The plane, “traveling rather fast along the water, skipped twice and hit the pier,” the New York fire commissioner said. Source: New York Times
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James Gordon Bennett Medal Is Renamed by F.D.N.Y.
By Gotham Rex on September 10, 2020
The James Gordon Bennett Medal will now be named for Chief Peter J. Ganci, who was killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Source: New York Times
He Was Playing With Fireworks. One Flew Into His Home, Video Shows.
By Gotham Rex on July 2, 2020
In footage released by the Fire Department, flames rise in the Brooklyn house, a striking example of the dangers posed by the proliferation of fireworks. Source: New York Times
New Woe for a Jittery N.Y.C.: Illegal Fireworks Going Off All Night
By Gotham Rex on June 19, 2020
The city received 1,737 fireworks complaints in the first half of June, 80 times as many as it got in the same period last year. Source: New York Times