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"It's bittersweet," said firefighter Jeffery Cool. "We obtained a verdict as far as this jury but it's never going to bring Curtis or John back."

  eNews@theBravest.com                                                      Issue 06-09

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No Way Out

Fighting a tenement blaze on a freezing January day now called Black Sunday, two firemen were killed and four were forced to jump out the window in a tragedy everybody thinks could have been prevented. Two years later, the survivors talk for the first time about what happened in that building and why the rage and guilt they feel have only gotten worse>>>

Gene Stolowski outside his home in Florida, New York.  

None Braver: Verdict Brings

A Measure Of Justice To

Two Slain Firefighters

The Bronx jury that convicted the owner and manager of the deathtrap that stole the lives of Meyran and Bellew showed clear common sense. The proof was overwhelming. Guilty verdicts were a foregone conclusion>>>

Blaze-Verdict Furor - Rage As

Jury Clears Black Sunday Duo

"This sends the wrong message to people that you can profit illegally with disregard for the lives of firefighters and other citizens">>>

Coste and Castillo were motivated by greed. They hoped to make a few bucks on illicit sublets. They built divider walls that turned the apartment into a dangerous warren. They ignored instructions to tear them down>>>

Trying To Understand Two

Bronx Juries' Opposite

Verdicts On A Fatal Fire

They were separate juries considering the fates of separate defendants, but for weeks they sat side by side in a Bronx courtroom hearing much of the same evidence. Still, the juries returned verdicts that indicated anything but a common opinion of the proceeding they had witnessed>>>

FDNY Heroes Save Mom From

Inferno In East Harlem

"The firefighters just brought her back to life," said grateful neighbor Michael Rosario...">>>

Deutsche 'Done'

The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. said yesterday the condemned former Deutsche Bank building will be gone by this fall, and released plans for taking it down>>>

FDNY Pensions Fire

Being a New York City firefighter continues to be one of the most dangerous jobs in America. Long before 9/11, Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers found that NYC firefighters have a greater incidence of cancer than any other profession, due to regular exposure to smoke and toxins>>>

2010 Date Set For 9/11 Toxic Suits

The first 30 trials of the sickest of thousands of 9/11 responders will start on May 17, 2010, The Post has learned>>>

FDNY Fire Marshals Partner With NYPD Officers To Nab Arsonist

Supervising Fire Marshal Sal Rignola and Fire Marshals Brian Kane and John Watkins connected him to a fire on Feb. 2 in a brownstone on W. 69th Street, which was reported at 4:52 a.m.>>>

NASCAR Driver Bobby Gordon

Is 'Fired-Up' In San Diego

The Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund is there to make sure someone is available for firefighters and their families when they need help>>>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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America's Female

Firefighters' Calendar

 

You may now register here for the

John Bellew Memorial 5K and Fun Run

The 5th Annual John Bellew Memorial 5K and Fun Run will take place on Saturday April 18th at the Volunteer Fire House on Central Ave in Pearl River New York

 

                               

 

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