Three men miraculously walked away with minor injuries after the small single engine Cessna aircraft they were in crashed into power lines in a residential area at 125 Clarendon Drive in Valley Stream on Sunday.
According to Authorities, the plane was being piloted by 27yr old Dongl Kim of Flushing, Queens, with two other men in their twenties aboard.
The trio flew from Niagara Falls and were headed to Republic Airport in East Farmingdale, NY. After the Pilot made four failed attempts to land at Republic Airport, Air Traffic Controllers re directed him to John F. Kennedy International Airport.
At JFK International Airport, the Pilot made two failed attempts to land before they crashed into the power lines outside a residence at 125 Clarendon Drive.
The area suffered from fog conditions at the time and it is not known if this weather played a role in the Pilots’ six failed landing attempts. “Luckiest three guys I’ve ever seen in my life”, said an official at the scene. “They nipped the roof of the Church down the block then came in and landed into the wires”. “The wires held them up from actually hitting the ground”. “When the Cops got here the three men were sitting on the sidewalk” the official stated. An Investigation into the crash is ongoing.
Police responding to reports of a crash on the southbound Laurelton Parkway near 128th Avenue in Queens found an unconcious man with trauma to the body lying partially on the right side shoulder, with a red and black motorcycle on the roadway in the left lane.
The critically injured man, who turned out to be a 42yr old off duty NYPD Officer, was rushed to a nearby Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Officers with the Emergency Services Unit were called in to search for the deceased Officers’ firearm. It is not known at this time what caused the crash or whether any other vehicles were involved. The Investigation continues.
A 49yr old man operating a freight elevator inside the historic Puck Building at 281 Mulberry Street in Manhattan is lucky to be alive after he stepped into the open elevator shaft on the first floor and fell to the basement.
The man, who could be heard groaning in pain as he was brought out of the building by firefighters and loaded into an ambulance, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital for treatment. The extent of his injuries are unknown at this time.
According to a spokesperson from the New York City Department of Buildings, the man used what is known as a ‘Drop Key’ to open the elevator hoistway doors before his fall.
The man was not authorized to use the ‘Drop Key’, says the Department of Buildings, which is only to be used by Elevator Technicians and Emergency Responders. The DOB has issued a Violation to the owner of the building for ‘Failure to Safeguard the Elevator’. The elevator itself was not found to be defective.
Two men, reportedly wearing ski masks, went to a fifth floor apartment at 219 Kingsborough 2nd Walk near Rochester Avenue in Brooklyn on Sunday at about 1:30pm. There, some type of altercation ensued with residents of the apartment, resulting in a 43yr old man, who was inside the apartment, being shot twice by the masked men.
Responding medics were seen performing CPR on the victim, who had blood visible on his forehead, as they rushed him out of the building to nearby Interfaith Hospital. Unfortunately, he could not be saved.
Family and friends of the victim were seen crying outside of the building, as they were being guided into Police cars at the scene while the FDNY Ambulance tore away down the street, presumably to be taken to the hospital to be with their loved one.
The two attackers escaped on foot and were last seen running down Pacific Street. As of 4:30pm today, Authorities were not able to say whether any arrests were made nor was the identity of the victim released.
The brazen early afternoon Homicide followed two other shootings in the borough. At about 4:30am, a 28yr old man was taken to Woodhull Hospital by private means after he was shot in the leg in front of a Mural featuring Harriet Tubmam and other notable African Americans on Herkimer Street, just a few feet away from Nostrand Avenue. He was listed in stable condition. Then at about 6:20am, a 27yr old man was taken to the hospital after he was shot outside of Delroy’s Jamaica Bar and Lounge at 14 Duryea Place. He was also listed in stable condition.
An unidentified woman walking eastbound on East 138th Street and crossing Willis Avenue in the Bronx using the northern crosswalk was mowed down and killed by a man driving a New York City Department of Sanitation Salt Spreader early this morning.
According to sources, the 32yr old driver of the truck was also heading eastbound on East 138th Street and turning left to head north on Willis Avenue when he ran down the woman in the crosswalk. The driver then fled the scene.
As of 3:00PM today, there was no word from Authorities as to whether any charges were preferred against the driver. The Investigation continues.
A passerby called Cops after they spotted an unconscious woman lying in the sand at Coney Island Beach near West 17th Street in Brooklyn on Monday January 7th, 2019. Medics pronounced the woman dead on the scene. According to the NYPD, the woman had no obvious signs of trauma. The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.
People walk by on the boardwalk at Coney Island Beach near West 17th Street in Brooklyn on Monday January 7, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
A 57yr old man riding his bicycle westbound on Avenue I in Brooklyn on Sunday January 6, 2019, was rushed to Maimonides Hospital in critical condition with head trauma after the driver of a parked black Ford Explorer SUV opened his door as the man was going by.
The bicyclist vaulted over the door and landed on his head. According to the NYPD, the driver of the SUV was later arrested due to Open Warrants not related to the crash. The NYPD did not provide information as to the nature of these Warrants. The Investigation into the crash itself is ongoing.
The bicycle is seen here on Avenue I at East 2nd Street in Brooklyn on Sunday January 6, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
The scene on Avenue I at East 2nd Street in Brooklyn on Sunday January 6, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
The scene on Avenue I at East 2nd Street in Brooklyn on Sunday January 6, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
A man minding his own business on the morning after Thanksgiving was brutally stabbed multiple times in the chest and shoulder in what is being described by Cops as a random attack.
The victim, 70yr old Otto Ponce-Farfan, was walking on Woodbine Street near Central Avenue in Brooklyn just before 9:30AM on Friday when he was accosted by his alleged attacker, a man who was later identified as 29yr old Rafael Fuller. Ponce-Farfan, who worked as a Livery Cab Driver, was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens where he was pronounced deceased.
Fuller, it turns out, lived only one block over from the scene of the attack. Police were able to track down Fuller, who then barricaded himself inside the residence. The NYPDs’ elite Emergency Services Unit was brought in and successfully apprehended Fuller. Fuller was later charged with Murder 2 and Criminal Possession of a Weapon.
Crime Scene Detectives process the scene of the crime in Brooklyn on Friday November 23, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
NYPD ESU Officers arrested five people after shots were fired outside of the Samuel J. Tilden High School at 5823 Tilden Avenue in Brooklyn just before 10:00AM on Tuesday. Police were seen checking on the school to make sure everything was okay with the students and Teachers. A school bus parked outside of the High School had its’ rear door glass shattered by the gunfire. The teenaged suspects barricaded themselves inside a home just across the street from the High School, which resulted in Emergency Services Unit Officers being brought in to gain entry and remove the individuals. An adult woman, two young females and two young males were all removed from the home and arrested. SEE PHOTOS BELOW:
Gunfire shattered the rear door glass of this school bus parked outside of the Samuel J. Tilden High School on Tuesday November 20, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Gunfire shattered the rear door glass of this school bus parked outside of the Samuel J. Tilden High School on Tuesday November 20, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
A total of five people, three females and two males, were arrested after they barricaded themselves after shots were fired outside the High School on Tuesday November 20, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
The Samuel J. Tilden High School is seen in the background on Tuesday November 20, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
A total of five people, three females and two males, were arrested from this house after they barricaded themselves after shots were fired outside the High School on Tuesday November 20, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Actor Joaquin Phoenix was seen hard at work on the set of the ‘Joker’ (Working Title of Romeo) in New York City on Sunday. The scene involved him taking a spill and grimacing in pain as he ran after a person of interest while waving a white envelope. SEE THE PHOTOS BELOW!