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Despite Annual Brushfires, These
Staten Islanders Staying Put
"I'm not going anywhere,"
said Vinnie Caravello, 55, whose Kissam Avenue home
was undamaged but surrounded by yesterday's
six-alarm fire that left 40 acres of wetlands
charred. "We live here.">>>
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FDNY Firefighter
Anthony 'Mike' Romano Rescued Firefighter As Fire
Consumes Room They Were In
"My initial plan was to get
back to ladder, but then the room just lit up," he
said. Romano grabbed Grover and they both jumped off
the roof 20 feet to the ground, with Grover landing
on Romano>>> |
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About 140 firefighters
battled the inferno for nearly three hours before
finally bringing it under control, officials said>>> |
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Two-Alarm Blaze Damages Home
On Staten Island's South Shore
A two-alarm blaze gutted
the second floor of a Pleasant Plains home last
night after a fire broke out in an open area
porch>>> |
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Facebook Request Puts Fire
Convictions At Risk
A juror's attempt to strike
up a Facebook relationship with a witness has put
convictions at risk in the Black Sunday case of two
firefighters who died trying to escape a Bronx
inferno>>> |
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New Hope For 9/11
Victims Compensation Fund
Nadler said House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) supports the bill. Another
supporter, Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), said some
Republicans would vote for it. King said the House
could pass it as soon as May or June. But Maloney
said in a statement later she hoped for passage "by
the eighth anniversary of the attacks" on Sept. 11,
2009>>> |
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Yanks Honor 9/11
Victims With Memorial
The memorial, which was
presented by the Gene O'Kane Division of retired New
York City firefighters, contains a piece of steel
from the ruins of the World Trade Center>>> |
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Financial Firms Honor Pledges
To 9/11 Memorial
When the National September
11 Memorial and Museum announced a year ago that it
had reached its $350 million capital fund-raising
goal, it did so with a roster of the top names in
finance>>> |
