Cat Jumps Toward Rescuers' Arms From Flaming Second-Story Window in Harlem

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A cat escaped a fire in an apartment block that injured several people in Harlem, New York,  on October 24 by jumping from a two-story window. Two New York City police officers and several tenants of the building were injured in the blaze, which was started by a man who was wanted on domestic violence charges, according to NBC. Footage recorded by local resident Aaron Ganaway shows the cat jumping from the flaming window towards police officers below. The cat barely avoids being caught by the officers but is then caught by an onlooker who hands it back to the authorities. At the time of writing, officers were still looking for the animal’s owner and had temporarily nicknamed the cat ‘Tom Cat’, according to NBC. Credit: Aaron Ganaway via Storyful

Explosion Rocks Building in Manhattan

New York police and firefighters were responding to reports of a large explosion in East Harlem on March 12. Pedro Ramirez said he captured this video five minutes after the explosion. He lives in front of the building, which reportedly collapsed. Authorities closed 116th Street from Fifth Avenue to Lexington Avenue, according to The New York Times. The footage was taken from Park Avenue between 116th and 117th. It shows a police car cordoning off the road, leading toward the site of the explosion on 116th. FDNY confirmed the explosion in Harlem on Twitter and posted a photo which pictures the same overground train tracks that are visible on the left side of Ramirez’s video. Credit: YouTube/elboqueronviajeroes via Storyful

The gross neglect of Harlem

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In 1935, Harlem was a neighborhood pushed to the brink by racist policing, income inequality and employment discrimination.

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