Rob Carlo, a retired FDNY firefighter who lost his brother on 9/11, and who suffers from PTSD, decided to turn his 56th birthday into a good day by raising money for veterans. He spent 24 hours straight on his single-speed beach cruiser to raise funds for the Uniformed Services Program at the Brattleboro Retreat, raising nearly $20,000.
The Bill Kelly Jr. Memorial Fund has given nearly one million dollars worth of scholarships to students at the University of Scranton. Their logo has been a shamrock with the stars and stripes of the American flag since the charity’s beginnings, just months after Bill Kelly, Jr. was killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks.
A Utah company now uses an identical logo and has refused to stop doing so.
The annual FF Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers run has a new tradition. Now in addition to the banners for Stephen Siller and the other 342 FDNY members killed in […]
