Sentences with phrase «firefighters died»

In 2015, 51 % of firefighters died from sudden cardiac arrest.

THE CASE: On February 14, 1995, the City of Pittsburgh suffered a tremendous loss when 3 firefighters died while trying to put out a fire at a home on Bricelyn Street.

When two Boston firefighters died fighting a restaurant blaze in August, grief swept over not just their families and friends but, seemingly, all of Massachusetts and well beyond.

The jury is considering charges against a former and present owner of the building where two firefighters died in 2005.

The $ 274 million job was temporarily halted in 2007 after two firefighters died battling a blaze at the site.

On June 30, while battling a fierce wildfire in Yarnell, 19 of these elite Prescott firefighters died.

When a police officer or firefighter dies in the line of duty, the family is entitled to a federal death benefit, but some families wait years for their application to process.

A New York City firefighter died today after falling from the roof of an apartment building in Queens, a Fire Department official said.

Firefighter dies on set of the new Bruce Willis movie in New York City fighting a fire.

A New York City firefighter died early Friday battling a fierce blaze on a movie set after getting separated from his fellow firefighters in the thick smoke.

Not exact matches

A man has died after a Victorian church building collapsed east of Cardiff city centre on Tuesday afternoon, a senior firefighter has said.

but a firefighter doesn't know he is going to die in any given fire... he might, but in most cases, he won't.

He read about the firefighters who marched up the smoke - choked stairwells of the World Trade Center, though many knew they could die; the beloved priest killed while giving last rites as the twin towers collapsed; the passengers on hijacked planes who called their families one last time to say, «I love you.»

In a tribute to the 19 Yarnell Firefighters that died in Prescott, Arizona, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Mets...

Actor - director Edward Norton, after seeing real heroes in action on his Harlem movie set, vowed Saturday to assist the young family of firefighter Michael Davidson, who died trying to extinguish a blaze there.

Three FDNY firefighters who survived the infamous Black Sunday tragedy more than a decade ago and the families of two Bravest who died were awarded $ 183 million by a Bronx jury.

As mourners prepare to gather today to pay final respects to a New York City firefighter who died battling a fire in Harlem, officials said the cause of the blaze remains a mystery and that the fire - ravaged building must be torn down.

At the same time, he praised McGrath's efforts to secure benefits for the families of firefighters who died on Sept. 11, calling him someone with an «honorable background and fresh face.»

A petition drive is underway to name one of the future new Staten Island ferryboats after Firefighter John G. Chipura, a Staten Islander who died in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001.

The five victims who died in this chartered helicopter crash included a Dallas firefighter, a video journalist and an Argentine tourist.

So let us today remember all those who died, including the British citizens and the heroic public service workers, the 343 New York City firefighters.

James Coll, who works on the NYPD's tactics and rescue team, said the village would be better off naming the outdoor sports complex after recently slain officer Brian Moore, who grew up nearby, or a cop or firefighter from the village who died in the line of duty.

The primary purpose of the law which Marcotte submitted on April 9, 2011 is to protect the privacy of grieving families of soldiers, police officers and firefighters who have died in the line of duty.

QUEENS, NY — Queens Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following about FDNY Firefighter William Tolley, who died from injuries he sustained while fighting a fire yesterday afternoon in an apartment building at 16 - 15 Putnam Avenue in Ridgewood.

«As we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11, Mike Bloomberg wants to say to police officers and firefighters who were there that day and didn't die, «I'm going to steal money from your pocket»,» said Steve Cassidy, president of the Uniformed Firefighters firefighters who were there that day and didn't die, «I'm going to steal money from your pocket»,» said Steve Cassidy, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Firefighters Association.

One man died and up to 35 people, including seven firefighters, suffered injuries in two explosions and a chemical fire at a New Windsor factory that manufactures nail polish, authorities said.

The prosecution claims the men died because illegal partitions inside an apartment blocked access to fire escapes, forcing six firefighters to jump from a fourth floor window (four survived).

Firefighters Joseph Graffagnino Jr., 33, and Robert Beddia, 53, were trapped in a maze of smoke and died of cardiac arrest when their oxygen tanks ran out.

The names of law enforcement officers (left) and firefighters (right) from New York who died in the line of duty are honored in a memorial at the New York State Fair.

«Within the fire department, my husband was number five and they already have 159 firefighters who have died to related illness so I'm glad they recognized them,» Kevin Byrnes wife, Anne Byrnes said.

On June 27, 2002, President Bush has signed a bill allowing death benefits to be paid to domestic partners of firefighters and police officers who die in the line of duty, permanently extending a federal death benefit to same - sex couples for the first time.

$ 29.5 million for the families of two firefighters who died and three critically injured when they jumped from a blazing apartment on the fifth floor of a Bronx building on Jan. 23, 2005 — dubbed «Black Sunday.»

Eleven of the brigade died that day, out of a total of 44 firefighters overall.

The man firefighters found dead yesterday inside his fire - ravaged Marble Hill apartment, didn't die of burns or smoke inhalation.

The wife of the FDNY firefighter who died battling a raging blaze in Harlem is a breast - cancer survivor, neighbors said Friday.

The legislation awaiting the governor's signature would provide the children and siblings of police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians who died as a result of the September 11th World Trade Center attack or rescue operations following the attack to receive additional points on a civil service exam for a position that is located in the same municipality where the applicant's deceased parent or sibling served.

He says the bill would amend the civil service law and put the children of those New York firefighters who died on equal footing when it comes to civil service exams.

Republican state Senator Greg Ball is urging Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill into law that he says would help children of firefighters who died as a result of illnesses from response to and recovery efforts from the September 11th terrorist attacks.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A petition drive is underway to name one of the future new Staten Island ferryboats after Firefighter John G. Chipura, a Staten Islander who died in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001.

Hein said the lecture hall will be named after Mount Marion firefighter Capt. Jack Rose, who died battling a blaze in 2015.

«She has never forgotten the widows and children of police officers and firefighters who died in the line of duty, and the UFOA will never forget her,» Hagan, who also praised the bill, said.

Workers and firefighters who suffered acute radiation poisoning died there, and as you walk past their belongings, still in situ 29 years later, your Geiger counter crackles wildly.

Firefighter John Vigiano, 36, and his detective brother Joseph, 34, were among the first responders who died in the attacks.

When the winds finally died and the flames subsided, 85 people were dead, most of them firefighters.

I thought I was bulletproof - then a 3 - year - old boy died in front of me: A firefighter's story

Firefight Matchmaking game without dying.

His mother is dying, and his father, an out - of - work firefighter, indulges an increasingly drunken and violent temper.

«When legendary Goth rocker Cheyenne (Two - time Academy Award ® winner Sean Penn), long - retired in Dublin with his firefighter wife, Jane (Academy Award ® winner Frances McDormand), learns his estranged father is dying, the childlike recluse travels to New York to seek reconciliation — only to arrive too late.

Once the firefights break out, tracers whoop past with a sound like a whimpering child, and people die in left, right, centre, and rear speakers, under mortar fire that whomps gratifyingly from the subwoofer.

Rescue Me [FX, Tuesdays, 10 p.m.] chronicles the gradual self - destruction of New York firefighter Tommy Gavin [Denis Leary] ever since his cousin Jimmy [James McCaffery] died in action helping to evacuate the Twin Towers.