NY Daily News – July 08, 2015 by Carter Coudriet, Rocco Parascandola A Midtown manhole explosion knocked out power in one building Tuesday morning and disrupted the start of the work day. The blast, at just past 9:30 a.m., apparently left no one injured, and no one became trapped in elevators, authorities said. But it […]
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Retired FDNY Firefighter Who Responded To 9/11 Attacks Wins $5 Million Lottery
Huffington Post – July 07, 2015 by Kimberly Yam A Sept. 11 first responder just had an incredible stroke of luck. Carmelo Mercado, a 63-year-old who lives in Orange County, New York, and was one of the firefighters who responded on Sept. 11, recently won a $5 million jackpot from a Cash X100 New York […]
FDNY: Cause of Fatal East Flatbush Fire Accidental
NY 1 – July 07, 2015 by Lori Chung The FDNY says a deadly early morning fire in Brooklyn was accidental. According to the FDNY, the fire was electrical “in the area of extension cords and power strips.” It broke out around 1:45 a.m. Monday in a building on Nostrand Avenue in East Flatbush. Tony […]
7 Suffer Minor Injuries in Queens Fire
Associated Press – July 07, 2015 NEW YORK — Fire officials say two firefighters and five other people sustained minor injuries in an overnight fire at a home in Queens. A fire department spokesman says the fire at the 2-story private house in Ozone Park erupted at 3:17 a.m. Tuesday. The fire was on the […]
Brooklyn Dad Dies After Jumping from Blazing Building Onto What Was Believed to be Mattress
NY Daily News – July 07, 2015 by Edgar Sandoval, Tina Moore Onlookers trying to save a man trapped on the third floor of a blazing Brooklyn building Monday dragged what they thought was a mattress under the window so he could jump to safety. They urged the father of three to make the leap, […]
Schedule the Shaming as Jon Stewart Goes to Bat for Ailing WTC Heroes Once Again
NY Daily News – July 05, 2015 Truth to power After more than 16 years on “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart ends his run next month on a very high note. Stewart is again demanding that Congress fund medical coverage and financial assistance to 9/11 first responders. It was Stewart’s righteously inspired advocacy in 2010 […]
Man with Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound to Head Found by First Responders in Queens Park after Trash Fire Reported: Officials
NY Daily News – July 05, 2015 by Keldy Ortiz, Thomas Tracy A rubbish fire in a Queens park early Saturday led first responders to a man who had shot himself in the head, officials said. Firefighters were called to Dr. Charles R. Drew Memorial Park on 116th Ave. in South Jamaica. about 7:30 a.m. […]
6 Injured in Brooklyn Fire That Forced 2 Men to Jump From Building: FDNY
WNBC 4 – July 06, 2015 Six people were injured, one critically, in an early morning fire in Brooklyn that witnesses said forced two men to jump from the third floor window of an apartment building. One man dove onto a mattress that neighbors placed on the sidewalk under the window at 2126 Nostrand Avenue […]
Brooklyn Apartment Fire Leaves 1 in Serious Condition, 5 Others Hurt
WPIX 11 – July 06, 2015 by Christopher Brito Firefighters put the fire at 2126 Nostrand Ave. under control shortly before 2:30 a.m. Monday, according to the FDNY, after it began approximately 45 minutes before. It could have been much worse if it weren’t for a teenager who sprung into action after he saw the […]
FDNY Memorial Honors Firefighter Who Died Saving Lives in Brooklyn Fire
NY Daily News – July 02, 2015 by Laura Sanicola, Joseph Stepansky FDNY brass on Wednesday made a vow — cemented in a memorial plaque — to never forget a brother who died saving lives in a Brooklyn fire nearly a year ago. “This plaque is a solemn promise . . . To never forget […]
