When Marie Reilly died last week at 92, she left a legacy of sacrifice and service, just as her husband had. Marie Reilly spent the last 48 years as an FDNY firefighter’s widow on Long Island, where she raised six kids on her own. When she died last week at 92, she left a legacy […]
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Falling Metal Hurts 2 on Sidewalk Near M&M’s Store in Times Square: FDNY
Wednesday, Oct 1, 2014 • Two tour bus company workers were seriously hurt when a piece of metal about 10 feet long plummeted nearly 15 stories from a storefront to a Times Square sidewalk Wednesday morning, the FDNY said. Contractors were working on a building sign above the M&M’s store on Seventh Avenue and 48th […]
EXCLUSIVE: Claimants in FDNY discrimination case to voice objections in Brooklyn Federal Court
NY Daily News – October 01, 2014 by John Marzulli Not everyone who stands to get a cut of the city’s $98 million settlement of the FDNY discrimination case is happy with how much they’ve been awarded. Judge Nicholas Garaufis will get an earful Wednesday in Brooklyn Federal Court from 37 claimants who signed up […]
Man struck by LIRR in Queens
NY Post – October 01, 2014 by Shawn Cohen and Dan Prendergast A man was struck by a Long Island Railroad train in Queens, the MTA said. The Ronkonkoma bound train was pulling into the Woodside station around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday when it struck the 39-year-old victim, who somehow ended up on the tracks, officials […]
WTC Victim Comp Fund Registration Ends Oct. 12
Chief Leader – September 30, 2014 by SARAH DORSEY For those who worked, volunteered or lived near the World Trade Center in the months after Sept. 11 and later developed cancer, registering with the Federal Government may be the furthest thing from their minds. But for potentially thousands of them, their last opportunity to do […]
3 Veteran Firefighters Who Labored at Ground Zero Die on Same Day
Chief Leader – September 30, 2014 by SARAH DORSEY Like 850 of their fellow firefighters who worked on the Pile after Sept. 11, FDNY veterans Daniel “Sam” Heglund, Robert Leaver and Howard Bischoff became ill after breathing in the highly-toxic World Trade Center dust. On Sept. 22, their paths converged again: the three men, each […]
City Taking Longer to Process Exams; Hired More Men Last Year
Chief Leader – September 30, 2014 by DAN ROSENBLUM The gender gap between the city’s new hires widened over the past two years and the time between civil-service exams being given and lists being established jumped in recent years, according to statistics released by the de Blasio administration. 14% Rise in Test-Takers Those were some […]
Tunnel to Towers: Retracing the steps of Stephen Siller, FDNY hero (photo/video)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — I was just 8 years old when the Towers were brought down. I vaguely remember most of the day, but some things I can never forget. My third grade classroom had been watching Jurassic Park when suddenly the principal began paging my classroom rapidly asking that certain students be sent down […]
Tunnel to Towers Run Draws Crowd to Honor 9/11 Victims
Newsday – September 29, 2014 by EMILY NGO Firefighters from around the region, many wearing their heavy heat-resistant gear, joined thousands of runners Sunday in the annual tradition of retracing 9/11 first-responder Stephen Siller’s steps to Ground Zero. Siller, a Long Island-raised member of the FDNY, dashed through what was then called the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel […]
25,000 Participate in 13th Annual Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Run
CBS 2 – September 29, 2014 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An estimated 25,000 people honored the memory Sunday of a New York City firefighter who gave his life on Sept. 11, 2001, by participating in the 13th annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Walk through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. The run follows the footsteps of […]
