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Wall Street Greed vs
FDNY Heart
 Chief
of Department Sal Cassano stepped up to the
podium and invoked what guides the FDNY and
all New Yorkers worthy of the title.
"Honor,
courage and sacrifice," Cassano said.
The
fallen lieutenant's baby daughter, Katherine
Grace, was now with a relative in the second
row. The relative gently rocked the child as
the Emerald Society Pipe and Drums played
"Amazing Grace."
The
widow was presented with the posthumously
awarded Medal of Valor and the Medal of
Supreme Sacrifice.
"Thank
you," Jessica Martinson quietly said.
She took
her son up in her arms as row after row
after row of firefighters in dress uniform
passed by in review; thousands of seemingly
ordinary people who need only hear an alarm
to become selfless souls ready to race into
harm's way for complete strangers.
Down on
Wall Street, where honor, courage and
sacrifice are little known, people were
talking about the financial crisis with
words like debt and loss and risk and fear.
The
stock market briefly rallied only to tumble
again. Another day ended with the feeling
that nobody knows just how bad things might
get.
But up
at the FDNY memorial, among those who risk
all dashing in while others flee in fear,
there was no doubt New York will still be
New York no matter how Wall Street goes...more>
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Fire and EMT's Save 1-Month Old Baby in Brooklyn
Members of
Engine 321, whose firehouse is just around the
corner, were the first to arrive on the scene. Lt.
George Polito said they immediately saw a frantic
mother who directed them to an unresponsive infant
on the hood of a car, bleeding from the nose.
“Anytime you see a lifeless baby, it’s scary,” said
Lt. Polito. “It hits home and you start to think
about your own kids.”... |
The brother
of a firefighter who died during the September
11th terrorist attacks wants to make sure Staten
Islanders fighting overseas are taken care of –
as well as their families back home...
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Trial Over Black Sunday Blaze in Bronx Delayed Again
"Our lives changed
on Jan. 23, 2005," said Cool, referring to Black
Sunday. "You want to close this chapter, but it
can't close until this case is finished. Every day,
I look in the mirror and see the scars. I want to
see justice."... |
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Cleared Bank-Fire Chief Retires
The FDNY
approved Battalion Chief John McDonald's retirement
on Aug. 14, allowing the veteran to step down with
full benefits and his 28-year pension intact. The
FDNY didn't put a hold on his retirement - a step it
can take when a member possibly facing internal
charges tries to leave the force...
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Palin Expresses 9/11 Health Concern
Ielpi said he
also spoke with Palin about the importance of each
state adding the events of 9/11 to its school
curriculum. Many teachers and parents are concerned
about not traumatizing children, but Ielpi said by
that logic, the Holocaust would also not be taught.
He said Palin was very receptive to that idea too.
“She was 100 percent for enlightenment,” he said.
“Regardless of the outcome of the election, that’s
very, very meaningful for someone from the state
that’s furthest from the city... |
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Smithtown FDNY Veteran Receives Liberty Medal
City firefighter Lieutenant James Congema of
Smithtown received Monday the state Senate Liberty
Medal for his heroic role in a 2007 Bronx fire
rescue. Congema, a 10-year veteran of the FDNY,
helped save five members of the Ramos family... |
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Bravest Help Wounded Marine
A group of active
and retired New York City firefighters are rallying
for a Marine sergeant gravely wounded in Iraq in
2005... |
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Command Tactical Unit Launched
You could call it
the FDNY’s Operations Center on wheels. After years
of development, the Department’s new Command
Tactical Unit (CTU) went into service this
September... |
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