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Raging Bronx Fire Injures Three Kids
NY Daily News 7/18/2008
Towering flames exploded from
the roof of a Bronx apartment
building early Thursday in a
four-alarm blaze that injured
three children and left more
than 200 people homeless. The
raging fire engulfed the top
floor of 1998 Newbold Ave., and
smoke filled the six-story
structure, forcing tenants to
race outside just after 1 a.m.
"I saw a stampede coming down
the stairs and didn't know what
was going on," said Walter Calle,
who lives in the Parkchester
building. "Things were really
crazy, really dramatic."
Firefighters and a few
courageous residents ran through
the building to alert sleeping
neighbors and pull people away
from the flames and choking
smoke. "The flames were rolling
over our heads," said
Firefighter Bill Horel of Ladder
47. "I found three children
huddled under a window trying to
get air." Investigators believe
the fire, which was ruled
accidental, ignited in an
overloaded surge protector in
the hurt children's apartment,
an FDNY source said. The Red
Cross provided temporary shelter
for the building's residents.
Vic Nicastro Photo
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Hero Saves Gal in Subway Fall
NY Post 7/16/2008
A hero straphanger leaped onto the
subway tracks last night to help a woman who'd suffered a seizure
and fallen from the platform, authorities said. The Good Samaritan
was giving the passenger first aid on the tracks with the power to
the deadly third rail still on when emergency medical technicians
arrived at the Myrtle-Willoughby avenues station on the G line in
Brooklyn shortly after the 6:18 p.m. fall, a Fire Department
spokesman said. "This guy was still on the tracks with her - he
disappeared when we showed up." the spokesman said. The woman was
removed from the station at 6:40 p.m. and taken to Elmhurst Hospital
in Queens.
Woman Falls on Subway Tracks
Fox5News 7/16/2008
A straphanger
suffered a seizure and fell on the subway tracks in Bed-Stuy,
Brooklyn. Luckily an off-duty firefighter happened to be on the
platform and jumped down after her. He kept her neck and body steady
as emergency workers responded. They pulled her to safety and rushed
her to the hospital.
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Fire
Lieutenant Rescues Child From Brooklyn Fire
FDNY
Insider 7/8/2008
 Lt.
Mike Kelly, detailed to Ladder 112 from Engine 277, rescued a young
boy from a fire in Bushwick, Brooklyn, on July 7. The
call was received at 3:09 p.m. for a fire in a three-story
multiple-dwelling at 708 Knickerbocker Ave. When firefighters arrived
on the scene, they said they saw smoke seeping from around the frames
of the first floor windows. A
grandmother had escaped already, but neighbors told firefighters a
child was still inside the fire apartment. Firefighters
entered the fire apartment and headed toward the front, where they
were told the child would be, but Lt. Kelly said, “Thick smoke was
down to the floor, and six to eight feet into the apartment the heat
stopped me in my tracks.” Fortunately,
members from Engine 230 and Squad 252 were able to immediately get
water on the fire, enabling him and other firefighters to reach the
child. “I heard him gasp for air
twice,” he said, finding the boy face down on a bed. He
pulled the boy outside and Firefighter Brian Sammon from Engine 230
began doing CPR. The boy was transported to New York
Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center in critical condition.
“When I see this I just think of my own
two kids and hope for the best,” Lt. Kelly said. Another
victim was transported to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in serious
condition and a firefighter was taken to Kings County Hospital.
The fire was placed under control by 3:46
p.m.
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Post 7/5/2008
FDNY
Marine Unit Saves Party Boat After Fireworks Ran Aground
 Two
firefighters from the FDNY Marine Unit made a daring rescue in violent
waters on the Fourth of July when a party boat watching fireworks ran
aground on a rock jetty in Brooklyn. A 4-year-old boy and his mom were
injured in the mayhem. Firefighter Robert Senatore, 44, was at the
helm of the FDNY's special quick-response rescue craft when he and his
partner, firefighter Dean Tartaro, were alerted to troubled craft near
Seagate at 10:30 p.m. Friday. To get the five panicked passengers
aboard, Senatore, of Marine No. 3, by Kingsborough Community College,
rode the crest of a wave in order to touch the bow of the stranded
boat as Tartaro plucked each victim off the jagged rocks. "We got
the kid in first. I sat him down in the seat next to me. He was
crying. I said, 'Hold on, I'm going to get your to mom next,' "
Senatore recalled today. Mom Violetta Abramava, 27, of Sheepshead Bay,
suffered a head gash when the boat struck the shoal. Today, all five
were recuperating from the ordeal.
Boy,
14, Rescued in Brooklyn Fire Dies From Burns
NY
Times 7/3/2008
A
14-year-old boy who was rescued with seven members of his family from
an apartment fire in Brooklyn early Tuesday died in the hospital on
Wednesday, according to the medical examiner’s office. The
boy, Misael Fuentes, was pronounced dead at 3:35 p.m. at Staten Island
University Hospital, officials said. Misael,
described as “a chubby little guy” who liked to “joke around
with everybody,” suffered burns over 85 percent of his body,
relatives said. The fire, at the
corner of Newkirk and Ocean Avenues in Flatbush, broke out about 2
a.m. Tuesday. Firefighters crawled through flames and thick black
smoke to rescue those still inside...more>
Firefighters
Save Family from Brooklyn Fire
FDNY
Insider 7/1/2008
 It
was the FDNY at its best. Firefighters rescued six people from a
second-alarm apartment fire in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, on July 1. This
is an outstanding job we couldnt have done better, Lt. Victor Spadaro
of Ladder 157 said. Dispatchers began receiving calls at 2:19 a.m. for
a fire at 1001 Ocean Ave., with multiple callers indicating people
were trapped. Firefighters said when they arrived, they found a heavy
volume of fire coming from a second floor apartment of the four-story,
brick building. They saw a man hanging off a child gate and were told
a woman had already jumped out a window. The firefighters also learned
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Off-Duty
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WINS 7/1/2008
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off-duty New York City firefighter rescued a man trapped inside a
burning vehicle early Tuesday morning, fire officials said.
Firefighter Edward Bohan, of Engine 44 in Manhattan, was traveling
eastbound on the Grand Central Parkway and Northern State Parkway near
New Hyde Park on his way to play golf at about 4:45 a.m., fire
officials said. He came upon a sports utility vehicle engulfed in
flames, fire officials said. The vehicle had crashed into the woods on
the side of the road, officials said. Bohan, a six-year New York
firefighter, saw the victim inside the car being burned by the flames
and possibly with a broken arm from the impact of the crash, officials
said. The victim could not get his seat belt off or the car door open,
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Firefighter
Rescues Two From Queens Apartment Fire
FDNY
Insider 6/30/2008
 Firefighter
Michael Cunningham from Ladder 150 may not want to call himself a
hero, but two women from Queens most certainly do. He
rescued both of them from an all-hands fire at 196-03 Jamaica Avenue
on June 28. “I was able to rely
on my training and what I have learned from [other firefighters’]
experience, and without panicking, carry out the job,” said
Firefighter Cunningham, a four-year veteran of the FDNY. “I’m just
happy it all worked out OK.” At 6:47 p.m., firefighters were called
to a fire in a first floor apartment of a two-story multiple dwelling
in Hollis, Queens. Within two
minutes firefighters from Ladder 150 arrived on the scene, finding a
heavy fire and smoke condition. Firefighter
Cunningham said he went through an alley and cut the lock off a gate
to reach the rear of the building, where he found fire blowing out the
windows of a first floor apartment. He also noticed a woman on the
second floor who was threatening to jump. “I
told her to stay at the window and I’d be right back with the
ladder, and thank God she did,” said Firefighter Cunningham...more>
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