A century-old water main ruptured under lower Fifth Avenue early January 2, 1998, creating a car-swallowing, curb-to-curb sinkhole and watery chaos in a bustling neighborhood whose streets resembled Venice for a few hours. Then, as the rivers receded, a gas main broke and the crater spewed forth a tower of orange flames. SOC Chief Ray Downey supervises crews at the resulting fire. by Todd Maisel
Firefighters rescue a child from a burning apartment in Red Hook Brooklyn June 1993 during a two-alarm fire. Two people were killed in the blaze and several were rescued including the young boy. By Todd Maisel
FDNY and NYPD crews work to free a worker who was trapped underground when the walls of an excavation site collapsed in East New York Brooklyn June 2006. He later died of his injuries. by Todd Maisel, NY Daily News
A fire ripped through the top floor of a mixed use occupancy on Brighton Beach Avenue at Brighton 6th Street in Brooklyn January 1989. Several firefighter were injured in the massive blaze. By Todd Maisel
Firefighters donning masks retreat from explosions and heat within a suspicious two-alarm fire ripped through Peter's Custom Tire Shop on Linden Blvd in East New York, Brooklyn December 20, 2006, causing the skies around for miles to turn black from the heavy smoke and flames. Photo by Todd Maisel, NY Daily News
A 12-alarm fire caused by a gas explosion from improperly installed gas lines, tore through three occupied multiple dwellings and stores on Second Avenue in the East Village in Manhattan March 26, 2015. One person was killed in the explosion. By Todd Maisel, NY Daily News
Fire officials were investigating the cause of a fire June 11, 2000 that gutted the Bergen Beach Stables, a century-old horse barn in the Mill Basin section of Brooklyn, killing 21 horses. The two-alarm fire broke out shortly before midnight Friday, engulfing the wooden, 46-stall barn at 1364 East 66th Street in 30-foot flames. Fire officials said 121 firefighters who were called to the scene brought the fire under control by 1 a.m. (Got this on way home shooting a Met’s game) Photo by Todd Maisel, NY Daily News
NYPD Emergency Service police try to talk an emotionally disturbed woman off the top of a cement factory mixer several stories high in Queens on June 8, 1997. By Todd Maisel
All 235 people on board an American Airlines flight to the Dominican Republic were killed Nov. 12, 2001, when they crashed into homes on the Rockaways in Queens, New York. Bodies were strewn throughout the crash site. By Todd Maisel, NY Daily News
Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at the famed Stauches Bathes in Coney Island Brooklyn at the height of the fire season in economically depressed area January 20, 1987. By Todd Maisel
A car driven by a 74-year-old woman careered out of control April 24, 1992, and plowed into crowds of people enjoying the first clear spring day in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. Four people were killed, including one who died after surgery. As many as 27 others were injured, some critically. Photo by Todd Maisel (a cover photo in the Daily News, owned by Todd Maisel)
A glass panel from a newly installed bus shelter on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights critically injured an elderly woman knocking her on the ground only feet away from Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn March 1996. Commuters seemingly ignore the woman as she lay in the busy street. By Todd Maisel
Cop shot at McDonald's on 10th Avenue and West 34th Street in Federal Drug Sting. In this picture however, the suspect in the drug sting was shot by DEA cops and breathes his last breath as he lay dying from his gunshot wound August 6, 1997. By Todd Maisel
Detectives view the body of a man who while being chase by police in the Fordham section of the Bronx, fell off the roof of the building to his death below May 2012. He as apparently wanted in a robbery police said. By Todd Maisel, NY Daily News
May 7, 1989, The bodies of two young boys were found floating in Sheepshead Bay last night and were believed to be those of playmates missing since Friday from their Brooklyn home, the police reported. The police said the boys were last seen about 5 P.M. Friday in front of their building at 2502 East 19th Street. They were identified as Louis Miranda, 7 years old, and Juan LaPorte, 8. A police spokesman, Sgt. Peter Berry, said at the time that the boys had no history of running away and there were ''no custodial problems'' in their families. Juan was identified as the son of Juan Laporte, a professional boxer who won the 1976 112 lb New York Golden Gloves Sub-Novice Championship. He defeated Long Island's Ricky Brown in the finals. Laporte was defeated by Joseph Nieto of the Police Athletic Leagues Lynch Center in the 1977 118 lb Open Championship. Laporte trained at the Lunar Boys Club in Brooklyn, New York. He was at the scene when his son and the son;s friend were found. By Todd Maisel
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901, also known as SAS Flight 901, was a scheduled international flight operated by the Scandinavian Airlines System, that overran the runway at its destination at John F. Kennedy International Airport on February 28, 1984. The flight, operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, originated at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden, before a stopover at an airport in Oslo, Norway. All 177 passengers and crew members onboard survived, although 115 were injured. The cause was a runway overshoot due to the crew's failure to monitor their airspeed and overreliance on the aircraft's autothrottle - by Todd Maisel (my first plane crash)
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901, also known as SAS Flight 901, was a scheduled international flight operated by the Scandinavian Airlines System, that overran the runway at its destination at John F. Kennedy International Airport on February 28, 1984. The flight, operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, originated at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden, before a stopover at an airport in Oslo, Norway. All 177 passengers and crew members onboard survived, although 115 were injured. The cause was a runway overshoot due to the crew's failure to monitor their airspeed and overreliance on the aircraft's autothrottle - by Todd Maisel (my first plane crash)
A massive fuel depo fire in Bayonne New Jersey in 1984 destroyed several fuel storage tanks, injuring several workers. Crossed a swamp and climbed a fence to get inside the terminal. By Todd Maisel
A chemical factory fire in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1986 threatened to engulf a nearby storage facility. The fire took three hours to contain. By Todd Maisel
A massive amusement park fire in 1989 destroyed a large number of old rides including the famed bumper cars on West 10th Street near the Coney Island Boardwalk. I was nearly killed at this incident where I became trapped during the fire, only to escape and then encounter guard dogs, one of which ripped my pants leg off before walking away. By Todd Maisel
Firefighters, including one off-duty leading the way after a 13-year-old was pulled from a Canarsie Brooklyn home during an all-hands fire in 1985. One of my first ever fire rescue photos. By Todd Maisel
I was on board the NYPD launch when police pulled the body of a pilot of a small plane out of the water after he crashed off Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn in the summer of 1986. He died at the scene. When ESU boarded the boat, so did I. Nobody cried about it. By Todd Maisel
A crash involving a police van and a jeep resulted in two children being thrown from the vehicle on Dumont Avenue in Brownsville Brooklyn
Spot news winner 2009. A young man was stabbed and seriously wounded this afternoon in front of the Parkside Deli and Grocery at 184 Parkside Avenue across from Prospect Park in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The unidentified victim ran from his attackers with multi stab wounds and collapsed in front of Kreative Cutters at 696 Flatbush Avenue. November 5, 2008 by Todd Maisel NY Daily News
Residents of Borough Park stay behind a New York City police officer during a heavy rain as they watch a two alarm fire in a large home December 11, 2008. By TODD MAISEL, NY DAILY NEWS
Two alarm fire raced through a three story factory at 130 Third Avenue near Bond Street this morning, three firefighters were injured, all three were minor. Fire is under investigation. February 26, 1999. By Todd Maisel
Three people were killed and at least 34 others were injured when an explosion followed by a huge fireball virtually destroyed two three-story brick apartment buildings in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, last night.
Fire and police officials said the badly burned bodies of two victims, both believed to be women, were removed from the rubble. Two other people, and possibly more, were buried in the pile of smoldering wooden beams and scorched bricks and were believed to be dead. September 3, 1991. By Todd Maisel
A two-alarm fire, apparently started by a suicidal emotionally disturbed man, ripped through the four story building tin Dean Street and Brooklyn Avenue this afternoon January 17, 2018. (Todd Maisel/New York Daily News)
