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More than a dozen people were injured, one of them critically, in an apartment fire in Brooklyn early Tuesday in which firefighters rescued six people, and two small children were dropped to safety from a second-floor apartment, according to fire officials and witnesses. The fire, at the corner of Newkirk and Ocean Avenues in Flatbush, broke out around 2 a.m. and sent eight members of one family to the hospital. Six people remained hospitalized last night. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the rescue of two 8-year-old boys by 911 who fell through the ice on a private pond in Millburn, New Jersey.

Reports on a girl who fell down an elevator shaft of a commercial building in New York City on January 24, 2003.

Reports the casualties of a vehicular accident on the New York State Thruway in December 2002.

Reports on the casualties involved at a fire incident in Bronx, New York City on December 14, 2001.

Reports the death of a woman serving on the tenant patrol at a public housing project in Far Rockaway, New York City, New York, from gunshots fired outside the building. Other victims of the shooting.

Reports on the rescue of two construction workers in New York City, New York who were left dangling in the air when a cable on their hanging scaffold snapped from an apartment building. Details on the rescue effort of New York City Police Department Emergency Service Unit officer Romano Amleto; Injuries suffered by the workers; Employment of the workers with M&W Waterproofing.