Monthly Archives: June 2012

Colorado on Fire

Colorado is where I really learned about fire and firefighters.  The state needs rain and our prayers.  Here’s the fire started by lightning just west of Boulder yesterday.  Scary as this is, it’s much smaller than the ones outside Colorado … Continue reading

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Father’s Day

I believe the 343 firefighters on the BETTER ANGELS wall represent 602 children left behind.  A staggering number.  For New York we added a panel to the exhibit that included the names of 64 FDNY firefighters who have died since … Continue reading

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Commissioner Cassano Visits BETTER ANGELS

Here is the video the NFFF made about BETTER ANGELS in NYC: [media url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiQmV0RaY9s]

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TV Interview

http://www.myfoxny.com/video?clipId=7361791&autostart=true Fox News Channel 5 clip from Monday, June 4, 2012 @ Better Angels in NYC.

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End of Phase One

Capt. Timothy Stackpole’s brother was our last visitor to the display in New York City. Joe Donovan was one of our Friday volunteers.  Here he speaks with a family from Spain. We had many visitors from around the world: Germany, … Continue reading

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Junior Fire Chief

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Commissioner Cassano Visits Better Angels

On Tuesday evening, New York City’s Fire Commissioner, Sal Cassano visited BETTER ANGELS.  Here Ron Siarnicki and I join him for the cameras.   Cassano with two of our Tuesday volunteers, Tom Neary and Al Cerro, who both drove from … Continue reading

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9/11 Memorial out my Window

I was looking out my window for quite a while before I realized I also had a view of the 9/11 Memorial Pool.  This one in the footprint of the South Tower.  

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New York Day Two

I am so honored.  Here I stand with New York City’s Fire Commissioner, Sal Cassano, and Ron Siarnicki, Executive Director of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation at the BETTER ANGELS exhibit in New York.  Thank you to the entire fire … Continue reading

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HERE WE GO

Monday Morning 8AM….

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