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Car Crashes Through Connecticut House, Lands On Sleeping Man

Car Crashes Through Connecticut House, Lands On Sleeping Man

Earlier this morning, a car chase turned into one man's nightmare when a vehicle being pursued by Connecticut police crashed into a home in New Haven and landed on top of a sleeping man. The tenant, Michael Sweat, was trapped under the car for an hour and was taken to the hospital with second- and third-degree burns. more ›

Bathing Suit Gives Woman Third Degree Burns

Bathing Suit Gives Woman Third Degree Burns

If you're laying out in the sun this summer, getting those pretty cancer lines we all desire, and you start to inexplicably smell delicious BBQ, you bathing suit may in fact be cooking you! A Long Island woman is suing a swimwear manufacturer after the underwire of her bikini top gave her third degree burns. more ›

Bronx Fire: Woman Hung from Air Conditioner Then Fell

Bronx Fire: Woman Hung from Air Conditioner Then Fell

Last night a woman clung to an air conditioner to escape the fire that was ravaging her Bronx apartment. After climbing out onto the unit she lost her hold and fell, but survived with a broken leg. "She was hanging on to the air conditioner and she lost her grip," said a neighbor who witnessed the amazing escape. "She did not scream. She hit the steps and bounced." The woman was still conscious when firefighters arrived at her side. “'There's somebody else up there,” she told the FDNY’s Rocco Cocciolillo, who fought the “real big blaze.” more ›

Thompson Looks Doomed

The latest Quinnipiac poll put Bloomy's approval ratings at 69%, and holding a strong 52-36 lead over the Democrat William Thompson. In an interview with Gothamist, asked what it would take to unseat the billionaire, former DNC chair Howard Dean replied, "Term limits." more ›

Careless Adults and Their Young Victims

Careless Adults and Their Young Victims

In the span of a few days, there have been two separate incidents of adults acting stupidly and leaving children either badly hurt or dead. more ›

Separate Fires Leave Four Dead, More Injured

Separate Fires Leave Four Dead, More Injured

Two different fires in Brooklyn and the Bronx yesterday killed four people and injured three more. Both fires occurred relatively early Saturday morning. The first was reported about 7 a.m. and was on the second floor of a two-story house in Bensonhurst. The occupants were all immigrants from Guatemala. It took firefighters almost 40 minutes to bring the blaze under control, at which point three of the residents had succumbed to smoke inhalation. Another was transported to the burn unit at Staten Island Hospital. A fifth man survived the fire by jumping through a window, landing on the sidewalk among broken glass. more ›

Deadly Fire Sparked by Child, Stove as Heater

Deadly Fire Sparked by Child, Stove as Heater

The Brooklyn fire that killed FDNY Lt. John H. Martinson was caused by a six-year-old child who was playing with wrapping or packaging paper over the open flames of a stove left on to heat a 14th floor apartment. When the paper caught fire, the boy attempted to hide the smoldering paper under a mattress, trailing embers throughout the apartment. When the child's mother discovered the bedroom in flames, she grabbed the six-year-old and his twin brother and fled from the building. The door to the apartment was left open, however, allowing billowing smoke to fill the hallway. more ›

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