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Kin of Bravest Killed In Deutsche Bank Fire
Reject Contractor's Settlement Offer
"It has the appearance of impropriety to
link the settlement or restitution
paid by Bovis with them not getting
indicted," said Michael Barasch, a
lawyer for Beddia's sister, Barbara Beddia
Crocco. "Thanks, but no thanks."
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Coroner Confirms It Was Smoke
That Killed Staten Island Bravest
A Staten Island firefighter who perished while
battling a New Brighton house fire last month succumbed to smoke inhalation
after debris from a collapsing ceiling knocked off his breathing apparatus,
the city medical examiner officially ruled>>> |
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Deutsche Families Outraged As
Gov't Agencies Are Not Charged
Just taking [16] months and millions of
documents and thousands of man-hours, and at the end saying, 'Let's make a
deal?'" asked an incredulous Joseph Graffagnino Sr. "Why did you waste a
year and a half on this sham of an investigation and not do anything?"
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Layoffs Loom For Bravest As
FDNY Hit With 95M Cut
"I'm hoping we don't have layoffs, but $95
million is a huge additional budget cut, so everything will have to be on
the table and we'll see," Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said.>>> |
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Bush Plans To Put 9/11 Workers Care In Hands Of
Company Based Outside NY; Sick Would Pay Upfront
The outgoing
Bush administration is working "covertly" on a
contract that would yank 9/11 health and treatment
programs from the FDNY>>> |
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Queens Firefighter Makes Daring Rescue
He may say he was just doing his job, but
Firefighter Brian Connelly of Ladder 116 made a daring rescue on Dec. 4,
pulling a man from an apartment fire in Queens.>>> |
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FDNY Members Honored by D.E.P.
“The members of
these units worked carefully, but quickly, in
arduous conditions to free this man,” said Brooklyn
Borough Commander Edward Kilduff during the ceremony
at the Newtown Waste Treatment Facility. “They did a
phenomenal job.”>>> |
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9/11 Hero Dies While Helping a Friend
"He lived every day after that like it was a
gift," said his longtime friend, Michael Lavelle. "He loved his wife, the
community, and he loved the firehouse.">>> |
Mother of Hero Sees New Hope For Justice
It was a moment
that had her rejoicing. "When they admitted
their guilt, my reaction was, 'Yes!' " said
Maureen, of Long Island City, after watching the
proceedings from behind a glass partition in the
back of the courtroom in Cuba.>>>
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Corner Renamed For Firefighter
Killed In NYC Tower
Graffagnino's
widow, Linda, says she was touched by Saturday's
ceremony. She says the couple's 2-year-old son
remains too young to understand what happened to his
father, but their 5-year-old daughter speaks of him
often.>>> |
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Page Turners Amid the Mistletoe
Mr. Daly’s affecting style bestows a
surprising humaneness on mayors and commissioners and, through diary entries
and other sources, reconciles Father Judge’s love of people generally,
including the police officers and firefighters who lionized him, and his
love of individuals>>> |
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