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Woman who dangled from 20th floor in Manhattan fire recalls terrifying ordeal: ‘I would have died without them,’ she says of firefighters

NEW YORK — The woman who was rescued by firefighters as she dangled from a 20-story window during a Manhattan building fire would not have escaped the flames without the heroics of the FDNY, she gratefully told the Daily News on Sunday.

Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022

Woman filmed dangling from 20th-floor window in Manhattan high-rise fire recounts heartstopping rope rescue

The three-alarm fire broke out around 10.30am on Saturday at a building on 429 East and 52nd Street in Manhattan

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022

Firefighters rescue woman dangling from window as blaze traps dozens in Manhattan high-rise

NEW YORK — Firefighters rescued a desperate woman hanging from a window 20 stories above the street as dozens of people were trapped inside a Manhattan high-rise Saturday in a massive blaze that was sparked by an e-bike battery, the New York City Fire Department said.

Tribune News Service · Nov 5, 2022

Fires from exploding e-bike batteries multiply in NYC — sometimes fatally

New York City is on track this year to record twice as many fires caused by e-bike and e-scooter batteries as last year, and four times as many as the year before.

WEKU · Oct 30, 2022

Laura Kavanagh will become first female commissioner in FDNY's 157-year history

NEW YORK — The FDNY’s acting commissioner is to be appointed to the job permanently on Thursday, City Hall and Fire Department sources told the Daily News.

Tribune News Service · Oct 27, 2022

FDNY 9/11-related illness deaths to soon surpass number of members that died in terror attack that day

NEW YORK — It’s a milestone no one wants to mark: Within the next year, the number of FDNY members who have died from a 9/11-related illnesses is expected to surpass the number of firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians who died in the terror attack, FDNY and union officials said.

Tribune News Service · Oct 3, 2022

First responder stabbed to death in ‘barbaric’ attack

The EMS worker was one of the first responders to the World Trade Centre on 9/11

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022

Vandal scrawls swastika on FDNY vehicle parked in Chinatown: NYPD

NEW YORK — A hate-filled vandal scrawled a swastika onto an FDNY vehicle parked on a Chinatown street, police said Saturday.

Tribune News Service · Sep 18, 2022

9/11 anniversary: The story of how Steve Buscemi returned to his old firefighter job on tragic day

Hollywood actor known for playing oddballs and gangsters originally trained as a firefighter

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2022

OLD 9/11 anniversary: The story of how Steve Buscemi returned to his old firefighter job on tragic day

Hollywood actor known for playing oddballs and gangsters originally trained as a firefighter

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022