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Me too - in Bridgeport, Ct where I was living at the time.

WOW - I can't believe I messed posting that. Must have been a few of my lady friends calling me then - ha. Thank you "QNS7883" - added in Activity Report

Remember it well. Very sad day in history Many changes took place as to fire protection in our schools after this incident.

Corrected Thank you

November 2025 Fire Activity: Staten Island: 11/18 - 2nd Alarm - Box 0794 Queens: 11/5 - 2nd Alarm - Box 1381 11/25 - 2nd Alarm - Box 2157 11/30 - 2nd Alarm - Box 5103 Manhattan: 11/8 - 5th Alarm - Box 1688 11/19 - 4th Alarm - Box 1426 11/26 - 3rd Alarm - Box 0568 Brooklyn: 11/1 - 2nd Alarm -...

"nfd248" - NorWALK, Ct - population 95,000 - about 50 miles from NYC - 145 members of the department "nfd2004" - NorWICH, Ct - population 40,000 - about 135 miles from NYC - 56 members of the department I hope that the Norwalk firefighter that was transported to the Bridgeport Hospitals Burn...

Here is Terry Fator with his Elvis impersonator. Do you remember this Christmas song from "The King of Rock and Roll" - Elvis Presley

"3511" and "Capttomo", I remember it just as you described in your reply. One year I sat on 183rd St just across from 75/33. In a 5–6-hour span, they never turned a wheel. The next year, the fire activity for them exploded and continued on As many of us here know - our Nycfire.net owner...

In "My Younger Buff Years" I remember seeing 75/33 in the streets. A Mack pumper and a Mack Tower Ladder - some of the BEST Fire Apparatus ever made. click below for some of the stories https://www.nycfire.net/forums/threads/my-younger-buff-years.3017/

Let's bring in the Christmas 2025 season with our United States Army members.

Well, it's the "Most Wonderful Time of the Year", with Santa Clause here in the Macy's New York City Thanksgiving Day Parade '25. Time to do the Christmas shopping, wrapping the presents, decorating the tree, singing your favorite Christmas songs, with all of us getting ready for Santa to...

Back in 1961 Bobby Vee came out with this big hit called "Take Good Care Of My Baby" Do you remember it.

Thank you, Ray Ladder 124 was one of the busiest truck companies in the city when Mike Cogan was on the job. May FDNY War Years Firefighter Mike Cogan Rest in Peace and my condolences to his family and Brothers and Sisters of the FDNY.

Wow, I remember watching those shows as a kid "70 Years Ago". Thank you "Disp51"

Here is an interview with FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker which took place November 17, '25. The interview was conducted by Mike Colon of MC's Audio. It is titled - Episode 385: The Best of the Bravest: FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker (Volume 79) The total interview last about 1 hour and...