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County Executive Saves Albany Building

WAMC photo by Dave Lucas
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy

At the peak of Saturday night’s violence in Albany, County Executive Dan McCoy, a former firefighter, took quick action when he learned on social media about a fire. 

McCoy says he headed downtown, found the TU Center safe, but saw a fire in the nearby probation building.

“Albany Fire Department couldn’t get to it because of what was going on and the scene wasn’t secured and it kept takin’ off and I had a conscious decision, try to put it out with an extinguisher or let it go and that would’ve took that whole block.”

Sheriff Craig Apple says the people who instigated the violence were not from Albany.

“Actually when Danny and I were sittin’ right in front of this place when the bank got broken into, six of ‘em came by, they caught my badge then ran across the street and then circled back.”

Apple says law enforcement has a huge amount of video evidence to sort through.

 

Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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