Download or read book Faces of the New York City Firefighters written by Nicholas Truong and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second volume of the series "FACES OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIREFIGHTERS".Excerpt from the book:"This book is not about burning houses or buildings on fire. It is about the men and women of the Fire Department of New York City--their emotion, their dedication, and their bravery. The photographs in this book were taken at scenes where these firefighters were dispatched. They are shown as they were shot--without cropping or photoshopping".In this book, viewers have the opportunity to get a close up look at the Bravest at work and in action. The book is beautifully bound and printed on premium heavy-weight stock paper. However, keep in mind that the images do not have the wide range of tonal color and hue as the traditional offset printing books.66% of the profit from the sale of this book would be donated to the New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation and the Fire Bell Club's Scholarship Award Program.
Download or read book Notes from the Fireground written by Thomas Dunne and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a 33-year career with the New York City Fire Department, Tom Dunne fought hundreds of fires, survived near death incidents, crawled down burning hallways, met unforgettable characters, and witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attack. From working in glittering mid-Manhattan high-rises to squalid ghetto tenements, he saw how people in crisis lived and survived and how the firefighters who served them worked and bonded. Exploring both the positive and controversial aspects of being a firefighter, this no-holds barred memoir provides an honest account of an unusual occupation that outsiders seldom get to see.
Download or read book Report from Ground Zero written by Dennis Smith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-02-25 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragic events of September 11, 2001, forever altered the American landscape, both figuratively and literally. Immediately after the jets struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center, Dennis Smith, a former firefighter, reported to Manhattan’s Ladder Co. 16 to volunteer in the rescue efforts. In the weeks that followed, Smith was present on the front lines, attending to the wounded, sifting through the wreckage, and mourning with New York’s devastated fire and police departments. This is Smith’s vivid account of the rescue efforts by the fire and police departments and emergency medical teams as they rushed to face a disaster that would claim thousands of lives. Smith takes readers inside the minds and lives of the rescuers at Ground Zero as he shares stories about these heroic individuals and the effect their loss had on their families and their companies. “It is,” says Smith, “the real and living history of the worst day in America since Pearl Harbor.” Written with drama and urgency, Report from Ground Zero honors the men and women who—in America’s darkest hours—redefined our understanding of courage.
Download or read book Ordinary Heroes written by Joseph Pfeifer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller From the first FDNY chief to respond to the 9/11 attacks, an intimate memoir and a tribute to those who died that others might live When Chief Joe Pfeifer led his firefighters to investigate an odor of gas in downtown Manhattan on the morning of 9/11, he had no idea that his life was about to change forever. A few moments later, he watched as the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center. Pfeifer, the closest FDNY chief to the scene, spearheaded rescue efforts on one of the darkest days in American history. Ordinary Heroes is the unforgettable and intimate account of what Chief Pfeifer witnessed at Ground Zero, on that day and the days that followed. Through his eyes, we see the horror of the attack and the courage of the firefighters who ran into the burning towers to save others. We see him send his own brother up the stairs of the North Tower, never to return. And we walk with him and his fellow firefighters through weeks of rescue efforts and months of numbing grief, as they wrestle with the real meaning of heroism and leadership. This gripping narrative gives way to resiliency and a determination that permanently reshapes Pfeifer, his fellow firefighters, NYC, and America. Ordinary Heroes takes us on a journey that turns traumatic memories into hope, so we can make good on our promise to never forget 9/11.
Download or read book A Handbook on Women in Firefighting The Changing Face of the Fire Service written by and published by FEMA. This book was released on with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Five Floors Up written by Brian McDonald and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rescue Me meets Blue Bloods in this riveting social history of the New York City Fire Department told from the perspective of the Feehan family, who served in the FDNY for four generations and counting. Seen through the eyes of four generations of a firefighter family, Five Floors Up the story of the modern New York City Fire Department. From the days just after the horse-drawn firetruck, to the devastation of the 1970s when the Bronx was Burning, to the unspeakable tragedy of 9/11, to the culture-busting department of today, a Feehan has worn the shoulder patch of the FDNY. The tale shines the spotlight on the career of William M. Feehan. “Chief” Feehan is the only person to have held every rank in the FDNY including New York City’s 28th Fire Commissioner. He died in the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. But Five Floors Up is at root an intimate look at a firefighter clan, the selflessness and bravery of not only those who face the flames, but the family members who stand by their sides. Alternately humorous and harrowing, rich with anecdotes and meticulously researched and reported, Five Floors Up takes us inside a world few truly understand, documenting an era that is quickly passing us by.
Download or read book Strong of Heart written by Thomas Von Essen and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Site May 30, 2002 "How will we ever get through this?" is the question I asked on the night of September 11. "How?" Maybe the answer is here, all around me. Not just in the cleanup, not just in the purpose demonstrated by all who came and labored in these months. The answer is in the enduring spirits of all assembled here. That, for me, is the miracle in all of this: having looked horror in the face, we bear the pain without losing heart. -- Thomas Von Essen
Download or read book Braving the Flames written by Peter A. Micheels and published by iBooks. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York firefighters fight fire face to face, day to day, in life or death situations. This powerful collection of in-depth interviews with the firefighters of New York City includes the author's reflections on the events of September 11, 2001.
Download or read book Face the Fire written by Nora Roberts and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-05-28 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the conclusion to her acclaimed Three Sisters Island trilogy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts masterfully evokes the quaint charm of New England, weaving a spellbinding tale of true love—and sheer magic… Mia Devlin knows what it’s like to love with your whole heart—and then watch your love walk away. Years ago, she and Sam Logan shared an incredible bond built on passion, legend, and fate. But then one day he fled Three Sisters Island, leaving her lost in memories of the magic they shared—and determined to live on her own… As the new owner of the island’s only hotel, Sam has returned to Three Sisters with hopes of winning back Mia’s affections. He is puzzled when she greets him with icy indifference—for the chemistry between them is still sizzling and true. Angry, hurt, and deeply confused, Mia refuses to admit that a desire for Sam still burns in her heart. But she’ll need his help—and his powers—to face her greatest, most terrifying challenge. And as the deadline for breaking a centuries-old curse draws near, they must take the first step toward destiny—and come together to turn back the dark… Don’t miss the other books in the Three Sisters Island trilogy Dance Upon the Air Heaven and Earth
Download or read book The Brave a Story of New York City s Firefighters written by George Pickett, Hugh Downs and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2010-03-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: •“Much has been written about firefighters, some of it by people who actually fight fires. Few of the books I have any knowledge of show the mindset of the firefighters with as much insight and candor as this book...” —from the foreword by Hugh Downs •“Every so often a writer of substantive talent appears through the smokey background to perk up our interest in firefighters and firefighting. George Pickett is just such a man.... In The Brave you will come to know him and a valiant group of men as they speed from alarm to alarm in downtown New York, where the buildings are tall and for the most part old, where bums and drug addicts populate the streets, and where the fire companies hardly ever rest. You will begin to feel that you too are a member of Engine 33, Ladder 9, and, after George’s promotion to lieutenant, of some of Brooklyn’s busiest fire companies. It is an empowering feeling, until you suddenly realize that these are among the very first fire companies who will arrive one fateful day in their future at the World Trade Center, providing our city with more courage, determination, and selflessness that we ever knew we had. You will then thank George Pickett for letting you into their lives.” —Dennis Smith, New York Times’ bestselling author
Download or read book Face of Courage written by Joseph M. Cammarata and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both brothers dreamed of being N.Y.C Firefighters, but when one brother wrote his own destiny, their worlds would collide at the same place, at different times on the morning of September 11th, 2001. Both brothers feverishly raced to the World Trade Center, one brother age 22, was with the New York City fire department, and one brother age 24, with the New York City police department, the catastrophe would leave one brother searching for answers to many questions, and living the better part of the last decade with enormous guilt. Inspirational from many aspects, it will raise the spirits of anyone who clutches non fictional work. Strap yourself in; hold on tight, this is a true life story of two young men who exhibit tremendous courage while facing the terrors that lie right in front of their eyes. "I had to go back to the site, and search for a part of my soul that was buried under the rubble, it was gone long enough, I want my life back." "In every disaster, there are stories of hope, and heroism, good things come out of negativity, you just have to find them, no matter how long it takes."
Download or read book Forgotten Heroes of Ground Zero written by Russell Feliciano and published by Trafford. This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a daily basis, somewhere in the city, firefighters are confronted with urban decay and abandoned buildings of unbelievable proportions. Such buildings are home to the cities less fortunate and drug addicts. Fire on arrival is not an uncommon site and not typically accidental, but the work of arson. These fires pose hazardous conditions to firefighters since the structures are already in such bad shape. For 20 years my fellow firefighters and I have had to deal with this added danger in our lives all too often. Although the outward appearance of a firefighter is a happy one, and it may look as though we are having a good time, all that could change in a mere moment. In the time it takes to snap a finger and all you know could be gone forever, or a life can be saved, that is, if given a firefighter is given the chance to do what he does best, save lives and property. You are about to read and find out the inside the life of a N.Y.C. firefighter with twenty years of experience. These are the typical, everyday circumstances one must face on a daily basis in a big city. Whether they are fighting a burning high-rise in Midtown Manhattan, a brownstone in Brooklyn, a frame building in Staten Island, a tax-payer in Queens or a run-down apartment in the Bronx, firefighters never complain of the real dangers of their chosen profession. With the spirit and dedication that is uncommon of the laborer, they just love what they do. It all begins at the "Rock" Probie School. It is here where probationary firefighters are taught the very basics of those skills they will need in their careers, along with stamina and physical conditioning, honed under the most stressful and trying conditions for the never-ending task of being a firefighter. This is where you grasp the importance of always giving 120% in every instance, every moment, every second because every brother will depend upon another. This is where rough edges are cut off. The fundamentals are sharpened with constant training and time, the newly learned skills of a professional art. With all the tragedy and trauma, and unsaved lives they will have to face, the "Rock" gives them just a peek into the brotherhood of a firefighter, which is steep in tradition. Later in the field their skills are sharpened by the cruelty of fire. Firefighters do not have the luxury of making costly mistakes. There are no time-outs....only at their first fire will they really know one's power and familiarize themselves with the profession of firefighting. They will also learn the words of their instructors, "Let no man or women say their training let them down or failed them". For 20 years, I have worked in some of the busiest fire companies the city has. I am a member of Ladder L-111 the "Nut House Truck". It also houses one of the best engines on the job, Eng-214. We cover the third busiest area in the city, the Bedford Sty section of Brooklyn. For almost thirty years we never lost a member of our house.... On September 11, 2001, that would all change when we lost five great individuals, ones I called my friends, better yet, I called my brothers...in all I lost 129 of my friends on that faithful day. Of the 343 firefighters killed, 129 were people I had touched in my 20-year career. This is my story...my brothers in battle. FF Russell Feliciano L-111/Eng 214 Please visit www.ForgottenHeroesOfGroundZero.com
Download or read book Warriors of Fire written by Tom Zambrano and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young firefighters were forced to become hardened veterans almost overnight when serving in New York City during the politically charged decades of the 1960's and 1970's. The day-to-day dangers we firefighters endured together produced the highest degree of bonding that one can imagine. As "family," we shared the love, and laughter, as well as the tears of each other's personal tragedies. This book also tells how we, as firefighters, shared in the anguish felt by the innocent victims and their families. Fighting accidental fires was a tough enough job, but the embattled firefighters of our city's ghettos had to put up with the politically motivated burnings of buildings on the campuses of some of New York City's most prestigious colleges and universities in the name of civil disobedience. Add to that the rapid expansion of the drug culture, the sexual revolution, the Vietnam War protests, and race riots, and you have a pretty good idea of what the New York City Fire Department was up against. "All I can say is Wow! I love reading and I usually go in for the lighter reads, but a friend recommended this book. It held my attention from beginning to end. I will not spoil it for others, you have to read this. It will make you cry and laugh! It will certainly give you a greater appreciation for firemen all over the country. The author of this book obviously loved his job as a firefighter, and his writing seems to come right from his heart. Thank God for all you firefighters out there." - Thomas R. Allocca from Naperville, Illinois USA (January 15th, 2004).
Download or read book Firefighters written by Dennis Smith and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-07-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable journey through the daily lives of the brave men and women who have made saving lives their profession. Dennis Smith, author of Report from Engine Co. 82, traveled across the country talking to dozens of America’s firefighters to put together this powerful collection of their own descriptions of their most dramatic and intense experiences on the job. Their stories, compiled here, are timeless testimonies to the human capacity for heroism and nobility. Focusing on the most courageous firefighters, from those who have been decorated for heroism to those who have been seriously injured, Firefighters presents the extraordinarily rich and rugged voices of men and women who fight urban building fires, who battle sweeping forest fires, who perform emergency rescues, and who face extreme danger and risk as part of their everyday lives. Sometimes brave, sometimes funny, sometimes bittersweet or filled with anger, these voices combine to make Firefighters both a riveting adventure drama and a moving chronicle of American heroism at its finest.
Download or read book Humans of New York Stories written by Brandon Stanton and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times Bestseller! With over 500 vibrant, full-color photos, Humans of New York: Stories is an insightful and inspiring collection of portraits of the lives of New Yorkers. Humans of New York: Stories is the culmination of five years of innovative storytelling on the streets of New York City. During this time, photographer Brandon Stanton stopped, photographed, and interviewed more than ten thousand strangers, eventually sharing their stories on his blog, Humans of New York. In Humans of New York: Stories, the interviews accompanying the photographs go deeper, exhibiting the intimate storytelling that the blog has become famous for today. Ranging from whimsical to heartbreaking, these stories have attracted a global following of more than 30 million people across several social media platforms.
Download or read book The Port of New York written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Faces of Christianity written by Philip Jenkins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the top religion books of 2002 by USA Today, Philip Jenkins's phenomenally successful The Next Christendom permanently changed the way people think about the future of Christianity. In that volume, Jenkins called the world's attention to the little noticed fact that Christianity's center of gravity was moving inexorably southward, to the point that Africa may soon be home to the world's largest Christian populations. Now, in this brilliant sequel, Jenkins takes a much closer look at Christianity in the global South, revealing what it is like, and what it means for the future. The faith of the South, Jenkins finds, is first and foremost a biblical faith. Indeed, in the global South, many Christians identify powerfully with the world portrayed in the New Testament--an agricultural world very much like their own, marked by famine and plague, poverty and exile, until very recently a society of peasants, farmers, and small craftsmen. In the global South, as in the biblical world, belief in spirits and witchcraft are commonplace, and in many places--such as Nigeria, Indonesia, and Sudan--Christians are persecuted just as early Christians were. Thus the Bible speaks to the global South with a vividness and authenticity simply unavailable to most believers in the industrialized North. More important, Jenkins shows that throughout the global South, believers are reading the Bible with fresh eyes, and coming away with new and sometimes startling interpretations. Some of their conclusions are distinctly fundamentalist, but Jenkins finds an intriguing paradox, for they are also finding ideas in the Bible that are socially liberating, especially with respect to women's rights. Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, such Christians are social activists in the forefront of a wide range of liberation movements. It's hard to overstate how interesting, how eye-opening, how frequently surprising (and sometimes disturbing) Jenkins' findings are. Anyone interested in the implications of these trends for the major denominations, for Muslim-Christian conflict, and for global politics will find The New Faces of Christianity provocative and incisive--and indispensable.
