Former NYU student who fell from fire escape wins $29M suit

Former NYU student who fell from fire escape wins $29M suit By Julia Marsh March 8, 2017 | 5:24pm Modal Trigger A former NYU student was was paralyzed from the waist down after falling from a fire escape. A former New York University athlete won a $29 million verdict in Manhattan court Tuesday ​– one that cannot be appealed […]

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17 Families Evacuated

17 Families Evacuated in Early Morning Apartment Fire in New Rochelle, 3 Injured  November 27, 2016 – 10:27  Posted in: NEW ROCHELLE POLICE & FIRE Rate Article: 0 Your rating: None 0 No votes yet Photos and Video from Fire Scene Dramatic video shot by tenant of 11 Locust   NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Three people, […]

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FIRE ESCAPE COLLAPSE SENDS HIM PLUMMETING 4 STORIES

BROOKLYN MAN STABLE AFTER FIRE ESCAPE COLLAPSE SENDS HIM PLUMMETING 4 STORIES Tim Fleischer is live in Brooklyn with the latest details. Friday, March 18, 2016 PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS, Brooklyn (WABC) — A man fell four stories when the fire escape he was standing on partially collapsed in Brooklyn Friday night. Authorities say the 23-year-old […]

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Show Us Your Fire Escape (Please)

THIS ARTICLE IS DANGEROUS for although it looks really cool, putting obstructions on your fire escape endangers the occupants and the firefighters who may use them as well.  Usually it’s the ONLY means of egress out of a burning building. Yes, newer buildings require a fire staircase inside, older buildings DO NOT have this.  Actually, […]

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Heat Takes Toll on Long Island Firefighters

Heat Takes Toll on Long Island Firefighters JUL 23, 2016 SOURCE: NEWSDAY Photo credit: CBS NY Five people had minor injuries — and a cat was killed — during a five-alarm fire at a Hempstead apartment building Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The blaze heavily damaged two or three apartments in the six-story, 36-unit building at 36 Cathedral Ave., […]

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Brooklyn Pastor Held On Bail In Charges In Deadly Flatbush Fire

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Brooklyn pastor was behind bars late Thursday, charged with manslaughter in a fire that left a man dead. As CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported, the fire happened two years ago. But police just caught up with the Rev. Luckner Lorient in Florida Tuesday night, and he was in Brooklyn Criminal Court in […]

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1 Hurt After Fire Escape Collapses in Brooklyn

1 Hurt After Fire Escape Collapses in… The FDNY told News 4 Investigates on Monday that the last time the fire escape had been inspected was in 2014 and that the building’s owner never received a a violation. Andrew Siff reports. (Published Monday, March 21, 2016) A fourth-floor fire escape partially collapsed while a man […]

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Construction worker, 62, dies after plunging six stories in East Harlem

BY  CHELSIA MARCIUS,  ROCCO PARASCANDOLA NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, February 4, 2016, 4:09 PM MICHAEL SCHWARTZ/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The man, 62, fell to his death while grabbing equipment being passed to him by a worker standing near him on scaffolding. A 62-year-old construction worker plunged six stories to his death in East Harlem Thursday […]

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Bronx Apartment Building Fire Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Injured

Bronx Apartment Building Fire Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Injured   January 3, 2016 1:08 PM Filed Under: Fires, Ilana Gold, James Turtein, Wakefield NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — One man was killed and three other people were rushed to the hospital with minor injuries after a fire broke out early Sunday morning at a Bronx apartment complex, authorities said. The blaze started […]

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6 HURT AS FIRE BURNS

6 HURT AS FIRE BURNS THROUGH HOME IN ELMHURST, QUEENS   Kala Rama has the latest on Monday morning’s fire in Elmhurst that left six people hurt. Eyewitness News Monday, December 07, 2015 12:26PM ELMHURST, QUEENS (WABC) — Six residents were injured, one seriously burned, in a second alarm house fire in the Elmhurst section […]

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