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Eric Adams: “We lost 13, 14 people [in the Bronx fire].”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Former Mayor Eric Adams Talks Housing Policy, Crime & Life After City Hall | Coffee Talk

Published | Video Starts at 51:58

That first couple of weeks I was having cops shot continuously. 11 month old baby was shot in the head. Thank God she's still alive. But you know, with the fire in the Bronx where We lost 13, 14 people [in the Bronx fire]. and so it goes fast. There was so much happening in this, in the city in that first year. (51:58–52:01)

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