Police officers responding to vehicle collision in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon.CreditChang W. Lee/The New York Times Six people were reported killed when a man drove a pickup truck down a lengthy stretch of a bike path next to the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon before he jumped out with two fake […]
FDNY hosted the 16th Annual Blessing of its Marine Fleet on Friday, October 27, at 11 a.m. at South Street Seaport – Pier 16, Manhattan. This maritime tradition is meant to ensure safe travels and includes a procession of fireboats along the East River led by Fireboat Three Forty Three of Marine Company 1, – […]
NY Daily News – October 27, 2017 by THOMAS TRACY The first time Queens firefighter Robert Tilearcio traveled to Washington, D.C. to fight for the extension of the Zadroga Act, he stood on his own two feet. The last time he went to the Capitol, he was in a wheelchair, a victim of a 9/11-related […]
The FDNY has a new hero in its ranks. Jamoneisha Merritt, just 11, who suffered horrific face burns during a summer sleepover, was all smiles when she was sworn in as an honorary firefighter at FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn Thursday. “Thank you to the firefighters and the commissioner for making me a firefighter,” a shy […]
FDNY Commissioner Dan Nigro (l.) and New York Daily News Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Arthur Browne speak Tuesday at the New York Daily News and City Harvest 35th annual holiday food drive kickoff. (JEFFERSON SIEGEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BYLAURA DIMONREUVEN BLAU NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 5:56 PM The Daily News launched […]
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An irate driver got into a fire truck and assaulted an FDNY member following a multi-vehicle crash in Hell’s Kitchen Sunday afternoon, authorities said. As CBS2’s Erin Logan reported, witnesses captured video of the man acting erratically after the crash. Read More:
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – An off-duty New York City sanitation employee was honored Friday after helping catch a man who allegedly ran over and killed an FDNY EMT with her own ambulance. Ralph Alanzo received a gold medal of honor from the sanitation commissioner and praise from the fire commissioner Friday, WCBS 880’s Marla Diamond […]
By admin – October 21, 2017 Paul Washington is on the bottom row, 5th from the right. Photo :FDNY By Ron Howell Colin Kaepernick is known nationwide for taking a stand – better said, taking a knee – for racial justice. He suffered the consequences of his bold action all alone. No football team hired […]
Cyril Josh Barker | 10/19/2017, 11:45 a.m. 505 Four new women become FDNY firefighters this week and they all have one special thing in common—they are all mothers. Krysteena Corbett-Terryl, Jacqueline Reno, Melisa Ritchie and Lisa Snyder walked across the FDNY graduation stage Wednesday to earn a huge accomplishment. The United Women Firefighters said the women […]
By Ben Fractenberg and Trevor Kapp | October 17, 2017 10:33am |Updated October 17, 2017 1:30pm Four people were hurt in a partial building collapse in Crown Heights Tuesday morning, the FDNY said. DNAinfo/Ben Fractenberg CROWN HEIGHTS — Six construction workers were hurt — four seriously — when a roof abruptly collapsed on Park Place Tuesday morning, FDNY officials said. Workers were putting cinder blocks on top of […]
