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OGDENSBURG — Early in 2020, Johnnie Flynn, a certified personal trainer, had a dream of opening a “bootcamp” and fitness center in Ogdensburg but she was having trouble finding the perfect location. That’s when her phone rang and was told to check out 1010 Franklin St., the former Lupia Electric building. “When I walked into the building I knew without hesitation this was going to be our fitness center,” said Flynn, who eventually opened BBJ Bootcamp & Fitness Center on Sept. 12, 2020 with co-owner, Patrick Barr, in the building that had 1,950 square feet in spac...

A closer look at some of the 205 applicants for the Columbus police civilian review board Bethany Bruner, The Columbus Dispatch © Doral Chenoweth/Columbus Dispatch The Columbus Division of Police emblem is on display at the police headquarters building in Downtown Columbus, in this photo taken Aug. 23, 2018. Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther will have a pool of 205 people to choose from in deciding who to recommend for seats on the first city civilian review board to provide oversight to the Division of Police. The board, approved as a charter amendment by voters in Novemb...

>> while other firefighters hold him down, shay lets out rope and begins slowly lowering barr. within seconds, barr is face to face with the trapped man. >> he was very exhausted and he was surprised to see me. >> standing in the smoke-filled window with the fire closing in, music producer jose giagos had been close to giving up in the seconds before barr appeared. >> i thought i was going to die. suddenly i hear a very loud voice. don't jump. don't jump. i'm here. and kind of caught my attention. and then, again, look up, look up. i open my eyes and i look up and i saw the boots and somebody ...

Just stay there. >> by the time we got to the roof, i realized no one could get through the interior because there was such a large amount of fire. so they knew the only recourse was to get this guy from the roof. >> the firefighters from rescue one begin to prepare to lower barr by rope to grab the man. >> part of my equipment was the roof rope. so i brought it up, i would use it. it had to be by rope because the ladders wouldn't reach him. >> lieutenant patrick patty brown is in charge of the risky operation. he knows if the rope frays or gets burned, it could snap and anyone hanging over th...

Floor of this building on 7th avenue and 48th street. the billowing smoke is caught on camera by news crews at street level and by ron pearlstein from his video production office directly across the street. >> i was sitting at my desk and i saw smoke. just a little smoke coming out of the window. then i saw more. i grabbed my camera, i started shooting. >> as pearlstein zooms in on the building, he sees a man perched on a window ledge trying to escape the thick smoke. >> i'm like, oh, my god, now this is a life or death situation. >> help him! >> firefighters from the fdny rescue one unit arri...