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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:41 PM
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Car Jumps Curb in Midtown, Injuries Reported (formerly Penn station story)
Edited on Fri Apr-09-04 04:53 PM by Bleachers7
(New York-WABC, April 9, 2004) — On the north side of West 33rd Street at Seventh Avenue, one of the corners of Penn Station, a passenger car has apparently jumped the curb and possibly hit a building.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/traffic/wabc_040904_carcurb.html

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Someone told me about it. I don't see anything on TV yet. Anybody hear anything. I can see down 7th Ave and I see some emergency vehicles. Also, others have seen helecopters flying low. Anybody know what's up?
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:42 PM
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1. had some low-flying copters here, too, a little while ago
shook the whole f-ing building

I'm out in the easy-bay 'burbs of SF
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David Dunham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:44 PM
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2. Same here near Times Square NY
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:44 PM
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3. Traffic is closed on 7th at around 40th (Going downtown)
Edited on Fri Apr-09-04 04:48 PM by Bleachers7
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:45 PM
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4. could this be what it is
Enron's Skilling hospitalized in N.Y.

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Former Enron chief Jeffrey Skilling was taken to a Manhattan hospital Friday after several people reported to police he was pulling on their clothes and accusing them of being FBI agents, The Associated Press reported.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?guid=%7BF57EFA24-E955-451F-8DDE-01F05417CD5B%7D&siteid=myyahoo&dist=myyahoo
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:48 PM
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5. They wouldn't close 7th ave for that.
There was a shootout on 42nd street with multiple shooters last year and they didn't even close more than a long block.
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:48 PM
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6. Ahh yess,..the old insanity defense.
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pinerow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:48 PM
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7. Sounds like Skilling had one too many puffs on the
glass pipe...
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:49 PM
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8. Nah, that was Upper East Side
Edited on Fri Apr-09-04 05:09 PM by BlueEyedSon
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The Land of the Free Donating Member (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:49 PM
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10. it must be so hard with a BILLION dollars to your name
It would make me paranoid. Just Kidding. Better get used to being strapped down
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 07:44 PM
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14. What is this, an attempt at an incompetency defense?
:headbang:
rocknation
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johnfunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:49 PM
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9. Nothing on NY1, WCBS-2, WCBS880
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:50 PM
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11. Found it
Edited on Fri Apr-09-04 04:53 PM by Bleachers7
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/traffic/wabc_040904_carcurb.html
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2cents Donating Member (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 04:56 PM
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12. cbs had a short report...
....a car jumped the curb and hit a woman and child - they were taken by ambulance.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 05:00 PM
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13. Thanks you for the link, I was a little concerned
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