FDNY: VIDEO AND INTERVIEW- FIREFIGHTERS COPING WITH FAMOUS DISASTERS

Above: The Happyland Social Club Fire in the Bronx, 1990

The Happy Land fire was an arson fire that killed 87 people trapped in an unlicensed social club named "Happy Land", at 1959 Southern Boulevard in the West Farms section of the Bronx in New York City on March 25, 1990. Wikipedia




How Do Firefighters Cope with the Worst Disasters They Face..?


Here we have an interview with FDNY Lt Gary Howard about his experiences both at the Happyland Social Club Fire and after September 11, 2001 and the attack on the World Trade Center




VIDEO: ( Best Full Screen or Theater Mode)

https://youtu.be/GiYEu_lwGXk

Gary talks about the heart wrenching series of wakes and funerals that followed Sept 11, (where 342 FDNY members died among the thousands of innocent victims from all over the World who were in the Twin Towers that day)...and the emotional toll it took..

It also shows the stamina of an extremely intelligent and resolute NYC Firefighter who had already been facing innumerable tragedies and travails on the job for many  years...









Above: At the NYC Fire Museum, Lt Gary Howard works as a Volunteer showing both Fire Prevention, especially to schoolchildren, and also the History of the FDNY





What is amazing is how Gary can reminisce about all his experiences and still retain his remarkable , earthy sense of humor...


You have to see how he explains some of what he went through and how he handled it