Monthly Archives: March 2008

heroes

Hometown heroes: FDNY firefighters rescue two women

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FDNY Ladder 18 firefighters rescue two lower Eastside women

In this morning’s New York Post:

The women were in an apartment on the third floor of the building at 1223 FDR Drive at around 4:30 p.m. when the fire broke out, a Fire Department spokesman said. Firefighters Charles Maloney and Steven Katz of Ladder 18 followed the screams of the health-care provider, in her 50s, who was trapped behind a child-guard screen … Maloney, in a bucket ladder outside of the building, removed the guard and pulled the aide to safety. Katz then went into the apartment and carried the bed-ridden elderly woman, in her 70s, from the blaze.

“That’s what we do, we come to work everyday hoping we can do this,” said Maloney of their heroism.

Afghanistan, Iraq, Support our troops, Vets for Freedom

War vets: Finish the job

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Within The Arizona Republic today, Steve Russell, who commanded the battalion that captured Saddam Hussein and whose personal heroism earned him the Silver Star, said:

“All the second-guessing is moot, at this point. We are where we are now. A destabilized Iraq is going to have implications for all of us.”

The newspaper’s editorial board agrees with him.

Lieutenant Colonel Russell is crossing the country with the Vets for Freedom National Heroes Tour that will arrive in Washington, D.C., in time to for General Petraeus’ report to Congress. Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan, or another theatre of the War on Terror, “can sign up to show up on April 8 and tell Congress to support General Petraeus and our fellow troops as they continue to succeed in Iraq and Afghanistan.”