By Kimberly Tan Below is an article I published in The Huffington Post two years ago on the 11th anniversary of 9/11. Today, the United States pauses to commemorate the 11-year anniversary of one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil. With tragic memories of the over 3,000 innocent lives lost and a raging war […]
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Man Kills Wife, Son Then Slits Wrists, Sets Fire in Queens Home: Cops
NY Daily News – September 10, 2014 by Nancy Dillon, Rocco Parascandola, Erik Badia, Tina Moore A Queens man with money troubles knifed his wife and their brainy 16-year-old son to death, torched their apartment and then killed himself Tuesday, police sources said. Firefighters found the three bodies when they were called to the family’s […]
13 Years Later, FDNY Honors for 13 New Casualties of Post-9/11 Illnesses
Chief Leader – September 09, 2014 by SARAH DORSEY Fire Capt. Peter J. Casey was enthusiastic enough about his job that his son, Brian, remembers as a child hearing his dad yell out the car window, “Hey, brother!” whenever he saw an FDNY sticker on a nearby car. “He lived the FDNY as long as […]
Ground Zero is Rallying Point for Political Push to Renew Zadroga Bill
Newsday – September 09, 2014 by RIDGELY OCHS Politicians, labor officials, advocates and responders gathered near Ground Zero Monday — three days before the 13th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks — to pledge extending the federal James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act for 25 years beyond 2016, when funding is set to […]
Father of James Zadroga — First Cop Whose Death was Tied to Working Ground Zero — Pushes Congress to Renew 9/11 Care Act
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 […]
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 […]
