-NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS AND EMTS AT SCENE, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AT NIGHT

08/07/1993
3 ALARM FIRE IN CHURCH
2 EAST 90 ST, MANHATTAN, UPPER EAST SIDE, YORKVILLE
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS IN SMOKY CHURCH, BAPTISMAL FONT, EPISCOPAL CHURCH, BEAUTIFUL STONE ARCHES, FIREMEN WITH HOSES
-SIGN FOR THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE HEAVENLY REST, CHURCH EXT, AERIAL TOWER LADDER EXTENDED TO UPPER STORY WINDOW, FIREMEN CARRY LADDER INTO CHURCH AT NIGHT, TIRED FIREMAN SITS OUTSIDE, SMOKE, ALARM RINGS
-STREET SIGN: 5 AVE AND EAST 90 ST

08/06/1993
ETHER FOUND IN BUILDING (SCENE)
WEST 140 ST OFF ADAM CLAYTON POWELL BLVD, MANHATTAN, HARLEM
-BUILDING ON RAINY NIGHT, NYPD POLICE EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK ARRIVES, BOMB SQUAD TRUCK, 1990S CAR
-RED GAS CANS ON STREET, FDNY FIRE TRUCK AND FIREMEN ON SCENE

***FULL STORY ON EXT FILM VPN-509***
-CHURCH INT AFTER FIRE, (RELATED TO ABOVE EVENT), FIRE DEBRIS AND RUBBLE
-DEPUTY CHIEF MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT CHURCH FIRE, ANSWERS QUESTIONS

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