NY Daily News – February 12, 2016 by John Annese, Keldy Ortiz A 74-year-old man is dead after a blaze at a Queens home late Thursday, authorities and witnesses said. The fire broke out on Riverside Drive in Whitestone, by Powells Cove Blvd, at about 11:50 p.m. Firefighters doused flames in the basement and on […]
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Burned Firefighter Released from Hospital as Fellow Bravest Applaud
SI Advance – February 04, 2016 by Nicholas Woodman STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Firefighter Lawrence Wasser, 23, who suffered severe burns to his hands fighting a three-alarm blaze in Huguenot on Monday, has been released from the Staten Island University Hospital Burn Unit. Wasser, a New Springville resident and propartionary firefighter who graduated from the […]
Dad Hurt in Brooklyn Arson Dies after 2 Months in Coma
NY Daily News – February 04, 2016 by Ryan Sit A Brooklyn father injured in an arson attack has died after lingering in a coma for nearly two months, his family told the Daily News Wednesday. Jermain Simon, 38, was taken off life support and died Tuesday, grieving relatives said. He is the second victim […]
FDNY Rescues Injured Man from Car in the Water
SI Advance – February 03, 2016 by Maura Grunlund STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY has removed a man after a car that careened into the water in a swampy, wooded area off of Arthur Kill Road on Tuesday morning. The address supplied by authorities, 1297 Arthur Kill Road, is the same as for the […]
Cause of S.I. Fire That Injured FDNY Probie Ruled Accidental
NY 1 – February 03, 2016 by NY 1 News The FDNY says a three alarm house fire on Staten Island Monday night that left a probationary firefighter with severe burns was accidental due an an electrical problem. The fire broke out just before 9 p.m. inside the basement of a two-story home located at […]
These FDNY Firefighters Save Birds When Not Saving People
NY Daily News – February 03, 2016 by Lisa L. Colangelo They are the birdmen of the FDNY. Capt. Charlie Roberto and Firefighter Bobby Horvath spend countless hours of their off-duty lives educating people about wildlife and saving critters in distress. Roberto, 59, is a self-taught naturalist who can identify over 500 species of birds […]
FDNY adds 5 Staten Island firefighters to WTC Memorial Wall
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Twenty-one New York City firefighters who died of an illness related to their work at World Trade Center site after 9/11 were honored for their sacrifice on Tuesday. The FDNY added the firefighters’ names, which included five Staten Islanders, to the World Trade Center Memorial Wall at FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn. […]
Events to Mark 14th Anniversary of September 11 Attacks
SI Advance – September 08, 2015 by Kristin F. Dalton STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s been 14 years since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, a day that forever changed us individually and as a nation — and yet, it feels like yesterday. Year after year, memorials, vigils and tributes are held to commemorate […]
Father of Fallen 9/11 First Responder James Zadroga Urges Lawmakers to Extend Bill That Compensates Ground Zero Workers
NY Daily News – September 04, 2015 by Rich Schapiro The father of James Zadroga delivered a stern message Thursday to any Washington politicians unwilling to extend the landmark bill named after his fallen 9/11 first-responder son. With more than two dozen ailing cops and firefighters looking on, Joe Zadroga said he will gladly describe […]
Broadway Actress Dies after Apartment Fire
NY Post – September 04, 2015 by Shawn Cohen, Megan McGibney and Natalie Musumeci A Broadway actress has died from injuries she suffered when a raging fire swept through her Hell’s Kitchen apartment earlier this week. Actress Vivian Eng, 51, was caught inside her burning 33rd floor home at the Manhattan Plaza building on West […]
