The firefighter deaths on Sept. 11 amounted to more than a third of the approximately 1,000 emergency personnel at the scene. BY PATRICK J. KIGER At 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001, hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six minutes later, the first contingent of New York City firefighters—two […]
Posted: May 31, 2019 01:13 PM FOX NEWS – About 17 and a half years after the 9/11 terror attack on the World Trade Center, first responders are finally getting their own tribute at the Memorial Plaza on the Ground Zero site. The stones are inlaid and bound with strips of steel salvaged from the […]
By KAREN MATTHEWS ASSOCIATED PRESS MAY 30, 2019 | 4:00 PM NEW YORK Family members of recovery workers who died after digging through smoldering ruins joined city officials Thursday at a dedication ceremony for a new section of the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. They were joined by recovery workers who themselves […]
May 17,2019 Chief Booth was appointed as an EMT for New York City in 1983, initially assigned to the Yorkville Station in Manhattan. In 1988, he became a paramedic and was assigned to the EMS Station at Jacobi Hospital. In 1992, he was promoted to Lieutenant, serving out of the Lincoln Hospital EMS Station before […]
Thousands who lived or worked in lower Manhattan on 9/11 were exposed to toxic fumes from destroyed towers Erin Durkin in New York Tue 11 Sep 2018 08.51 EDT Original story credit John Mormando was in the best shape of his life – a marathon runner and triathlete training for an Ironman competition – when he noticed […]
September 11, 2018 Original Story Credit NEW YORK (KGO) — The TSA released a new chilling video of first responders and 911 calls compiled from September 11, 2001 as the country marked the 17th anniversary of the attacks in New York City. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks on 9/11, when international terrorism hit […]
Original Story Credit May 6, 2019 at 12:47 PM (PT) iHEA iHEARTMEDIA Classic Rock WAXQ (Q104.3)/NEW YORK’s SHELLI SONSTEIN, co-host of the JIM KERR Rock & Roll Morning Show, has been appointed an Honorary Battalion Chief by FDNY Fire Commissioner DANIEL A. NIGRO and the Honorary Fire Officer’s Association for her continued support of the […]
Original Story Credit CBS May 4, 2019 at 5:54 pm FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A special honor was given on Long Island in memory of an FDNY firefighter who died of cancer after working at Ground Zero in the days following the September 11 terror attacks. The corner of Rita Place and Crestwood Boulevard in Farmingdale […]
By Tara Byrnes Cummings Why did you join the Fire Department? I was in the Navy like both of my brothers – I finished my time in the Navy went on to fire department in 1968, as both my brothers were already in the Fire Department, so I followed. I retired in 1989. I got […]
By Tara Byrnes Cummings When did you retire? I retired on December 31, 2001. I was in my 40th year. I did not complete 40 but I was close. What made you join the Fire Department? Well I actually I was in the Navy. My older brother had been in the Navy ahead of me, […]