Rescue 911 - Episode 113 - "Puerto Rico" (Part 2 of 2)

A Rescue 911 segment on the New Years Eve 1986 fire at a hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This segment was taken from Episode 113 which aired on December 12, 1989 on CBS.

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• dupont
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• arson

[gregorkrause]

someone has a version of this clip with extra scenes like there was supposed to be a rescuer talking before the end and the ambulance going to hospital, is this a cbs version.

[allgood2000]

Maybe. Where did you see it?

[cristinapinero]

They actually WERE union workers... and Puerto Rico is a US territory, not a Third World Country...ignorant... do a little research before commenting smart guy...

[celine699]

This breaks my heart just to see, only really cruel people would set this place on fire, and kill people without any reason, as if you had any reason, it wouldn't make it better.

[latinamerican09]

I still remember this horrible event as it was yesterday. Very sad!

[gregorkrause]

give em a toxic needle tip lol.

[fyralf]

that news shot of the first helicopter landing was so perfect on the corner of that roof. I could never have performed that landing in Sim Copter

[nitropr]

Tenemos mucho que aprender de aquellos tiempos incluso a las nuevas generaciones que vean este video en donde un pueblo unido se ayudaba en momentos de crisis en momentos en que nos creciamos ante la adversidad

[nitropr]

Recuerdo eso fue el fuego mas grande en la historia de Puerto Rico recuerdo los noticieros ese dia todos los canales transmitian la horrible escena del incendio del Dupond Plaza tenia 10 años para eso triste suceso

[molokaicreeper]

Stuff like this always makes people talk about the countries and the laws in them. How many states in the US still DO NOT have the death penalty sir? Now let me ask you another question, did the USA have the death penalty in the 1980s? There's been many people who have risked hundreds in their acts of hate, and sometimes just for the money. Some of those crimes are punished with the regulations within the time they happened. Timothy McVeigh was lethal injected in 2001, too recent to compare.

[figment1988]

and originally, their plan was to scare tourists away from the Dupont by means of making a series of bomb threats before resorting to arson as a way to intimidate the guests. it's a shame it turned out like it did, with 98 casualties

[allison25ky]

one minute u say it wasnt union now u say its wasnt the unions fault, do what the last comment said get your facts before commenting u ignorant prick

[GhostSniper1981]

Some places don't have the death penalty for many reasons . If the guilty is put to death then they don't have to live with the guilt knowing they took a life or many lives. If a person is sentenced to life imprisonment then they live with the guilt for the rest of their lives. At one moment in their lives the person will have some type of guilt for what they have done, even if they haven't felt it yet, its still there, somewhere deep inside.