Tag: The Bronx

FDNY: 4 injured, several displaced after apartment fire on Davidson Avenue

Updated: May 17, 2019 12:41 PM EDT UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS – An early morning University Heights fire left four people injured and sent at least two children to the hospital Friday. Firefighters responded to the six-story apartment building at 2265 Davidson Ave. around 3 a.m. Officials say 12 units with 60 firefighters battled the early morning blaze. […]

Interview with Retired Battalion Chief Tom Martin March 9, 2019

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, […]

FDNY battalion chief Jim McGlynn, a 9/11 survivor, is retiring

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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 […]