An apparent case of miscommunication prompted Binghamton police and fire units to race to check out a report of a person in need of help in the Susquehanna River.
A section of a busy downtown street near a popular Binghamton restaurant was shut down to vehicular and pedestrian traffic after debris fell from the top of a building.
The number of volunteer firefighters in New York has fallen drastically over the last 25 years, and the real victims are small, upstate New York communities.