ABC News – October 22, 2015 NEW YORK (WABC) — Fellow NYPD officers and members of the FDNY gave an honorable and touching salute to the New York City police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty. As the body of 33-year-old Officer Randolph Holder was transported from a hospital in […]
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Cops Determine that Deadly Brooklyn Apartment Building Fire was ‘Intentionally Set’
NY Daily News – October 22, 2015 by Rocco Parascandola, Joseph Stepansky, Thomas Tracy A fire that killed a 56-year-old man and left three others hospitalized in a Brooklyn apartment building Tuesday night was intentionally set, officials said. The blaze tore through the second and third floors of a three-story Hancock St. building near Bedford […]
City Cop Cancer Rate Increased 50 Percent In Wake of 9/11 Work
Chief Leader – October 20, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Cancer rates in the NYPD have risen about 50 percent since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a long-term study published this month in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Warned on Monitoring Dr. Eli Kleinman, the department’s chief surgeon, warned two years ago while working […]
Fire Commissioner’s Dad Dies at 94
Chief Leader – October 20, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro’s father, retired FDNY Capt. Daniel Nigro Sr., died on Oct. 11 at the age of 94. Captain Nigro lived to see his son rise through every rank of the department, and attended the ceremony at the Randall’s Island training facility in May […]
Editorial: Adding to ‘Zadroga’ Case
Chief Leader – October 20, 2015 by RICHARD STEIER The fecklessness of Congress in allowing the Zadroga Act to expire earlier this month was underscored last week by a medical study showing that the rate of cancer has risen roughly 50 percent among NYPD officers since Sept. 11, with all 668 of the officers diagnosed […]
Joe Biden Courts Firefighters Union With 2016 Decision Expected
ABC News – October 18, 2015 by Devin Dwyer Vice President Joe Biden has the “very likely” support of the nation’s largest union of firefighters should he decide to enter the 2016 presidential race, a top union official tells ABC News. Biden placed a personal call to Harold Schaitberger, president of the International Association of […]
NYC Honors 12 Firefighters Who Died in 1966 Fire
FoxNews.com – October 18, 2015 It’s been 49 years since the FDNY suffered the largest loss of life in the line of duty before 9/11. 12 firefighters died fighting a blaze in 1966. Saturday marked 49 years since 12 of New York City’s bravest perished in the deadly 23rd Street Fire. A wreath-laying ceremony was […]
FDNY Remembers Its Dead: ‘Remarkable Individuals Who Run Towards Danger’
Chief Leader – October 13, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Of the two solemn gatherings the Fire Department hosts uptown each fall, Memorial Day tends to draw the bigger crowds. Each Sept. 11, firefighters and Emergency Medical Service personnel are split between their quiet ceremony at the Firemen’s Memorial on Riverside Drive and the city’s event […]
One Missing After Brooklyn Explosion
The Wall Street Journal – October 05, 2015 by Rebecca Davis O’Brien and Thomas MacMillan One person remained unaccounted for Sunday as authorities sifted through debris from a fatal explosion and fire that tore through a three-story building in Brooklyn’s Borough Park, officials said. City fire officials said the blast Saturday afternoon at 4206 13th […]
Woman Who Lived In Brooklyn Building that Exploded has been Missing Since Blast, as Authorities Identify a Body Found in Rubble
NY Daily News – October 05, 2015 by Anthony Izaguirre, Joseph Stepansky, Stephen Rex Brown A 48-year-old woman who lived in a Brooklyn building that exploded remained missing a day after the blast as authorities Sunday identified the body found in the rubble. Ligia Puello, 64, who lived on the third floor of the Borough […]
