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Article: Court Documents Show Police and Firemen May Be As Responsible for Billionaire Edmond Safra's Death As Nurse Charged With His Murder.
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- PR Newswire
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- July 29, 2001
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Fearing Hostage Situation With Terrorists or Assassins, Authorities Stood
Outside Burning Apartment For 90 Minutes While Safra Suffocated
NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire/ --
The police and firefighters of Monte Carlo who responded to a fire at the apartment of billionaire banker Edmond Safra may be as responsible for his suffocation death as the former Safra nurse charged with setting the blaze, court documents in the case show. Safra and another nurse, Vivian Torrente, died Dec. 3, 1999, from asphyxiation in his penthouse while police and firefighters, fearing terrorists or assassins, stood outside the burning apartment for more than 90 minutes, ...