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Faithful Flock to Father Mychal Judge's Grave to Honor 9/11 Hero

The faithful still arrive steadily, some with their hands folded in prayer and others with their hands filled with keepsakes. They clutch rosary beads and plastic figurines of firefighters, navigating past Dominick's Pizza and the Hair Port on their unlikely pilgrimage to Totowa. Just beyond a bank branch on Union Blvd., they reach the final resting place of Father Mychal Judge. The FDNY chaplain, the first official victim of 9/11, is buried just inside Holy Sepulchre Cemetery's front gate on the left, tucked between two fellow Franciscan...more> (View Father Judge Photo Tribute)

 

Fire Alert Over Sexy Bait- Bravest Warned

Firefighters say they're the targets of stings designed to bait them into inappropriate or even criminal behavior. In an April 18 memo, United Firefighters Association president Stephen Cassidy wrote to his members: "The UFA has confirmed that the City's Department of Investigation is conducting random 'integrity' tests of city employees."...more>

 

Granny Fire-Death Suit

A 70-year-old grandmother of nine bled to death because firefighters from Bedford-Stuyvesant's Engine Company 214 made a slipshod effort to find her in her four-story Halsey Street apartment building after a 911 call last year, her family claims in a lawsuit. Firefighters knocked on a neighbor's door and then "sat outside in the truck" on Mother's Day last year, as Muriel Holloway bled to death after an implanted treatment valve in her arm opened up, according to the complaint filed by her family. She had been undergoing kidney dialysis treatment for 13 years...more>

 

6 Injures in Henry Hudson Parkway Bus Crash - Greyhound Coming From Springfield, Mass., Slams Into Overpass In Riverdale Section Of Bronx

There was chaos in Riverdale on Friday night as a Greyhound bus carried its passengers into harm's way, slamming into an overpass on the Henry Hudson Parkway. The FDNY said the bus got wedged near 252nd Street just before 7:30 p.m. Greyhound spokesman Dustin Clark said it was carrying 37 passengers from Springfield, Mass., to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan. The impact peeled away the roof and dropped debris onto occupied seats.The FDNY said six people were taken away by ambulance, but, amazingly, none of the injuries were considered life threatening...more>

 

Fatal Accidents Loom Over City's 'Safety Week'

With New Yorkers talking not about “the big construction accident,” but “the latest big construction accident,” Construction Safety Week never felt timelier. Perhaps the person most aware of the city’s growing concern about construction safety is acting Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri. He stepped into the job when former Commissioner Patricia Lancaster resigned three weeks ago — after she disclosed that the Department of Buildings mistakenly approved the Upper East Side building where a crane collapse killed seven people...more>

 

Firefighter Pulls 4 from Blaze

A veteran firefighter who helped save four people from a burning building in Lower Manhattan says he was just doing his job. The fire happened Wednesday night on Church Street. Two women and two children were trapped on the third floor until firefighter Thomas Maresca helped pull them to safety. But Maresca says he doesn't consider himself a hero...more>

 

Man Burned in Suspicious House Fire

A suspicious fire gutted a Richmond home last night and sent its occupant to the hospital with serious injuries. Jay Levine, 40, suffered second-degree burns of his right arm and smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at 248 Amber St., fire officials said. Levine said he was asleep when the fire started, according to FDNY Deputy Chief William Tanzosh of Division 8. Rescue personnel placed an oxygen mask on Levine's face and took him to Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, where he was listed in stable condition. Tanzosh noted that two firefighters also suffered injuries: One with a minor burn, the other with neck and back pain suffered in a slip...more>

 

Fire and EMS Promotions and Surprise Graduation

It was a day to celebrate the FDNY and its members’ dedicated service to the United States. Twenty-two members of the Fire and EMS Command were promoted during an enthusiastic ceremony at the Fire Academy on May 8. One of the promoted members, Battalion Chief Steven P. Fitzgerald, will be deployed to Iraq with the Army National Guard in June. Also during the ceremony, Probationary Firefighter Christopher Little received his certificate of completion from the Academy, since he is due to be deployed to Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps before his graduation ceremony in June...more>

 

Brave Birthday Boy's Gift of a Lifetime

His simple wish was their willing command. Responding to terminally ill Yuri Benefeld's modest hope - that a cop and firefighter stop by to say hello on his 12th birthday - some 40 members of the NYPD and FDNY showed up yesterday for a surprise party beyond his wildest dreams...more>

 

Political Play: McCain Visits NYC Fire Station

John McCain offered to hand out a few New York slices as he visited a fire station on a light day of campaigning Thursday. "Can I distribute?" the expected Republican presidential nominee asked the firefighter holding a stack of pizza boxes at the midtown Manhattan station. McCain also paused in front of a memorial to firefighters who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks...more>

 

 

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