Manhattan Tragedy: City Mourns 12 Firemen
Manhattan Tragedy: City Mourns 12 Firemen
NO AUDIO A five-alarm fire sets ablaze a block of stores.12 New York Fire Department firefighters are killed in a floor collapse in a burning drug store. The 24 hour blaze leaves to mourn 12 widows and 32 children. LS A burning building and lots of traffic on the street. MS A burned out building with no standing walls and no roof. MS Throngs of people stand around as a latter is leaning against the side of a building. Various shots of gutted buildings, broken windows and other fire devastation. CU of firemen walking past the camera. MS fire hoses lying in an already flooded street. Firefighters carefully enter a burnt out building. Aerial of the crowded street. CU of the top of an ambulance. ECU of firemen in their helmets as they wait. High Angle shot of firemen carrying out a body of a fallen fireman. Surrounding firemen pay their respects by holding their helmets to their chests. Two ambulances are seen as one drives away carrying the deceased firefighter. Firemen stand around with somber faces. Another body is loaded into the ambulance and then driven away through the massive crowded streets. Horizontal Distortion from 00.31.00-00.31.03.