T2T Foundation Steps Up in a Beautiful Way, Pays Off Mortgage for Widow of Fired NY Firefighter
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Red State ^
| May 3, 2024 | Bob Hoge
With violent pro-Hamas protests erupting on our nation’s campuses, millions of illegal aliens swarming across the southern border, and a mentally declining president who seems like he can barely get through a sentence—much less run the most powerful nation on earth—it can seem like all the news is bad these days. The
tale of Derek Floyd, the FDNY firefighter who died of a heart attack after being fired because New York City needed money for illegal aliens, leaving his family with nothing because he was just short of becoming eligible for benefits, certainly fits into the “tragic” category. RedState’s Nick...
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NYC firefighter, 36, dies of heart attack after being fired to pay for migrants — leaving his family with nothing
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New York Post ^
| 04/28/2024 | Craig McCarthy
An FDNY firefighter has died of a heart attack just months after he was fired as part of the city’s effort to free up funds for its migrant crisis — leaving his grieving widow and kids struggling to keep a roof over their heads.
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Firefighter killed, several others injured in Virginia house explosion
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nbc ^
| 2-16-24 | Phil Helsel
A Virginia firefighter was killed and others were injured after a house exploded Friday evening, officials said. Loudoun
County Fire and Rescue responded to the home in Sterling around 7:40 p.m. for an investigation, and firefighters were inside when the home exploded, Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief of Operations James Williams said. "Total devastation," is how Williams described the scene and damage. "There's a debris field well into the street and into the neighboring homes." Officials initially said nine firefighters suffered injuries that ranged from serious to less severe. Loudoun County Fire said Saturday that 11 first responders and two...
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9/11 firefighter Bob Beckwith, who stood beside George W. Bush in iconic Ground Zero photo, dies
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NY Post ^
| 02/05/2024 | Snejana Farberov
Bob Beckwith, the retired firefighter who appeared in an iconic photo with President George W. Bush atop a fire engine at Ground Zero just three days after the Sept. 11 attacks, has died from Ground Zero-related cancer, his family said Monday. Beckwith, 91, a married father of six, succumbed to Ground Zero-related
melanoma that had spread to his lungs and brain after a years-long battle, grandson Matthew Beckwith, acting as the family spokesperson, told The Post. MORE ON: 9/11 ‘Squad’ member Jamaal Bowman compared to lyin’ George Santos after unearthed 9/11 conspiracies Unearthed blog posts reveal ‘Squad’ Rep. Jamaal Bowman...
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9/11 firefighter Bob Beckwith, who stood beside George W. Bush in iconic Ground Zero photo, dies
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New York Post ^
| Feb. 5, 2024 | By Social Links forSnejana Farberov
Bob Beckwith, the retired firefighter who appeared in an iconic photo with President George W. Bush atop a fire engine at Ground Zero just three days after the Sept. 11 attacks, has died from Ground Zero-related cancer. He
was 91. Former Long Island Rep. Peter King (R-NY) announced Beckwith’s passing on Facebook Monday, hailing the veteran first responder as “an American icon who personified the best of the FDNY, New York and America at our most perilous moment.”
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Michigan school shooter's mom Jennifer Crumbley took FOUR Xanax pills and was carrying $6k cash and a burner phone on day of her arrest as trial hears about her swinger hotel parties with firefighter lover
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Daily Mail ^
| 2-2-24 | WILL POTTER
Explosive cross-examination revealed school shooter mom Jennifer Crumbley was caught with $6,000 in cash and a number of burner phones on the day of her dramatic arrest. The
Michigan mom, 45, was grilled by prosecutors on Friday over her actions in the aftermath of her son Ethan Crumbley's 2021 massacre at Oxford High School, where he shot 11 people and killed four. After Jennifer and her husband James - set for his own trial in March - fled to Detroit while cops sought them in the days following the shooting, she claimed in her testimony that they each took four...
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey Cutting Firefighter Funds, Offering College Financial Aid to Illegal Aliens
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Breitbart ^
| 01/12/2024 | John Binder
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) has unveiled $375 million in budget cuts, including cutting funding to firefighters, while at the same time rolling out college financial aid to illegal aliens. This
week, Healey said her office will look to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the state’s budget to make up for a $1 billion shortfall for Fiscal Year 2024. As part of those budget cuts, cities and towns will lose out on millions in local fire department funding.
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Florida firefighter captures 40-pound boa constrictor ‘menacing’ peafowl in middle of road: video
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Fox News ^
| 12/17/23 | Stephen Sorace
A 40-pound boa constrictor was captured in the middle of a road in Florida last week after firefighters got a call about the invasive snake threatening a group of peafowl, officials said. A
distress call had alerted fire officials about a "sizable python" that was "menacing" the peafowl around noon Wednesday in Palmetto, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. Officials said when Lt. Christopher Pecori from the department’s Venom One Response team arrived at the scene, he identified the snake as a red tail boa constrictor, which is a species non-native to Florida. "The Venom One Response officer promptly headed to the...
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Leading actor, former firefighter Steve Buscemi returned to NYC immediately after 9/11 to help search for survivors at Ground Zero
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CBS19 ^
| September 11, 2020 | Reagan Roy
We all know Steve Buscemi as an iconic actor who's been in some of the biggest blockbusters on the silver screen and critically acclaimed TV shows — "Armageddon," "The Big Lebowski," "The Sopranos" and "Boardwalk Empire," just to name a few. But,
did you also know he is a former firefighter? Buscemi was a firefighter in the Little Italy area of Manhattan from 1980-1984, when he left to become a full-time actor. However, after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Buscemi found himself back at Engine Company 55. On September 12, 2001, the day after...
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Buried Alive Twice, Retired NYC Firefighter Shares Harrowing 9/11 Experience
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13ABC ^
| Sep. 6, 2023 | JD Pooley
As another anniversary of 9/11 sits on the horizon, officials at Seneca East Local Schools are paying tribute. “As
I’m taking my last breaths of life, I realized that my life was over and I did something I hadn’t done in a long time, I closed my eyes and said a prayer,” Joe Torrillo, a retired lieutenant with the New York City Fire Department said. Those prayers were answered. Torrillo, along with four other firefighters, were rescued from the rubble of the south tower collapse. “About 25 minutes later they found a void and they found four of us. They...
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Pa. senator caught calling Philly firefighter a vulgar name apologizes later
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Pennlive ^
| 3 August A.D. 2023 | J. D. Prose
The latest shot in the cross-state rivalry between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh is a western Pennsylvania state senator’s male genitalia-themed insult aimed at a City of Brotherly Love firefighter. Yes,
you read that correctly. According to The Keystone, which first reported the incident, Republican state Sen. Devlin Robinson, who represents a suburban Pittsburgh district, used a vulgar word for penis to describe PA Task Force-1 program manager and Philadelphia Fire Department Capt. Ken Pagurek. Robinson’s off-color remark occurred as Pagurek was preparing to deliver remarks during a hearing Tuesday at the Allegheny County 911 Center in Moon Township. The hearing by...
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Florida woman steals fire truck after impersonating firefighter, deputies say
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WFLA News Channel 8 ^
| July 20, 2023 | Rachel Tucker
WELLBORN, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida woman was accused of stealing a fire truck and impersonating a firefighter earlier this month. The
Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office said Belinda Delores Waugh, 44, allegedly took off with a fire truck on July 15 after spending the night at the Wellborn Volunteer Fire Department station. When the fire chief visited the station to respond to a call, he discovered the truck was gone. The sheriff’s office said he received a phone call from Waugh stating the fire truck ran out of gas in Live Oak, which is about 10 miles away from Wellborn....
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Bayville Firefighter Brian Letrent Dies Suddenly, 34
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DAILY VOICE ^
| 06/24/2023 | Cecilia Levine
The Bayville Fire Department is mourning the loss of one of their own.Brian Letrent died suddenly of a medical condition on Wednesday, June 21, according to his obituary. He
was 34 years old. A Toms River native, Brian was raised in Bayville and was a 2007 graduate of Central Regional High School. He enlisted in the US Army right after graduation and was deployed to Iraq for six months. Brian worked as a mechanic for the Berkeley Township Sewage Authority, having recently been promoted. He began his firefighting career with the Pinewald FD and went on to work with Bayville...
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After Greensboro firefighter fired over 'Straight Pride' and other Facebook posts, crowd erupts at city council meeting
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News & Record ^
| June 7, 2023 | Connor McNeely
The City of Greensboro has fired Capt. Dustin Jones of the Greensboro Fire Department, citing a history of social media posts criticizing transgender people and Black Lives Matter along with an unwillingness to accept training and heed warnings from his supervisors. Jones
was fired on May 12, according to the city. On Tuesday night, citizens packed the council meeting, which was punctuated by loud outbursts as some protested Jones' firing and others supported it. City Hearing Dustin Jones listens to public comments at the city council meeting in Greensboro, N.C., on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark...
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Atlanta APPROVES funding for 'Cop City' after hundreds of activists packed into City Hall to oppose building the new police and firefighter training center
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Daily Mail ^
| 6/06/23 | Germania Rodriguez Poleo
The city of Atlanta has approved funding for a controversial new police training center dubbed 'Cop City' by opponents. The
11-4 vote happened on Tuesday after hundreds of activists packed City Hall and spoke for hours in fierce opposition to the project, which they say will destroy the local environment and militarize the police. For about 14 hours, residents took to the podium to slam the $90 million project, saying it would be a gross misuse of public funds to build the huge facility in a large urban forest in a poor, majority black area of southeast of Atlanta. Six...
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‘Drunk Driver’ Jamie Komoroski’s Mom Involved in 2013 Crash That Killed Firefighter
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New York Post ^
| May 23, 2023 | Olivia Land
The mother of an alleged drunk driver charged with killing a South Carolina bride in a tragic crash last month was also involved in a fatal accident — that left a firefighter dead 10 years ago, it was revealed on Tuesday. Traci Komoroski, 62, the mother of Jamie Komoroski, struck Forest Fire
Service Warden Jeffrey Scheuerer during a fierce blaze in Clinton Township, New Jersey on March 28, 2013, the Hunterdon County Democrat reported. Scheuerer had been battling a fire and the firetruck was partially blocking the northbound lane while flashing the emergency lights at the time of the crash,...
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Burning Down Barriers: Female Firefighter Conference Causes 'Out of Control' Forest Fire
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Free Beacon ^
| 05 08 2023 | Andrew Stiles
What happened: Female firefighters taking part in a Women-in-Fire Training Exchange program—intended to promote "mental health and gender diversity and inclusion"—accidentally caused an "out of control" forest fire in Banff National Park. Residents in the surrounding areas were evacuated and several buildings were damaged on May 3 after the female firefighters initiated
a prescribed burn that quickly escalated into an uncontrolled blaze. Context: Banff National Park is in Canada, where South American migrants have been fleeing to escape the lawless squalor of America's big cities. What they're saying: Days before the conference, local news outlets were celebrating the women's fire...
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Firefighter Reinstatement Amendment Fails {semi-satire]
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Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^
| 7 May 2023 | John Semmens
Sen. Rand Paul's (R-KY) "Support the Reinstatement of Trained and Effective Firefighters" amendment to the "Fire Grants and Safety Act" (S.870), was voted down by a 54-45 margin in the Senate. The purpose of this amendment was to end the embargo on rehiring firefighters who were discharged for refusing to be injected
with the experimental covid vaccines. Paul called the votes against his proposed amendment "bizarre. While there was little reason for requiring these low-risk young and healthy individuals to get the jab in the first place, there is no good reason now for barring them from rejoining the firefighting...
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2 of Chicago Firefighter's Children Die Days After Mother and Brother Killed in Fire
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NBC ^
Two of a Chicago firefighter's children have died from injuries sustained in a house fire that also claimed the lives of their mother and brother earlier this week, according to authorities. The
four relatives were seriously injured when a fire broke out at the family home Tuesday night in the 2500 block of North Rutherford Avenue in the city's Montclare neighborhood. When the initial call of the blaze came through, a Chicago firefighter overheard his home address on dispatch, raced to the scene with a Battalion Chief and found his house on fire. He performed CPR on his wife and...
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Two are killed in New York apartment by 'unknown substance' consistent with 'tranq' overdoses -3 cops, a firefighter, paramedic and nurse among nine rushed to hospital after exposure.......
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daily mail ^
| 3/1/2023 | Alyssa Guzman
When emergency personnel arrived to the apartment, they found two deceased and one 'critically ill,' the Syracuse Fire Department said in a press release. While
authorities waited for the medical examiner to arrive on scene, police officers began to feel ill within 30 minutes of exposure, citing nausea and accelerated heart rates - both, of which, are symptoms of a tranq overdoses. .... while at the hospital, while the four were being 'decontaminated,' 'several hospital personnel also began feeling ill,' the fire department said. Upon this realization, the ER was shut down for more than two hours to 'manage the...
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