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 […]
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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 […]
FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro Plans to Reshuffle Top Positions
NY Daily News – September 26, 2014 by Barry Paddock, Ginger Adams Otis The FDNY’s top brass will soon be rearranged, the Daily News has learned. Longtime FDNY veteran and Chief of Department Edward Kilduff is looking to retire by the end of the year, sources said. His spot — the highest-ranking uniformed position in […]
FDNY Firefighter Suing Homeowner for Shoulder Injury
An FDNY firefighter has filed suit against a homeowner after he allegedly was injured in a basement fire. Firefighter Andrew Cannon’s suit claims he suffered a shoulder injury while at the Staten Island home three years ago, according to NBCNewYork. The fire started in the basement when a paint can was placed too close to a […]
Union Leaders Plan News Conference After 9/11-Related Illness Kills 3 Retired FDNY Firefighters In 1 Day
CBS 2 – September 25, 2014 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The Uniformed Fire Officers Association is planning a news conference Thursday after three retired FDNY firefighters died from 9/11-related illnesses. Lt. Howard Bischoff and firefighters Robert Leaver and Daniel Heglund all died Monday. All three worked at ground zero in the aftermath of the World […]
Three Retired FDNY Members Die of Sept. 11th-Related Cancers within Hours of Each Other
NY Daily News – September 25, 2014 by Thomas Tracy, Bill Hutchinson In a heartbreaking reminder that the Sept. 11 attacks are still claiming lives, three retired FDNY firefighters died on the same day from cancer contracted at Ground Zero. Retired Lt. Howard (Howie) Bischoff and retired firefighters Robert Leaver and Daniel Heglund all died […]
Remains of Sole Belgian Victim of World Trade Center Attack Are Identified
NY Times – September 24, 2014 by DAVID W. DUNLAP Patrice Braut. Among the hundreds of nameless who repose next to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, there is now a name. Remains of Mr. Braut, the only Belgian citizen to die at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, have been positively […]
Concrete Slab Falls on Construction Worker, Killing Him
by Frank Rosario, Kirstan Conley and Daniel Prendergast A construction worker performing excavation at a Manhattan job site was killed Tuesday when a massive slab of concrete from a neighboring building toppled over and crushed him, officials said. The crew was removing the soil beneath the foundation at the site of a future hotel on […]
