http://pix11.com/2017/04/04/dying-firefighter-sick-from-911-illness-fights-last-battle-a-spot-on-fdny-wall-of-honor/ HICKSVILLE, N.Y. — Ray Pfeifer needed a wheelchair to get around his Hicksville home when PIX11 visited the retired Bronx firefighter there recently. He used a motorized seat to get up the stairs to his second floor bedroom. “I am in hospice care now, for terminal cancer,” Pfeifer told PIX11 matter of factly. […]
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These curbside relics drive the FDNY crazy
April 5, 2017 12:01 a.m. By Erik Engquist It no longer occurs to New Yorkers to use anything other than a phone to report an emergency, yet the city still maintains 14,813 alarm boxes, like this one on Third Avenue and East 38th Street. Both the Giuliani and the Bloomberg administrations tried to get rid […]
‘Blue Bloods’ stars, ‘Wicked’ cast pay tribute to slain EMT Yadira Arroyo
EMT Yadira Arroyo was struck and killed when a man commandeered her own ambulance on March 16. (FACEBOOK) BY NICOLE HENSLEY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Sunday, April 2, 2017, 8:57 PM Slain EMT Yadira Arroyo’s memory is living on in Hollywood. Donnie Wahlberg and his “Blue Bloods” co-star Amy Carlson are among the actors […]
Five injured in NJ Transit train derailment at Penn Station, FDNY says
A NJ Transit train derailed on Monday around 9:15 a.m. on Track Nine at Penn Station, officials said. (ANTHONY DELMUNDO/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BYDAN RIVOLIGRAHAM RAYMANGRAHAM RAYMAN NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Monday, April 3, 2017, 2:19 PM Three cars on a NJ Transit train derailed early Monday as it pulled into Penn Station […]
Flatbush Fire Leaves 14 People Hurt, 2 Critically, FDNY Says
By Aidan Gardiner | March 31, 2017 8:20am | Updated on March 31, 2017 11:13am @aidangardiner TwitterFacebookEmailMore BROOKLYN — A fire sparked by faulty electrical equipment tore through the third floor of a Flatbush apartment building Thursday night, leaving two people critically injured and 12 others hurt, officials said. The flames erupted on the third floor of […]
FDNY: EAST VILLAGE MANHOLE FIRES LIKELY CAUSED BY STREET SALT
Updated 22 mins ago EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) – Multiple manhole fires in Lower Manhattan that the FDNY believes were caused by salt used on roads during snowstorms led to evacuations and building damage Friday. Fire officials say the salt washes into the underground system, and melting snow mixing with the salt can corrode wires […]
Pedestrian Critically Injured in Hit-And-Run on Broadway, FDNY Says
DNA Info – March 31, 2017 by Ben Fractenberg STATEN ISLAND — A pedestrian was critically injured in a hit-and-run collision on Broadway Thursday evening, according to officials. The driver hit the person at the intersection of Henderson Avenue and Broadway at about 5:47 p.m., fire and police officials said. The victim was taken to […]
9 Injured in Flatbush, Brooklyn Apartment Fire
WABC – March 31, 2017 by Eyewitness Newse FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (WABC) — At least nine people were injured when a fire broke out inside an apartment building Brooklyn Thursday night. It began in a third floor unit inside the seven-story building on East 26th Street in Flatbush around 9:30 p.m. Three of the injured people […]
FDNY Firefighter Makes Grab in ‘Blackout Conditions’ at Brooklyn Fire
A heroic firefighter crawled through a smoke-filled Brooklyn apartment Sunday to drag out an injured man, officials said. The blaze broke out on the second floor of a three-story apartment building on Chauncey St. near Thomas S. Boyland St. in Bushwick at about noon, officials said. The New York Daily News reported on a recent […]
Fund for Slain EMT Yadira Arroyo’s Children Continues to Rise after She is Laid to Rest
NY Post – March 28, 2017 by New York Post The day after slain EMT Yadira Arroyo was laid to rest, Daily News readers continued to contribute to a fund setup to assist her five children. Rich Russo, from Maspeth, Queens, offered to match donations made by his Facebook friends. “This is a story that […]
