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A New Year

As 2012 comes to a close, with 2013 within sight,  I want to take this opportunity to thank the fire community and all the wonderful families, organizations and firefighters I have had the honor to meet over these past three … Continue reading


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Changing out the Paintings…

As I write, Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on the East Coast and I want to send my best wishes to everyone in its path. I have finally resized all the files etc so that I can change out the … Continue reading


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Belatedly Colorado Springs

I was so busy on my recent trip with the paintings to Colorado Springs that I hardly had time to think much less post pictures.  And on opening day, I was largely without a camera.  Now I know there are … Continue reading


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Ready to Go

They moved one antique engine engine into the next room, removed an entire row of equipment display cabinets, and now we are about to cover 2/3 of their historical timeline with the 343 paintings of Better Angels. Official opening on … 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:


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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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