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For the FDNY, a Grim
Post-9/11 Milestone

Sep 26, 2023 7:51 PM CDT

For the FDNY, a Grim Post-9/11 Milestone

Number of deaths from 9/11-related illness equals number of deaths on day of attacks

(Newser) - Less than two weeks after the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Fire Department of New York reached a disturbing milestone: The number of firefighters to die from 9/11-related illnesses reached 343, equaling the number of firefighters killed on the day of the attacks. The FDNY said EMT Hilda...

FDNY Rejects Navy SEAL, 37,
Because He's Too Old

May 14, 2019 4:08 PM CDT

FDNY Rejects Navy SEAL, 37, Because He's Too Old

Other fire departments across the nation have offered him jobs

(Newser) - He's a Navy SEAL who's served four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, but Shaun Donovan is also 37—which is why the New York Fire Department rejected him, as he was about six months older than its maximum age limit when he applied. His attorney says Donovan...

Black Man
Finds Noose
on Work Locker

Feb 7, 2011 4:59 PM CST

Black Man Finds Noose on Work Locker

It appeared after Gregory Seabrook filed complaint against FDNY

(Newser) - Gregory Seabrook filed a race discrimination complaint against the Fire Department of New York City in December—and on Thursday, he found a nearly three-foot-long noose in front of his work locker. "There's an ominous message behind it," says his lawyer, who adds that the "elaborately constructed"...

Cross Honors
Heroes of Flight 93

Aug 25, 2008 1:58 AM CDT

Cross Honors Heroes of Flight 93

Two-ton memorial forged from World Trade Center steel

(Newser) - A 14-foot-high cross forged from World Trade Center steel was dedicated yesterday in a moving ceremony near the spot where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field. The 2-ton memorial was erected next to the Shanksville firehouse on a base shaped like the Pentagon. Flight 93 went down...