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Billy O' C drove me at Ladder Company 150, before he went to 133. Superb Chauffeur. Remember, when I was in 150, there was NO 133 and 270 was still an Engine Company. Totally different landscape...

I met Seymour after being assigned to TL-120 in 2003. He was a constant fixture at all the Watkins St events and we became good friends, as I did with the whole Retiree group. They weren?t just good people, they were Wonderful people. When we (120) started planning our Centennial for 2005, we...

Danny, it was BC Donny K.  A Blockhead.  He would come over to Hancock St to ?talk? with Capt Frank Pampalone (TL-111).  They would be up in the Truck office and you come hear the screaming as you walked by. We, the Members, thought it was pretty funny. Donny was also the Captain of 96 Engine...

Johnny Gage and I have similar starting points, I was appointed to the FDNY on 12/17/1977, I was 25 y/o.  Our Fireman list was held up in Federal Court for 2 & 1/2 years.  I took the entrance test in 1971, at the insistence of my Father, who was ?On the Job? from 1939 to 1960, along with my best...

Thanks for posting Jack.  I didn?t want his passing to go unnoticed.  Pete was a Wonderful man.

I was in 94 Engine in the Hunts Point section of the South BX in 1978 and we would have 4 guys on the back step. 2 SCBA?s in the hose bed and we were ready to go. I was coming back from Manhattan on the subway, going to the Firehouse. I have shorts, sneakers and t-shirt on. 94 is driving by...

Engine Company 231  &  Tower Ladder 120 (FDNY) in Brownsville  Brooklyn have been side to side for 114 years, in the same Firehouse...

Legends... It's the early 90's and I am a Fireman, working in TL-111. Captain Frank Pampalone is our Officer and I have the Irons. 176 Truck is relocated to Hook & Ladder 175 and Captain John Vigiano is working in 176. It is a day tour and we get a Job at Saratoga & Halsey, on Halsey. 2 1/2...

Yes, that's the Duke along with Mr J.  Both of them went to Medal Day that year.  Thanks for posting because otherwise Nobody would know.  The current Captain of TL-58, a long time BX guy may have been working when Captain TT made his grab the same year.  It was toss up for the Medal Board that...

Danny,  Timmy was the True War Years Legend, among many.  Their respect for our Job gave us the guidance to respect it the same.  I loved Timmy (as I did all the South Bx guys who broke me in) and can see him down at the Pit, doing what he did best, being with the Brothers.  What you have...

When I worked in 94 Engine  & Ladder Company 48, in Hunts Point, we were in the " Ass End" of the South Bx.  The infamous Hunts Pt produce markets and meat markets (now the only real wholesale markets in the city)  were down the block from the Firehouse so there was constant tractor trailer...

As a young Fireman in Ladder Company 59, the Blue Devils, we had 3 DC?s,  Vinny Dunn, Tom Moran and Harry. After the South BX fire devastation, the fire duty went north and the 7th was the busiest place to be. Harry was a Great Chief and was respectful of all the companies as we were to him.

Danny & Jack, your Joe E stories are great.  I can hear him telling his Aide (Dan) why he wanted the MTA Supervisor, I chuckle thinking about it. I can also hear him trying to clear the stairway at a Job. For some reason, in brownstone firefighting, the stairs are packed. They (brownstones) are...

I was a Hockey Team member in the late 70?s and a couple of years into the 80?s. I met Timmy thru the Team and remained friends with him until his passing. I remember talking to him at a 911 funeral on Long Island. His daughter had just died and he was inconsolable. I told him we will all be...

Thanks Eddie, said what I felt Much better then me...

Eddie Teijan was a little younger then most of the real Senior guys in 48 but we are talking about men with 25-30 years of South BX firefighting experience during the busiest time in the history of the FDNY. He became The Senior Man in 48 Truck and was revered by the members. I remember him as a...

A quick BX story,  I am a young (27 y/o) Fireman in Ladder Company 48 in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. The locals used to say, ?the Point is where it?s at?. So much for where it?s at, the Firehouse became the only occupied building on the block, losing the rest to fire. It?s...

Dan,  your TB/ Norton story was a Classic.  The LT must have been beside himself.  Tommy is the Only Fireman I know to be assigned to Ladders 111, 112 & 113.  Finishing his career in Squad 252.  We (when I was a Fireman in 111) used to say, if we were trapped, we want Norton to come and get us...