Photos by Suzanne Monteverdi/QNS The Engine 295/Ladder 144 at 12-49 149th St. in Whitestone. Local lawmakers took to a Whitestone firehouse to announce some upcoming improvement projects in the borough. A total of $2,075,000 in funding has been allocated to six different Queens firehouses, Borough President Melinda Katz and Councilman Paul Vallone said on Aug. 29. The lawmakers made the […]
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Community Mourns Loss of Peekskill St. Pat’s Day Parade Grand Marshal
AUGUST 30, 2017 BY RICK PEZZULLO The Cortlandt/Peekskill community is mourning the loss of Michael Richard O’Hanlon, Grand Marshal of this year’s Peekskill St. Patrick’s Day Parade, who died Monday at his home in Cortlandt. He was 59. Mr. O’Hanlon had battled illness stemming from his service during rescue and recovery efforts at Ground […]
Cat rescued from Bay Ridge fire that killed her owner finds new forever home with neighbor
A cat rescued from a Bay Ridge, Brooklyn apartment fire that claimed the life of her owner was rehabilitated at Veterinary Emergency & Referral Group North Emergency Services and is being taken in permanently by a neighbor. (Credit: Veterinary Emergency & Referral Group) By Lauren Cook A resilient cat rescued from a fire in Brooklyn […]
Pix 11 Reports: 9/11 hero battling cancer gets surprise of a lifetime
POSTED 7:16 PM, AUGUST 30, 2017, BY AYANA HARRY, UPDATED AT 07:45PM, AUGUST 30, 2017 STATEN ISLAND — A retired FDNY EMT suffering from a 9/11 related caner was surprised Wednesday with a new motorcycle, riding one had been on his bucket-list after he was diagnosed. Salvatore Turturici has stage four liver cancer. He’s dreamed […]
News 12 reports: FDNY touts fire safety tips after 2 fatal fires in Brooklyn
BOROUGH PARK – The FDNY is offering fire safety tips after two separate house fires killed three people in Brooklyn. The first fire happened Saturday at a home in Bay Ridge and left one person dead. The second fire broke out inside a home in Borough Park Monday and killed a 61-year-old man and his […]
Man Gets Leg Stuck in Sinkhole on Bed-Stuy Street, FDNY Says
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Firefighters rescued a man after his right leg became trapped in a small sinkhole on a Bed-Stuy street Tuesday morning, according to the FDNY and witnesses. The fire department received a call at 11:13 a.m. reporting the man’s leg was trapped in a sinkhole at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Walworth Street, […]
News 12 reports: FDNY chief, 11-year-old heroes honored for saving 2 from current
The Town of Oyster Bay honored two 11-year-old heroes and an FDNY fire chief for their efforts in saving a father and son from the strong current in the Long Island Sound. Earlier this summer, a 44-year-old Nassau man took his son and two of his friends out for a day of fishing on […]
Two rescued after boat sinks in Queens
By Daniel Prendergast August 27, 2017 | 5:28pm NYPD Special Ops A man and woman fishing on a boat off Queens on Sunday had to be rescued when their craft started sinking, police said. The 55-year-old man and 34-year-old woman were on board a 24-foot fiberglass fishing boat about a mile south of the Rockaway Peninsula off Breezy […]
FDNY investigates deadly Borough Park fire
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2017/08/28/fatal-brooklyn-fire.html A Brooklyn couple is dead after a fast-moving fire tore through their home early Monday morning. Fire investigators say it began around 3:30 a.m. on te first floor of a two and a half story home located at 1174 44th Street in Borough Park. Firefighters found the 61-year-old husband and 59-year-old wife unconscious in […]
FDNY, NYPD emergency responders rescue man and woman after boat sinks in Jamaica Bay
The NYPD aviation unit arrived and lowered a rescue basket for the woman, 34, who had jumped into the water, and took her to Floyd Bennett Field. (TODD MAISEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BYANDY MAILAURA DIMON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, August 27, 2017, 9:49 PM NYPD and FDNY emergency responders rescued two people Sunday whose […]
