Category Archives: NEW YORK CITY

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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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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INSTALLED IN NEW YORK – READY FOR MONDAY

With many thanks to Brookfield Properties for providing this spectacular space. Through those windows I myself have looked down over “the site” for many years now when I have visited NY.   The audio self-tour I took with the Tribute … Continue reading

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BETTER ANGELS IN NEW YORK

The view is from the 20th floor just south of the WTC site.  The Memorial Pools amid the green mark the footprints of the towers. Tomorrow morning we will be setting up BETTER ANGELS on the ground floor of the turquoise-roofed … Continue reading

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FIVE DAYS TO NEW YORK CITY

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Adding Names

For the last week the NFFF and I have been working to update the wall for New York. The non-painting side of the exhibit wall is filled almost end to end with the names of all the firefighters on the … Continue reading

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