Missed this Saturday's ‪#‎FDNY150‬ Block Party Community Event in Brooklyn? Read all about it at http://ow.ly/Opg8e [web post] and then find the one nearest you at http://ow.ly/OpgLU [web post]
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Have you met FDNY's newest Junior Firefighter? See what Korey learned today at http://ow.ly/Omfq7.
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Today in History: in 1904, the General Slocum incident on the East River in the Bronx, was the worst civilian disaster experienced in New York City with 1,031 killed - until the World Trade Center terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. http://ow.ly/i/bjk2E http://ow.ly/i/bjk2T
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  • Thomas Fitzsimmons Since most of the victims were German, after the General Slocum disaster, German residents moved to Yorkville from "Kleindeutschland" (Little Germany) on the Lower East Side creating German Town.
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This morning on the Today Show, FDNY Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro and Chief of Department James E. Leonard swore-in as a Junior Firefighter 6-year-old Korey Swinton from the Make a Wish Foundation.
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Today FDNY Hispanic Society and FDNY Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro participated in the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan.
Now! In the continuation of his 150 th Anniversary, The Fire Department (Fdny) celebrates today since 11 am with a party bicommunal in Brooklyn. The event has b...
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Happening Now: Brooklyn Ladder111 demonstrates the HurstTool at the ‪#‎FDNY150‬ Block Party Community Event.
Happening Now: Brooklyn Engine Company 214 and helpers at the ‪#‎FDNY150‬ Block Party Community Event drain and pack the hose so they're ready for the next job!
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