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 […]
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FDNY veteran of Ground Zero laid to rest; experts say ‘It’s going to get worse’
MIKE KELLY | NORTH JERSEY RECORD | 10:41 am EDT April 13, 2019 Original Story Credit NEW YORK – Under the arched ceilings of a majestic red-brick church where the stained glass windows bathed the sanctuary in a pastel glow, New York bid farewell on Friday to another firefighter who died in the line of […]
FDNY battalion chief Jim McGlynn, a 9/11 survivor, is retiring
By JEFF GLOR CBS NEWS April 12, 2019, 6:41 PM After 34 years, FDNY Battalion Chief Jim McGlynn is retiring. An American hero, he was one of the “Miracle 16” who survived the World Trade Center collapse on 9/11, the last to be pulled from the North Tower. “Any time i’m home somewhere and I see a picture […]
FDNY Battalion Chief Larry Byrnes – In his own words…
The below narrative is from the personal files of FDNY Battalion Chief Larry Byrnes, After his death from 911 related cancer on June 14, 2015, this information was found amongst his personal files. It is posted here as exactly written. We have heard this story or versions of this story many many times. But here […]
Retired FDNY Battalion Chief Larry Byrnes Passes Away 06/17/2015
Hampton Bays Street Will Be Renamed Saturday After FDNY Chief
Publication: The Southampton Press By Amanda Bernocco Jun 8, 2016 11:05 AM Original story credit though he was retired, former Fire Department of New York Battalion 1 Chief Larry Byrnes of Hampton Bays immediately jumped in his car and rushed into lower Manhattan after learning about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.As soon as he […]
BC Larry Byrnes On September 11, 2001
Firefighter Larry Byrnes (6/49) at Twin Towers on 9/11 by Frank Fitzgerald, April, 2002 In a recent phone conversation, retired firefighter Larry Byrnes mentioned that he had fought “a half dozen fires” in the Twin Towers, saying that most did not even make it into the papers. Returning from a vacation in Europe, as his […]
New York State commemorative 9/11 license plate unveiled
DEATHS FROM 9/11 DISEASES WILL SOON OUTNUMBER THOSE LOST ON THAT FATEFUL DAY
By the end of 2018, many expect that more people will have died from their toxic exposure from 9/11 than were killed on that terrible Tuesday. Author: Nancy Cutler, Rockland/Westchester Journal News Published: 09/11/18 Seventeen years out from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, nearly 10,000 first responders and others who were in the World Trade Center […]
9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill has the votes it needs to clear the House
By MICHAEL MCAULIFF NEW YORK DAILY NEWS APR 15, 2019 | 3:46 PM Original story credit Former “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart (C) speaks with US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (6th L), D-NY, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (8th L), D-NY, and 9/11 first responders, survivors and their families, during a press conference on Capitol Hill in […]