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Bergen County Man, 20, Killed In Tragic Manhattan Subway Accident 'Loved By So Many' Bergen County Man, 20, Killed In Tragic Manhattan Subway Accident 'Loved By So Many'
Bergen County Man, 20, Killed In Tragic Manhattan Subway Accident 'Loved By So Many' Shock and sorrow spread with the news that a young Westwood man was accidentally dragged and killed by a subway train at the Columbus Circle station in Manhattan. Joseph Ancona, 20, apparently tried to board a southbound No. 1 train when his clothing got caught in a subway door at the station off 59th Street around 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, city police said. “The victim was then dragged and struck by [another] train,” the NYPD reported. Ancona was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. It wasn't clear whether the conductor was aware of what was happening or why the doors didn't automati…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Laughing Homeless Man Derails NYC Subway In West Village, Authorities Say UPDATE: Laughing Homeless Man Derails NYC Subway In West Village, Authorities Say
Update: Laughing Homeless Man Derails NYC Subway In West Village, Authorities Say A Manhattan subway train derailed Sunday morning after a laughing homeless man tossed construction materials onto the tracks, authorities said. Three of the 30 or so passengers on board sustained injuries in the 8:17 a.m. derailment, which left the uptown A train stuck about 100 feet into the tunnel at 14th Street and Eighth Avenue in the West Village, they said. The train was entering the busy station when it struck metal plates that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority uses to secure tracks to the beds. Three of the cars jumped the tracks, scraped the pillars between the beds and sm…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Environmentalists Explain Hundreds Of Dead Fish Floating In Hudson River Environmentalists Explain Hundreds Of Dead Fish Floating In Hudson River
Environmentalists Explain Hundreds Of Dead Fish Floating In Hudson River Hundreds of dead fish recently found floating in the Hudson River are no cause for concern, environmentalists say.  Their deaths, in fact, are the result of a "naturally occurring phenomenon," according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The dead bunker were first spotted floating between 59th Street and the George Washington Bridge on the Manhattan side of the river. People in Edgewater and Fort Lee who also noticed them posted footage to social media. Warm water temperatures are likely a contributing factor, according to the DEC, adding water is less a…

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by Cecilia Levine