PLAQUE DEDICATION
On Monday, April 29, 2019, at 1100 hours, a WTC Plaque Dedication Ceremony will be held honoring the memory of EMS Deputy Chief Joeddy E. Friszell. The dedication will take place in the quarters of EMS Division 3, 420 East 83rd Street, Brooklyn, NY. All off-duty members and their families are invited to attend. Members are requested to attend in dress uniform.
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
The Ner Tamid Society and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion are hosting an event on Tuesday, April 30, from 4:30 to 6:30 PM, at FDNY Headquarters Auditorium for Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day. They will come together to honor the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; pay homage to the memory of those lost in the Holocaust; and take a stand against all forms of oppression. Refreshments will be served following the event. Please RSVP to diversity.inclusion@fdny.nyc.gov with subject line: “Holocaust Remembrance.”
CAPTAIN JOHN S. MOSCHELLA STREET NAMING CEREMONY
On Saturday, May 4, at 1:00 PM, a Street Naming Ceremony will be held honoring the memory of Retired Captain John S. Moschella, Engine 26. The ceremony will be held at 10 Rita Place, Farmingdale, NY. All off-duty members and their families are invited to attend. Members are requested to attend in dress uniform.
20 YEAR REUNION
A 20 year reunion for members in the May 9, 1999 probationary firefighter class will be held on May 9, 2019. For information, please contact Joe Farinacci at joefarinacci@yahoo.com.
FDNY VS NYPD RUGBY FDNY Rugby vs. NYPD Rugby will be the Opening Match for Major League Rugby Pro Club Rugby United New York on Saturday, May 11, at 2:30 PM at MCU Park in Coney Island. Tickets cost $30.00 and can be purchased by visiting https://www.rugbyunitedny.com/tickets/. Purchase tix for Rugby United NY vs. Seattle on 5/11. Ticket price includes Pro Major League Rugby Match to follow at 4:30. Be sure to use the FDNY ticket discount code. Rugby United New York will DONATE a portion of all ticket sales purchased with code FDNY to the FDNY Foundation‘s Jolly 51 Fund. The Jolly 51 Fund was set-up to help support the families of those service members killed when their HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq in March 2018. Among those killed were Lt. Chris Raguso and Fire Marshal Chris “Trip” Zanetis. For any questions, email FDNY.Rugby@gmail.
Active Firefighter Christopher A. Slutman Ladder Company 27 Wake (One Day Only) Thursday, April 25, 2019 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Joseph A. Lucchese Funeral Home, Inc. 726 Morris Park Avenue Bronx, NY 10462
Funeral Friday, April 26, 2019 11:00 AM Saint Thomas Church 1 W 53rd Street New York, NY 10019
All Off-Duty Members should attend in Class A Uniform
In a tweet, French journalist Nicolas Delesalle cited Père Frédéric, writing: “Good news: all the works of art were saved. The treasure of the Cathedral is intact, the Crown of thorns, the Holy sacraments.”
The historic building’s spire and roof have already collapsed. No casualties have been reported as of yet.
The cause of the fire is not yet known, however, officials have indicated it could be linked to current renovation work.
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has cancelled a planned public address and has arrived at the scene.
Credit: PA
Last year the Catholic Church launched an urgent appeal for funds to repair the building, which was showing serious signs of decay.
The construction of Notre Dame – which means ‘Our Lady’ – began in 1160 and was mostly completed a hundred years later in 1260. It has been modified on numerous occasions throughout the centuries since.
On Twitter, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, described the fire as ‘terrible’.
She said: “A terrible fire is underway at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The @PompiersParis are trying to control the flames. We are mobilised on the spot in close connection with the @dioceseParis. I ask everyone to respect the security perimeter.”
FDNY HOLY NAME SOCIETY – 95TH ANNUAL COMMUNION MASS AND BREAKFAST
The Fire Department Holy Name Society, Manhattan, Bronx, and Staten Island, will hold its 95th Annual Communion Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, April 28, at 10:15 AM. The Mass will be followed with a procession to the NY Hilton on 6th Ave and 53rd Street, where a meal will be shared and the Honorees will be recognized. The breakfast will begin at approximately 11:30 AM. During the breakfast, the Holy Name Society will honor Retired Battalion Chief, Joseph Bryant, B-35 who served as President of the HNS for 38 years, and DC Jimmy Ginty from Rescue Operations who currently serves as President of the Fire Family Transport Foundation. This year, the Father Mychal Judge Humanitarian Award will be presented to the Nurses of the FDNY who represent both BHS and WTC Medical Monitoring. Donations are $65 per person. For ticket reservations, send a check to the Holy Name Society, Attention: Chris Ward, 1800 Pettit Avenue, North Merrick, NY 11566. Spouses and children are cordially invited. Please respond before April 20th. Members are requested to attend in dress uniform. Members shall assemble on 51st Street, East of 5th Avenue at 9:45 AM. Please visit http://www.fdnyholynamesociety.com for more information.
FR. MYCHAL JUDGE SCHOLARSHIP RAFFLE
During the HNS Annual Communion Mass on Sunday, April 28, there will also be 3 tickets drawn for the Fr. Mychal Judge Scholarship Raffle. The cost of the Raffle ticket is $100. Awards are: 1st Ticket: $5,000; 2nd Ticket: $3,000; and 3rd Ticket: $2,000. Winners need not be present at the Breakfast. All proceeds from the drawing will go to funding the Fr. Mychal Judge Scholarship Fund. Tickets and further information can be found at www.fdnyholynamesociety.com. They must be returned to the Holy Name Society by April 20, 2019. Return Raffle to: FDNY Holy Name Society, PO Box 604633, Bay Terrace, NY 11360.
HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP DRAWING
The Holy Name Society, Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island, will hold a Higher Education Scholarship Drawing at the annual Communion Breakfast on April 28, 2019. The Higher Education Scholarships consist of two $1,500 awards, payable to any college or trade school of the winners’ choice. Applicants must be graduating from high school in June 2019. Members must be in good standing and be PRESENT at the Breakfast to have their children eligible for the drawing. Applications can be obtained from Scholarship Chairman, Bill Meade, P.O. Box 525, Maspeth, NY 11378, telephone 917-716-1074, or at http://www.fdnyholynamesociety.com/documents/HigherEducationScholarshipApplication.pdf. Completed applications must be returned by April 19, 2019, to be included in the drawing.
The DUP in north Belfast has won the competition for the most outrageous pre-election news story after it emerged that their candidates’ nomination papers have been signed by a convicted cocaine dealer, as well as another infamous loyalist convicted of driving at speed into a crowd of nationalists.
DUP north Belfast councillor Dale Pankhurst and former Stormont minister Nelson McCausland have been canvassing alongside Mark Officer, who was jailed in 2015 over a cocaine haul worth nearly £1m. The loyalist kingpin was handed a 40-month sentence for being involved in the supply of the Class A drug. His name is also listed among those who signed nomination papers for Gillian Simpson, a DUP candidate in north Belfast alongside Pankhurst.
Mr Pankhurst’s own nomination papers were signed by notorious Orangeman John Aughey. He was jailed for one year after violently mowing his car into nationalists at the Ardoyne shopfronts in July 2015 during a protest over the Orange Order’s bid to march past the sectarian flashpoint. One teenager became trapped under his vehicle, was run over and was dragged along, suffering life-changing injuries.
In a statement issued in the name of its local councillor Ryan Murphy, Sinn Féin said the DUP had displayed ‘staggering arrogance and hypocrisy’ in its approach to the election. They said: “The DUP likes to portray itself as the party of law and order yet, when it comes to election time, they clearly have no difficulty sharing platforms with the representatives of loyalist paramilitary organisations which are still actively involved in everything from drug dealing to extortion and murder.”
Other unionist candidates have made headlines for different reasons. The election posters of far-right loyalist Jolene Bunting have been reported to the PSNI as potential hate crimes. The independent councillor, who is seeking re-election next month, put up campaign posters with slogans including “Put veterans before immigrants” and “Local homes for local people”.
Sinn Féin councillor Ciaran Beattie described the posters as the “politics of hate”, while Alliance representative Micky Murray said they were “blatant, everyday racism”.
Another independent unionist councillor, Henry Reilly, formerly of UKIP, had his account closed by Twitter after he issued a sectarian screed on the social network. The Newry, Mourne and Down representative told Twitter users that “Ulster Protestants will fight hard” in any upcoming war in the north of Ireland.
Reilly declared: “IRA-types telling me the Prods are finished – I would remind the Provos that there is now no British Army or RUC here to protect them – Any war they start will be with Ulster Protestants alone and it will be a fight to the last and Ulster Protestants will fight hard”.
