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NBC News Producer Killed in Possible Hit-and-Run Crash [now believe he fell or jumped]
1010wins ^ | Monday, 30 July 2007

Posted on 07/30/2007 10:40:32 AM PDT by Calpernia

A TV news producer may have been killed by a hit-and-run driver outside his Greenwich Village apartment Monday morning, police said.

Eric Wishnie, 44, was crossing at Sixth Avenue and 10th Street when he was allegedly struck at 3:05 a.m., according to authorities.

Wishnie was a producer for NBC News. He died at St. Vincent's Hospital, police said.

Wishnie was on leave from the network. He is the husband of NBC reporter Dawn Fratangelo.

NBC News President Steve Capus issued the following statement:

Eric Wishnie was an enormously talented former senior producer at NBC News, who had a hand in some of the most monumental and memorable news stories of our time. The entire NBC News family is devastated by this loss, and extends our deepest sympathies to his family.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ericwishnie; greenwichvillage; hitrun; nbc; nbcnews; obituary; wishnie
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To: DogBarkTree

That crossed my mind too. Did he do any work which was viewed as unfavorable to Hillary?


21 posted on 07/30/2007 10:54:19 AM PDT by Enterprise (I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
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To: weegee

Well, they might be right! LOL!


22 posted on 07/30/2007 10:54:45 AM PDT by Enterprise (I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
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To: Calpernia

July 30, 2007 — An award-winning NBC news producer who was married to correspondent Dawn Fratangelo was killed near his Manhattan home early this morning by a hit-and-run driver, police sources said.

Eric Wishnie, 45, a senior segment producer on “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” was found at the corner of 6th Avenue and 10th Street at 2:51 a.m.

He was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital and pronounced dead at 5:02 a.m.

Police sources his neck had been broken.

There were no witnesses but police were checking surveillance security cameras in the area, which may have caught the deadly incident on tape.


23 posted on 07/30/2007 10:55:03 AM PDT by kcvl
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Since it was 3:05am...I would think a traffic camera would catch the car, no?

NY is wired:

http://www.trafficland.com


24 posted on 07/30/2007 10:56:01 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

3:05AM? Maybe that’s part of the problem.


25 posted on 07/30/2007 10:56:23 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
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To: bannie
" TV news producer may have been killed by a hit-and-run driver "

So does that mean he may not have been killed by a hit-and-run driver? Veeeeeeery interesting.

26 posted on 07/30/2007 10:58:46 AM PDT by Enterprise (I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
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To: Calpernia

He was on leave.

Still doesn’t mean as much as it might with those of us in the regular 9 - 5 daily grind, but I see your point.


27 posted on 07/30/2007 10:59:44 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: Enterprise
I want to know where the guy that decked Cap'n Dan is.

After a stint under professional psychiatric evaluation, he was set free to kill a staff a NBC, or maybe the local WNBC.

They probably let him out so he can vote.

28 posted on 07/30/2007 11:00:22 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Enterprise

We’ll hear more about it. I can’t imagine getting hit by a car at that time in the morning....even in NYC the traffic is light.


29 posted on 07/30/2007 11:00:48 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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Google Street View has cameras wired at 6th and 10th!


30 posted on 07/30/2007 11:01:39 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

Further proof that nothing good ever happens after 2:00 AM.


31 posted on 07/30/2007 11:01:45 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: Calpernia

I would think, maybe, they do have video. 3:05 am is fairly precise...

Unless Ol’Barney Fife made the standard “broken watch” deduction.


32 posted on 07/30/2007 11:01:58 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: Badeye
“I can’t imagine getting hit by a car at that time in the morning....even in NYC the traffic is light.”

Yea, I’d prefer 8:00 AM.....gettin’ hit by a bus is always better after breakfast. It sucks getting run over on an empty stomach!

33 posted on 07/30/2007 11:04:27 AM PDT by TRY ONE (NUKE the unborn gay whales!)
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To: Enterprise
Maybe the driver didn't exactly "run" away. Maybe he just quietly left because he got tired of waiting for the dead guy to answer his request for his license and proof of insurance.


34 posted on 07/30/2007 11:05:02 AM PDT by bannie (The Good Guys cannot win when they're the only ones to play by the rules.)
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To: fish hawk
The bad news is that there is someone to take his place.

The bad news is that a man is dead and his wife is a widow.

35 posted on 07/30/2007 11:06:03 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: weegee
"Was Kennedy out for a late night drive on his way to vote?"

For that matter, was he out for any reason at all?

36 posted on 07/30/2007 11:06:11 AM PDT by Enterprise (I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

>>>>Unless Ol’Barney Fife made the standard “broken watch” deduction.

I’m looking at the live cam of 6th and 10th. It is a clear view. These things are suppose to be recorded, no?


37 posted on 07/30/2007 11:14:46 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Eric Wishnie, 45, a senior segment producer on “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” was found at the corner of 6th Avenue and 10th Street at 2:51 a.m.

After he was found (wonder who was looking for him?) at 2:51 he was then allegedly a victim of hit and run at 3:05 ... interesting ... very interesting!

38 posted on 07/30/2007 11:15:28 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232
I think it would still be on the cam anyway.

Can you access the google street maps?

http://maps.google.com/maps?tab=wl

I can pan this camera all the way up to the store fronts.

Eric Wishnie demise should be on these cameras.

39 posted on 07/30/2007 11:17:36 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia
50/50 chance the perp was an illegal alien...
40 posted on 07/30/2007 11:20:29 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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