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Not the usual medical aid assignment for Boston first responders

by markadmin Posted: Friday, 4/29/2016

The oil tanker Hugli Spirit, anchored in Boston Harbor, alerted the Coast Guard to a medical crisis on board late this morning. The call, as heard on a police scanner, came into Boston police as “the captain of the ship is reportedly having a heart attack”. Boston Fire Dept., the U.S. Coast Guard, Boston EMS, Massachusetts State Police, Environmental Police, Winthrop Police and the Boston Police Harbor Unit all sent boats and personnel, as two ambulances waited on Drydock Ave. First responders borded the ship via a long ladder at the ship’s side. No word on the man’s condition. Below are my photos, mostly made with an 1140mm telephoto lens. Photos made on my shift as a Boston Herald photographer.

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. The oil tanker Hugli Spirit is seen anchored in Boston Harbor with police and fire rescue boats around it, and EMS personnel climbing outer stairs to the ship, as a medical incident was reported on board, near the noon hour Friday. A person was taken off the ship. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. The oil tanker Hugli Spirit is seen anchored in Boston Harbor with police and fire rescue boats around it, and EMS personnel climbing outer stairs to the ship, as a medical incident was reported on board, near the noon hour Friday. A person was taken off the ship. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. The oil tanker Hugli Spirit is seen anchored in Boston Harbor with police and fire rescue boats around it, as a medical incident was reported on board, near the noon hour Friday. A person was taken off the ship. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. The oil tanker Hugli Spirit is seen anchored in Boston Harbor with police and fire rescue boats around it, as a medical incident was reported on board, near the noon hour Friday. A person was taken off the ship. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. The oil tanker Hugli Spirit is seen anchored in Boston Harbor with police and fire rescue boats around it, as a medical incident was reported on board, near the noon hour Friday. A person was taken off the ship. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. The oil tanker Hugli Spirit is seen anchored in Boston Harbor with police and fire rescue boats around it, as a medical incident was reported on board, near the noon hour Friday. A person was taken off the ship. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. The Boston Police Marine Unit is seen, in foreground, as it left he oil tanker Hugli Spirit, at top of photo, after a medical incident was reported on board, near the noon hour Friday. A person was taken off the ship. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. The Boston Police Marine Unit is seen, in foreground, as it left he oil tanker Hugli Spirit, at top of photo, after a medical incident was reported on board, near the noon hour Friday. A person was taken off the ship. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. From left, The Boston Police Marine, a Boston Fire rescue boat, and a U.S. Coast Guard boat are seen after leaving the oil tanker Hugli Spirit, after a medical incident was reported on board, near the noon hour Friday. A person was taken off the ship and is in the Fire Rescue boat, the middle boat here. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. From left, The Boston Police Marine, a Boston Fire rescue boat, and a U.S. Coast Guard boat are seen after leaving the oil tanker Hugli Spirit, after a medical incident was reported on board, near the noon hour Friday. A person was taken off the ship and is in the Fire Rescue boat, the middle boat here. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. A Boston Fire rescue boat speeds back to shore with a patient after taking a sick man off the oil tanker Hugli Spirit after a medical incident was reported on board, near the noon hour Friday. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. A Boston Fire rescue boat speeds back to shore with a patient after taking a sick man off the oil tanker Hugli Spirit after a medical incident was reported on board, near the noon hour Friday. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. A man suffering from an ailment, who had been aboard the oil tanker Hugli Spirit, is seen on a gurney after Boston EMS, fire and police Marine Unit officials, along with the Coast Guard and Environmental police took him off the ship, to a dock, and then to a waiting ambulance. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. A man suffering from an ailment, who had been aboard the oil tanker Hugli Spirit, is seen on a gurney after Boston EMS, fire and police Marine Unit officials, along with the Coast Guard and Environmental police took him off the ship, to a dock, and then to a waiting ambulance. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. A man suffering from an ailment, who had been aboard the oil tanker Hugli Spirit, is seen on a gurney after Boston EMS, fire and police Marine Unit officials, along with the Coast Guard and Environmental police took him off the ship, to a dock, and then to a waiting ambulance. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/29/2016-Boston,MA. A man suffering from an ailment, who had been aboard the oil tanker Hugli Spirit, is seen on a gurney after Boston EMS, fire and police Marine Unit officials, along with the Coast Guard and Environmental police took him off the ship, to a dock, and then to a waiting ambulance. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

 

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Strange twist to the strange story of today’s long police pursuit

by markadmin Posted: Wednesday, 4/27/2016

Sometimes I run into people I’ve photographed in the past under the strangest circumstances.

Jim Moynihan was watching “The Price is Right” in his West Roxbury apartment building Wednesday morning, when the show was preempted for local news coverage of a police pursuit on Route 128.

He fixated on the television as a news helicopter streamed live video of the chase along Rte. 128 and the off/on ramps in Needham and Dedham.

Moynihan started to recognize the terrain.

The footage showed the suspect’s heavily-damaged vehicle stop in a parking lot. A man exited and started to run.

A few minutes later, there was a knock on Moynihan’s door. He opened it and a man asked him if he could come in to his apartment for a few minutes.

It was the man police were pursuing in the chase Moynihan had been watching on TV.

He stood there and before he could say anything, the man took out a wad of cash and offered to pay him for letting him in.

Moynihan said he shut the door and locked it, later recalling that adrenaline took hold of him as he slammed the door shut. In recounting the story to me, Moynihan said he was not scared.

“Being a cabby in Brookline for over 30 years, you kind of get used to things like that,” he said.

It then dawned on me. I had photographed Moynihan before.

On May 10, 2008, I was looking for feature photos for the Boston Herald. Moynihan was driving his cab when he came upon a turkey in the middle of the street.

I had exited my car to photograph the turkey. Moynihan stopped his cab and stared at the bird for a minute or two.

I struck up a conversation with him while he waited for a green light. I remember he gave me his name and said he would be very excited if the photo made the next day’s edition of the Boston Herald.

See Moynihan today, and in 2008 with his feathered friend. More of my photos from today’s pursuit, including the burning vehicle and injured Walpole police officer Matt Crown are also displayed. Crown was dragged by the suspect’s vehicle as he investigated why the vehicle was stopped in a no stopping zone.
The Boston Herald story and a video can be found here.

(05/10/08-Brookline,MA) A Boston taxi driver slows and stares at a wild turkey whose presence, in the middle of the street, was delaying morning traffic

(05/10/08-Brookline,MA) Brookline cabbie, Jim Moynihan slows and stares at a wild turkey whose presence, in the middle of the street, was delaying morning traffic

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. Jim Moynihan, a resident of an apartment building on VFW Parkway, talks to a reporter about his encounter with a man who led police on a long-duration police pursuit that began in Walpole, and ended when the suspect ran into his apartment building and knocked on his door. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. Jim Moynihan, a resident of an apartment building on VFW Parkway, talks to a reporter about his encounter with a man who led police on a long-duration police pursuit that began in Walpole, and ended when the suspect ran into his apartment building and knocked on his door. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. Jim Moynihan, a resident of an apartment building on VFW Parkway, talks to a reporter about his encounter with a man who led police on a long-duration police pursuit that began in Walpole, and ended when the suspect ran into his apartment building and knocked on his door. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. Jim Moynihan, a resident of an apartment building on VFW Parkway, talks to a reporter about his encounter with a man who led police on a long-duration police pursuit that began in Walpole, and ended when the suspect ran into his apartment building and knocked on his door. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. First responders are seen at the end of a long police chase that ended at the 1400 block of VFW Parkway. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. Boston firefighters arrive to put out a fire in the vehicle that was used in a long-duration police pursuit today that ended at the 1400 block of VFW Parkway. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. Walpole police officer Matt Crown, middle of photo, is escorted into a Boston EMS ambulance, after being injured in Walpole but continuing on a long-duration police pursuit that began in Walpole, with Crown being dragged by the suspect's vehicle as he was trying to stop the car. The car caught fire at the 1400 block of VFW Parkway. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. Walpole police officer Matt Crown, middle of photo, is escorted into a Boston EMS ambulance, after being injured in Walpole but continuing on a long-duration police pursuit that began in Walpole, with Crown being dragged by the suspect’s vehicle as he was trying to stop the car. The car caught fire at the 1400 block of VFW Parkway. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. Boston police K-9 officer John Quinn is seen moments after a suspect was arrested in connection with a long-duration police pursuit that began in Walpole, and ended in West Roxbury. The car caught fire at the 1400 block of VFW Parkway. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. Boston police K-9 officer John Quinn is seen moments after a suspect was arrested in connection with a long-duration police pursuit that began in Walpole, and ended in West Roxbury. The car caught fire at the 1400 block of VFW Parkway. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. A Massachusetts state trooper is seen near the remains of a car that was involved in a long-duration police pursuit that began in Walpole, and ended in West Roxbury. The car caught fire at the 1400 block of VFW Parkway. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. A Massachusetts state trooper is seen near the remains of a car that was involved in a long-duration police pursuit that began in Walpole, and ended in West Roxbury. The car caught fire at the 1400 block of VFW Parkway. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. A police officer is seen near the remains of a car that was involved in a long-duration police pursuit that began in Walpole, and ended in West Roxbury. The car caught fire at the 1400 block of VFW Parkway. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

04/27/2016-West Roxbury,MA. A police officer is seen near the remains of a car that was involved in a long-duration police pursuit that began in Walpole, and ended in West Roxbury. The car caught fire at the 1400 block of VFW Parkway. Staff Photo by Mark Garfinkel

 

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Busy Boston spot news Saturday.

by markadmin Posted: Monday, 3/7/2016

I photographed the aftermath of a fatal fire in Dorchester, and then quickly left there and responded to a call about a car in the water near the JFK Library/UMASS Boston campus. A woman living in the large Dorchester apartment building perished in the early morning fire, and the man involved in the car-in-water incident, apparently drove himself to his untimely death. I always try to highlight the positives, i.e a rescue attempt, when it comes to covering these events, but sadly, there were none.

03/05/16-Boston,MA A worker from a restoration/cleaning company is seen inside a fire-damaged apartment at 380 Talbot Ave. Saturday morning, hours after a fire killed a resident there. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

03/05/16-Boston,MA A worker from a restoration/cleaning company is seen inside a fire-damaged apartment at 380 Talbot Ave. Saturday morning, hours after a fire killed a resident there. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

 

03/05/16-Boston,MA First responders work to lift a stretcher carrying the body of a person at the scene of this car in the water, near the JFK Library and UMASS Boston. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

03/05/16-Boston,MA First responders work to lift a stretcher carrying the body of a person at the scene of this car in the water, near the JFK Library and UMASS Boston. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

03/05/16-Boston,MA First responders work at the scene of this car in the water, near the JFK Library and UMASS Boston. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

03/05/16-Boston,MA First responders work at the scene of this car in the water, near the JFK Library and UMASS Boston. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

03/05/16-Boston,MA First responders work at the scene of this car in the water, near the JFK Library and UMASS Boston. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

03/05/16-Boston,MA First responders work at the scene of this car in the water, near the JFK Library and UMASS Boston. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

03/05/16-Boston,MA First responders work to lift a stretcher carrying the body of a person at the scene of this car in the water, near the JFK Library and UMASS Boston. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

03/05/16-Boston,MA First responders work to lift a stretcher carrying the body of a person at the scene of this car in the water, near the JFK Library and UMASS Boston. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

03/05/16-Boston,MA First responders work at the scene of this car in the water, near the JFK Library and UMASS Boston. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

03/05/16-Boston,MA First responders work at the scene of this car in the water, near the JFK Library and UMASS Boston. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

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Man on Boston’s Tobin Bridge: A visual focus on the rescuers

by markadmin Posted: Monday, 6/15/2015

The man who climbed the Tobin Bridge shortly after the conclusion of last Wednesday’s evening commute had many first responders looking out for his well being. Police scanner broadcasts indicated that Boston EMS, Firefighters and Police from Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts State Police, and US Coast Guard sent units to the bridge. Boston Fire sent its Technical Rescue Unit, and Boston and Massachusetts State Police sent hostage negotiators. They were all very patient, as this effort took 2 hours. I was on scene to photograph, actually 1900 feet away in East Boston, according to Google Earth, when this drama played out. Photos below show an airbag inflated near Boston Fire’s Tower Ladder 3 on the upper deck roadway, a hostage negotiator with a bullhorn, and rescue boats in the water below. At one point the man can be seen inside one of the open air windows inside a steel beam, peering out. A first responder on scene told me later that night that the man had an amazing grip. The event was quite pressure packed for me. I hoped rescuers would save the man and did not want to see him fall. The final photo shows the man beginning his climb to safety. Below are several of my photos, including one that appeared in the Boston Herald. Herald colleagues, Matt Stone and Christopher Evans were also on scene, and their photos can be seen at the following link.

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The tale of a Storrow Drive rollover. Photo sequence

by markadmin Posted: Sunday, 6/15/2014

I happened upon this accident last night. My photos, of a man positioned next to the car when the troopers arrived, also show the man being asked to walk a straight line by the Massachusetts state police troopers on scene. An account can be found here. This man was eventually cuffed and taken away. This happened last night just prior to 7pm

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Bay State Cops Honored With Hanna Awards For Bravery

by markadmin Posted: Saturday, 11/19/2011

I had the privilege of attending and photographing the 2011 Hanna awards for bravery yesterday. The annual awards are in memory of  MA. State Trooper George Hanna, who was killed in the line of duty in 1983. This year’s awards honored many officer who were involved in shootouts among other serious matters. One officer, John “Jack ” Maguire was killed in one such shootout and honored posthumously. His wife Desiree and family members, were  escorted to the podium to receive his award by Woburn police chief Robert J. Ferullo Jr. Also in attendance was Somerville police detective Mario Oliveira, who was shot and nearly fatally wounded last year. Finally, the last photo (at bottom) is of little John Hanna Jr. trying to snap a photo of his dad, state trooper John Hanna Sr. John Sr’s brother was the late George Hanna.

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On This Date in My Photo History: July 22, 2008

by markadmin Posted: Thursday, 7/22/2010

(07/22/08-Boston,Mass)  After a Boston police officer spotted a woman screaming for help as she leaned out a car’s passenger side window, a high speed chase ensued on the southeast expressway. After nearly 8 miles, police boxed the car in between an innocent driver’s SUV and a guardrail. The driver then repeatedly rammed the car in front and several cruisers, wreaking havoc along the highway. The victim said the woman driving was her wife and that they got into an argument. Here, below top, guns drawn then an innocent driver whose car inadvertently blocked in the suspect’s car is protected by police. Below bottom is the dramatic sequence. Photographed while on my Herald shift.

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Photos Showing a Mass. State Trooper and the Move Over Law in Action.

by markadmin Posted: Monday, 7/19/2010

Scenes from Storrow Drive as trooper 1049 runs a speed trap as drivers move over. This also shows an alleged speeder looking in disbelief at the trooper who is trying to pull her over safely to the side of the road to administer speedy justice. He then shows the driver the evidence, his radar.


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