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Locals called it “the butchers shop.” The letters languishing on the dreary brick edifice spelled a different name: Lincoln Hospital. It was the primary source of healthcare for residents of the South Bronx. Shortly after 5 a.m. on July 14, 1970, a U-haul truck rumbled innocuously through the gate.
The building had been condemned some 25 years earlier, deemed unsafe for human habitation, but city officials ultimately decided to keep the hospital open. Reports of unsanitary conditions and medical malfeasance proliferated over the years. City Hall responded with inaction. For the young men and women riding stealthily in the cargo bay of the U-haul, enough was enough. July 14 was a day of action.
One construction worker was killed and another critically injured after a freight elevator in plunged four stories while they were loading it around 8.15am on Wednesday.
7 shot across NYC in deadly night of violence
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Violent night of shootings
Seven people were shot across New York City within a span of a few hours. An eight-year-old boy was struck while riding his back.
NEW YORK - Police were busy investigating a string of shootings across New York City that killed one person and injured several people, including an eight-year-old boy who was riding his bike.
At least 17 gunshots rang out in St. Albans, Queens Wednesday around 9:45 p.m., according to cops. The boy was shot in the area of 120th Ave. and 178th St. His 39-year-old father was struck in the leg and a 57-year-old man was grazed in the ankle.
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