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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Hundreds of family members and friends gathered in the Ocean Breeze Track and Field facility Thursday ...
Matthew Goicochea, 31, was riding a Yamaha motorcycle northbound on the highway when he fell from the bike near East 25th ...
After nearly 37 years on the job, Joe Pfeifer, the first battalion fire chief to enter the north tower on Sept. 11, 2001, will be retiring. He told ABC News on Wednesday that Sept. 11, 2001, had ...
FDNY history was made at Queens College as the head of Battalion 46 in Elmhurst became the first-ever female deputy chief and the highest-ranking woman in fire operations. Battalion Chief Michele ...
Retired FDNY Battalion Chief Thomas Neary never considered himself the “bravest of the brave” even when everyone else did. During his three decades with the department and the 30 years of his ...
At 8:42 pm, FDNY responded to a 3 alarm fire at 104-18 37 Drive in Queens. They found heavy fire in between 104-18 and 104-14 37 Drive. The fire extended to the 1st and 2nd floors.
NEW YORK-- The longest serving battalion chief of the FDNY did his last tour Wednesday. Battalion Chief Tom McCarthy got a standing ovation in Chelsea as he walked out one last time.
FDNY Battalion Chief Orio Palmer is credited with repairing the fire department’s radio receiver and transmitting some of the only communication from inside the towers that day. Palmer was among ...
FDNY Battalion Chief Thomas Neary, left, with Mayor Ed Koch. Neary received his first Ganci medal in 1974 for rescuing a pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son from a massive fire inside an ...