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Fire Commissioner
Nicholas Scoppetta, Chief of Department Salvatore
Cassano, Thomas and Margaret Brick (fifth and sixth
from the left) and Salvatore Bommarito (fifth from
the right) join the eight 2009 Thomas Brick
Scholarship winners.
A ceremony at FDNY
Headquarters on July 9 memorialized Firefighter
Thomas Brick in two ways - with the presentation of
eight college scholarships to FDNY members and the
dedication of training equipment in his honor.
Firefighter Brick
from Ladder 36 made the Supreme Sacrifice on Dec.
16, 2003, while operating at a four-alarm fire in
upper Manhattan.
“I can’t think of a
better way to remember Tom Brick than through
education and training,” Fire Commissioner Nicholas
Scoppetta said as he stood with Firefighter Brick’s
parents, Thomas and Margaret.
This is the sixth
year financier Salvatore Bommarito and his family
have funded scholarships honoring Firefighter Brick.
They donated $20,000 for this year’s scholarships,
and over the past six years, they have contributed
$114,500 to the program.
This year’s
recipients included Captains Paul Conrad of Division
6, Michael Hubert from Division 11 and John Mack of
Engine 68; Lt. Anthony Pasquin of Battalion 12; SFM
Vincent Palmieri from the Brooklyn Base; and
Firefighters Robert Knabbe from Rescue 3, Robert
Lagnese from Squad 270 and Christopher LeBarron of
Ladder 46. |