Category Archives: 9/11 Community Supports Sandy’s Victims

White House warns: Sequestration could cut funds for Sandy aid, Zadroga

By Kimberly | Published: February 24, 2013

By Tom Brune with Laura Figueroa New York Newsday WASHINGTON — A total of $3 billion in hard-won federal funding for superstorm Sandy aid and $27 million for the 9/11 Zadroga health fund will be cut unless Congress acts to avoid automatic spending reductions by Friday, the White House and lawmakers said Sunday. Those cuts [...]

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New York Fire Patrol Donates Smoke Detectors to Staten Island’s Siller Foundation

By Kimberly | Published: February 16, 2013
Arnold Roma, right, of the nonproft New York Fire Patrol, donates smoke detector kits to Anthony Navarino of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation for victims of Hurricane Sandy.Staten Island Advance/Steve White

By Stephanie Slepian Staten Island Advance STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s what Keith Roma would have done — respond to Hurricane Sandy the same way he responded to the World Trade Center. So with that symmetry in mind, the nonprofit New York Fire Patrol donated 900 smoke detectors to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers [...]

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Marine 9 Receives Special Commendation from U.S. Coast Guard

By Kimberly | Published: February 13, 2013
Members of FDNY's Marine Operations, including Marine 9, with representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard who presented the U.S. Coast Guard Meritorious Public Serivce Award.

New York City Fire Department A partnership that was forged in the wake of Superstorm Sandy became even stronger on Feb. 13, when members of Marine 9 on Staten Island received a special honor from the U.S. Coast Guard – the U.S. Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award. “It’s a privilege for me to stand [...]

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