NY Daily News – September 09, 2014 by Jennifer Fermino The father of James Zadroga — the first cop whose death was attributed to working at Ground Zero after 9/11 — pressed Congress on Monday to reauthorize the law that funds treatment for first responders. “These people are really sick,” said Joseph Zadroga, urging renewal […]
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3 Dead After Early Morning Apartment Fire in Queens
CBS 2 – September 09, 2014 (CBSNewYork) – Three people are dead after an early morning fire at an apartment complex in Queens. The fire broke out around 4:50 a.m. Tuesday on the sixth floor of a building on Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing. Fire officials have confirmed that three people died in the fire and […]
Long Island Woman Finds Bracelet Lost by Family of Firefighter Who Died on 9/11
NY Daily News – September 08, 2014 by Joel Landau Two families of fallen New York firefighters were brought together by a bracelet that miraculously reappeared 10 years later. East Islip resident Jonathan Otten had lost a memorial bracelet given to him by his mother, Marion, that honored his father, Michael Otten, who died on […]
The 13th Anniversary of September 11th
The FDNY will host or participate in a number of commemorative ceremonies to honor the 343 members lost by the Department on September 11, 2001. At the National September 11th Memorial Plaza at the WTC Site On Thursday, September 11, 2014, the City will commemorate the 13th anniversary of the attacks on the World […]
Shirt of SEAL who killed bin Laden on display at 9/11 museum
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EXCLUSIVE: Mayor de Blasio Ditches NASA’s Contract for Overhaul of 911 System after Costs Skyrocketed
NY Daily News – September 05, 2014 by Juan Gonzalez Mayor de Blasio is grounding NASA Consultants from the space agency were hired two years ago by de Blasio’s predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, to solve mounting technical problems with the city’s $2 billion overhaul of its 911 system. But now our new mayor is scrubbing NASA’s […]
FDNY Adds 13 Names to 9/11 Memorial Wall
by MARIA ALVAREZ William “Bill” Quick is finally at rest at FDNY headquarters, where he and dozens more firefighters who survived rescue and recovery work at Ground Zero but not the deadly diseases that followed are remembered. The FDNY Memorial Wall dedication Thursday at the department’s Brooklyn headquarters honors members who died as result of […]
Changes Made at Fire Academy After Drug-Resistant Staph Infections
NY Times – September 03, 2014 by KIA GREGORY The New York City fire commissioner has ordered a change in training exercises at the fire academy on Randalls Island after a number of probationary firefighters contracted the drug-resistant bacterial infection MRSA. The training academy reopened on Tuesday, five days after the commissioner, Daniel A. Nigro, […]
Trial Set for Women Accused of Bilking $700K from Pa. Department
A mother-daughter team accused of stealing more than $700,000 in bingo, pull-tab and carnival proceeds from a Swoyersville volunteer fire department will stand trial this week. Catherine Drago, 83, and her daughter Carol Gamble, 52, — who prosecutors say held exclusive control over the fire company’s finances — face trial on theft and related charges. […]
Sen. Charles Schumer Announces Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act will be Considered on Sept. 11
by Annie Karni Standing with a group of 9/11 families in front of the Southern reflecting pool at the 9/11 Memorial, Sen. Charles Schumer on Monday announced that the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) will be considered on the upcoming anniversary of the attacks and that he expects the legislation to be passed […]
