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FDNY Responds to Transformer Fire in New Dorp

SILive – January 31, 2017 by Paul Liotta STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY responded to a transformer fire Sunday night in New Dorp, a spokesman for the department said. No injuries were reported as a result of the blaze at 2525 Amboy Rd., the spokesman said. The fire, which began at approximately 5:00 p.m., […]

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Heroic 9/11 Irish Firefighter Becomes 124Th Officer to Die from Breathing in Toxic Air at Twin Towers

www.mirror.co.uk – January 31, 2017 by KATHY ARMSTRONGSTEPHEN JONES Brian Masterson pictured working in the dust cloud at Ground Zero (Photo: Longford Leader) A heroic 9/11 firefighter has become the 124th officer to die as a result of breathing in the toxic air at the Twin Towers. Brian J Masterson worked tirelessly at the scene […]

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The Hudson’s Favorite Fire Fighter

Cold Spring resident works to save historic boat by Alison Rooney As a practical matter, the time and effort Cold Spring resident Charlie Ritchie has expended on his quest to restore a 1938 New York City fireboat would sink the most ardent of idealists. But the vessel, Fire Fighter, now a floating museum docked on […]

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Hero firefighter dies from 9/11-related cancer

Modal Trigger Brian J MastersonHandout One of the first firefighters on the scene when two planes slammed into the Twin Towers has died, the 124th first responder to die from a 9/11 related disease. Ireland-born Brian J. Masterson succumbed to a two-year battle with esophageal cancer on Jan. 22, the Longford Leader reported. The 61-year-old […]

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