FDNY Firefighter Seriously Injured on 9/11 Donates Kidney to Stranger 12/25/2017 A retired New York City firefighter who was nearly killed on September 11, 2001 donated his kidney to a total stranger 3,000 miles away, Pete Hegseth reported. Kevin Shea, 50, found that he was a match with 59-year-old California special education teacher Lois […]
Firefighters rushed to 1625 President St. Friday morning to battle a blaze on the top floor of the five-story building. By Kathleen Culliton, Patch Staff | Dec 22, 2017 8:28 am ET | Updated Dec 22, 2017 8:55 am ET CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A massive ravaged a Crown Heights apartment building Friday morning, authorities said. The second-alarm fire that tore […]
NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill, left, and FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro. (Credit: Newsday file photo) By Matthew Chayes matthew.chayes@newsday.com December 21, 2017 The NYPD’s James O’Neill and FDNY’s Dan Nigro announced Thursday they will remain the agencies’ commissioners in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s second and final term, but his schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, formally declared her retirement. Seated at […]
Queens— In a field full of men, Tonya Boyd is breaking barriers—and in more than one way. “I am the highest ranking African American female in this department, period. So I’m proud, I’m really really proud,” Tonya Boyd said. This past November, she was promoted to the rank of Deputy Chief. She says she’s already felt […]
News 12 – December 19, 2017 by News 12 BROOKLYN – The bodies of a mother and her three children will be laid to rest in Israel Tuesday after they were killed in a house fire sparked by a menorah in Brooklyn Monday, officials say.The fire broke out inside a two-story home on East 14th […]
SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (WPIX) — An unattended lit menorah has been blamed for sparking a fast-moving, early morning house fire in Brooklyn that killed a mother and three of her children, according to FDNY Fire Marshals. Flames broke out shortly after 2 a.m. Monday at the home on East 14th Street between Avenue S and […]
On Sunday, members of the FDNY hosted kids from the Make-A-Wish Metro New York and Western New York Foundation. Make-A-Wish helps enhance a child’s life that has been diagnosed with a challenging condition. Sunday’s event held at Station 32 in Gowanus, was also attended my members from Squad 1. Read More
AJewish family is dealing with terrible tragedy during Hanukkah. Four people were killed, including a 40 year-old mother and her three children, an 11-year-old boy, a 7-year-old boy, and a 3-year-old girl in the Flatbush, Brooklyn house fire. NBC NY The father and Israeli man, and two teenagers are in critical condition and were rushed […]
Two children are in critical condition after a faulty air conditioner caused a fire at a high-rise in Brooklyn on Saturday, the city fire department said. The fire started around 2:51 p.m. in a first-floor apartment at the Marlboro Houses on West 11th St. near Avenue V in Gravesend, the FDNY said. The two children […]
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Firefighters rescued a family of seven early Friday morning after a fire broke out at an apartment building in East Harlem. It happened around 3:15 a.m. high-rise residential building on East 112th Street. It was under control about an hour later. Read More
