firefighter
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Louis Chinal, 76, a retired New York City firefighter from Staten Island, recounted taking the Staten Island ferry to lower Manhattan after the South Tower had collapsed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Retired New York firefighter John Fila said his firehouse lost 15 members on 9/11.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
At Tuesday's event, Trump meanwhile presented the highest US civilian honor to the family of volunteer firefighter Welles Crowther, who was killed while helping lead people out of the South Tower.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The 35-year-old volunteer firefighter has spent more than a month enveloped in this haze, breathing toxic millennia-old microparticles of carbon as he toils against a seemingly inextinguishable fire front.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
So he called the fire department, and they sent a female firefighter up to get me.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
According to KTLA, firefighters responded to the property on Tuesday following reports of a gas main break.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Despite steep, rugged terrain making operations difficult, firefighters have reached 83% containment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Three fires across Mendocino County grew to a combined 59,214 acres by Saturday afternoon as firefighters worked to establish containment lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Sack said the debate over glutathione "shifts the emphasis away from things that we know work" like giving firefighters access to good personal protective equipment.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The firefighters are like superheroes: they get right at it, spraying water from backpack pumps, scraping brush away from the fire’s edge.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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