Queens Family Recalls Horror As

Inferno Destroys Their Corona Home

With his last breaths, he yelled down to them, "My family is up here." He managed to stay conscious and watched the firefighters rescue his family>>>

Firefighters Seek Housing

Precedent In Trial

Jeffery Cool recalls that his "bones were shaking" after he testified against four people charged with creating illegal apartments that forced him and five other trapped New York City firefighters to jump out of a fourth-floor window>>>

'Freight Train Of Fire'

"I remember seeing an orange fire ball, it was like running into a freight train of fire. Fire was blowing out around Jeffery Cool like a jet engine. I don't remember hitting the ground, but I remember laying in the snow," DiBernardo testified. "Everything felt broken. I felt excruciating pain throughout my body.">>>

Fireman Who Jumped

From Window Testifies In Trial

"I remember thinking that the right side of my face was burning off of my head when that heat hit us. I've never felt anything like that.">>>

No Forgetting The 'Forgotten Fire'

Combined, eight kids lost their fathers in that tragic Father's Day fire, which some people call the "forgotten fire" because the grief was soon dwarfed by the enormity of Sept. 11, 2001>>>

Fallen Firefighter, Alum,

Honored By St. Francis Prep

“He was a class guy,” said Gerry Brannigan, who worked with Downing at Ladder 163 in Woodside for more than a decade>>>

'I Think We're Getting Hijacked'

This dramatic story includes the  heroism of the FDNY and it's dispatchers that tragic day...

FDNY To Choose Between

Cuts In Staff, Firehouses

"The news for the Fire Department

is not good.">>>

Firefighter In Desperate Need Of

Bone Marrow Transplant

A September 11th first responder battling cancer is in desperate need of a bone marrow donation to save his life>>>

With this order to close Guantanamo, the countdown to the next attack has begun>>>

Consequences Of World Trade Center Collapse Linger With WTC Cough Syndrome

...respirators must be custom-fit to each rescue worker to be effective, making it difficult to administer to emergency response teams in times of crisis>>>