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November 24, 2008

DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN GEORGIA APPARATUS CRASH: SEMI-DRIVER WAS ALSO AN OHIO FIREFIGHTER / EMT

Below, we advised you of the Crisp County (Georgia) crash involving a semi truck that struck a fire apparatus last weekend. That crash killed the driver of the semi and left a Crisp County Firefighter in critical condition. The semi-driver failed to yield the right of way at the intersection, which was marked with signage...
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‘When he hugged you, you knew he meant it,’ FDNY Lt. Robert Ryan kin says

Two years ago, while he battled a working Brooklyn fire, globs of plastic from a melting smoke detector fell onto FDNY Lt. Robert Ryan’s neck, causing pain so intense he had to be treated with a fellow firefighter’s hose. The severe burns to Ryan’s neck required him to spend weeks in the Staten Island University Hospital...
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'When he hugged you, you knew he meant it,' FDNY Lt. Robert Ryan kin says

Two years ago, while he battled a working Brooklyn fire, globs of plastic from a melting smoke detector fell onto FDNY Lt. Robert Ryan’s neck, causing pain so intense he had to be treated with a fellow firefighter’s hose. The severe burns to Ryan’s neck required him to spend weeks in the Staten Island University Hospital...
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