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***Click Here To Listen To The FDNY Audio Archive Of The Plane Crash***

Hero Divers' Tale Of Eerie Swim

Through US Airways Jetliner

Crashed In The Hudson

As the last of Flight 1549's shivering passengers were hoisted

into boats, police and fire divers sloshed into the jet's murky carcass to make sure everyone had got out alive.

They swam through a dimly lit nether world of floating luggage and clothes, searching every aisle and row in a detailed, desperate search.

"We had no idea how many victims there were," Firefighter Michael Povolny said. "To be in a plane half-submerged in the Hudson River, yeah, it was a little eerie">>>

***Click Here To Listen To The FDNY Audio Archive Of The Plane Crash***

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'The Terrorists Will Now Cheer'

9/11 Kin Outrage As Obama Orders Gitmo Shut

"The terrorists are going to be cheering," said FDNY Fire Lt. Jim McAffrey, whose brother-in-law, FDNY Battalion Chief Orio Palmer, was killed at Ground Zero. "It's the wrong move. It sends a chilling message to people who are trying to fight the war on terror. These people are trying to kill us. Down the road, [Obama] may regret doing this.">>>

An unbelievable

photo-tribute

coffee table book

An incredible record of all Line of Duty Deaths in the FDNY

Firemen of the Bronx DVD

FDNY Knit Cap

"Firefighters

Saving the World One

Room at a Time"

The Book of Mychal

Firefighter Makes Daring

Rescue In Harlem

�This woman was in peril by all accounts, and the members of Ladder 30 were able to quickly put the ladder up and save her life.">>>

Man Saved From Burning

Wreckage In Smithtown

After the crash, the van burst into flames. Luckily for Gilleo, retired FDNY firefighters Tony Monteroso and Mike Baker were nearby>>>

'I Could Feel Fire': Inferno Hero Recalls 'Black Sunday' Terror

"I could feel fire coming up my leg. Fire is coming up my back, my neck. I'm thinking about my wife, my kids. I'm thinking somebody has got to get us.">>>

For Relatives of 9/11 Victims, Activism & Altered Views

"We have people coming to Tribute who don't know about (9/11)," Ielpi says. "I mean that.">>>

Council Grills Deutsche

Contractors & Officials

One of the community�s chief concerns about the project is if anyone is truly in charge>>>

FDNY To Use Analytics That

Combine Several Agency Databases

The project aims to give firefighters more building details faster during fires. Analytics and predictive modeling should help fire inspectors better anticipate fire exposures, analyze possible impacts and improve processes that can minimize risks, according the FDNY>>>

5-Alarm Bronx Blaze

Injures 20 Firefighters

Flames and smoke billowed 25 feet, and it took 237 firefighters two hours to bring the blaze under control, said Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Saccente>>>

Two Injured in Brooklyn 4-Alarm Fire

"The units did a good job containing it to the two buildings. A lot of times with these buildings, it can extend from building to building and continue to move. We were able to prevent that and keep it to the two buildings we found when we originally got here.">>>

Smokey Fire Causes Chaos At

Mt. Sinai Med Center

Blaze Starts In Mechanical Room, Spreads To 1st Floor ER and Grows To 3 Alarms As Patients Evacuate>>>

Six Injured In Two-Alarm Bronx Fire

"Fire was venting out of the second floor from three windows, it was extending to the third floor," said FDNY Deputy Chief Kevin Scanlon. "There was smoke everywhere, four people had already jumped out of the building.">>>

Blind Firefighter Elected To

LaGrange Board Of Fire Commissioners

Hines started his career early - about 9 years of age. "I'm the little kid in the storybook that tells you he wants to grow up and be a fireman">>>

FDNY: Responding Faster Reduced Civilian Deaths

"Never in the history of the Fire Department has it dropped in the way it has in the last six months, and we expect better results for next year">>>