Category Archives: Better Angels Stories

B.C. Matthew Ryan

Battalion Chief Matthew Lancelot Ryan, 53, had a 28-year career with the FDNY, rising through the ranks and being named Battalion Chief in 2000. He loved hockey, he loved the radio and he loved reading the newspaper. When he went … Continue reading

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Division One, Battalion One

Today I am beginning a year-long process of posting all 343 stories I have compiled about the firefighters in my paintings. They will be posted one per day, in order, by company. Division One, based in Lower Manhattan lost 100 … Continue reading

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Better Angels: The Stories

Beginning sometime in August 2013, I started posting the Better Angels paintings onto the BetterAngels911 facebook page so the images could also be seen there. My thought was to post them roughly two per day, organized by company. In the … Continue reading

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