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Queens Chronicle – September 18, 2015 by Victoria Zunitch, Chronicle Contributor The annual Remember Me Run was held at St. Michael’s Cemetery last Saturday to benefit Community Mayors — an all-volunteer nonprofit group that provides recreational therapy for special-needs children in the city — and the Christopher Santora Scholarship Fund. After their run, those gathered […]

WPIX 11 – September 18, 2015 STATEN ISLAND – This weekend, join PIX 11’s Sukanya Krishnan and hundreds of others for the 8th Annual Lt. John Martinson Memorial Picnic. The event will be held at Hillside Swim Club from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, September 19. The gathering is meant to celebrate the spirit […]

The Inquisitr – September 14, 2015 by Gregory Wakeman Friday marked the 14th anniversary of 9/11, and amidst the tributes and condolences that were made to those affected by the tragedy, there was one story involving Steve Buscemi’s efforts alongside firefighters in the days and weeks after the disaster that will restore your faith in […]

Chief Leader – September 07, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Sept. 11 responder Ray Pfeifer last week managed to keep the mood as light as could be expected, even when discussing the Stage IV kidney cancer that has dogged him since 2009. Doctors discovered his disease—which had already spread—after a long firefighting tour, when he left […]

NY Post – September 07, 2015 by Kevin Sheehan and Daniel Prendergast Two Bravest brothers assigned to different firehouses responded to the same Queens blaze Sunday and found themselves in the rare position of climbing up ladders to the roof — side by side. Smoke-eater Denis Mandel, 38, and his brother Tommy, 46, had little […]

NY Daily News – August 24, 2015 by Caitlin Nolan Two people were killed when fire tore through a Queens home Sunday, police said. The deaths came just hours after nearly two dozen people — many of them firefighters — were injured in a Manhattan blaze, officials said. The flames in Far Rockaway ignited on […]

NY Daily News – August 24, 2015 by Laura Bult , Danny Lewis A firefighter brought the heat and won a cook-off between the NYPD and FDNY on Sunday afternoon. Khalid Brown from Ladder 14 in Harlem won the Battle of the Badges cooking competition outside Resorts World Casino in Queens with his Tennessee apple-smoked […]

NY Daily News – August 24, 2015 by Ginger Adams Otis, Jennifer Fermino A new fire cadet program being developed by the FDNY could help move minorities to the head of the hiring line – but not without objection from the firefighters’ union, the Daily News has learned. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro will testify in […]

NY Daily News – August 21, 2015 by Andy Mai, Denis Slattery, Alfred Ng A thunderous gas explosion ripped through a Bronx high school Thursday night, injuring three workers — one critically, authorities said. The walls blew at 8:09 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy High School Campus on Terrace View Ave. in Marble Hill, […]

Chief Leader – August 18, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and other union and elected officials last week appeared in Staten Island with ill Sept. 11 first-responders to push for the renewal of the Zadroga Act, saying that while it had Republican support, lawmakers lacked “urgency” about its passage. The 2010 law […]