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The Daily News has FDNY audio and transcripts from the 7-alarm fire at the Deutsche Bank building. The tapes are harrowing: One firefighter yells, "Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Engine 24 standing by! I'm lost. I'm trying to make it on the charged hose line. Running out of air!" came a frantic call." Another says, "All the staircases, all the landings are plywooded up. ... It would take us a week to get through and check each one." And then a higher-ranking official says, "I want a roll call! ... I don't give a s--t about the building. I give a s--t about the guys!"
The deaths of Firefighters Joseph Graffagnino and Robert Beddia were characterized by the FDNY in this way:
The firefighters were fatally injured while battling a seven-alarm high-rise fire at the former Deutsche Bank building at 130 Liberty Street in lower Manhattan. The two firefighters became trapped in maze-like conditions on the 14th floor of the building, which is undergoing demolition. They suffered severe smoke inhalation and were taken to NY Downtown Hospital in cardiac arrest where they succumbed to their injuries.Graffagnino was an 8-year veteran, while Beddia was a 23-year vet. The NY Times profiled the two, as well as their Soho firehouse, Engine 24 and Ladder 5: Graffagnino, who was married with two young children, lived next to a firehouse in Brooklyn as a child and practically grew up there. Beddia, who lived on Staten Island, transferred to Engine 24, Ladder 5 after September 11 (the firehouse lost 11 firefighters). Beddia's neighbor told the Staten Island Advance that Graffagnino's and Beddia's names belong on the list of September 11 victims, "When someone commits a crime and years later that person dies, they are charged with the crime. He died as a cause of 9/11, and it should be put that way because that is what happened. I know not everyone would agree with me, but that's the way I feel."
Graffagnino's funeral arrangements are as follows: Visitation at Andrew Torregrossa & Sons Funeral Home (1305 79th Street/ Brooklyn, NY 11228) tomorrow and Wednesday (2-5PM, 7-10PM) and the procession and funeral mass at St. Ephrem’s Church (929 Bay Ridge Parkway/ Brooklyn, NY 11228) Thursday morning at 10AM.
Beddia's funeral arrangements: Visitation at the Harmon Funeral Home (571 Forest Avenue/ Staten Island, NY 10310) on Wednesday and Thursday (2-5PM, 7-9PM) and procession and funeral mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral (460 Madison Avenue/ New York, NY 10022) Friday morning at 9:45AM.
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That is one of the most harrowing and distressing things I've ever read. My thoughts and sympathies are with their families, friends, and co-workers.
it's more fucking sad that these brave souls risked their lives for those scumbag investment banking firms that make billions off of hedging their bets on tragedy.
what does the 5-5-5-5 mean?
"Graffagnino's and Beddia's names belong on the list of September 11 victims,"
Who called it on Saturday night? This guy! Tomorrow they will demand their multimillion dollar payment from the federal government.
5-5-5-5 : Is that like a code for a fireman passing, like when they have a code for officers down?
By the same logic, everyone who died in Iraq should be on the 9/11 memorial too....
[6] yup. a bit more of a stretch, but agreed. they should be on the memorial.
his neighbors are a little upset. so cut them some slack #4. these 2 have run into burning buildings for 8 and 23 years respectively for people like you. try a little gratitude.
5-5-5-5 is for a line of duty death. it is the series of bells they used to ring.
his neighbors are a little upset. so cut them some slack #4. these 2 have run into burning buildings for 8 and 23 years respectively for people like you. try a little gratitude.
5-5-5-5 is for a line of duty death. it is the series of bells they used to ring.
My deepest sympathies go out to the families and friends. Another tragic loss for the FDNY.
NBC Nightly News aired a clip of Beddia last night where he tearfully recalled the firefighters from his unit who died on 9/11. How tragic and ironic that he would die 6 years later as a consequence of 9/11. RIP.