“Our members attach themselves to a rope and then another member ... One of the firefighters involved in the rare rescue is a probationary FDNY member with less than one year on the job.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Borough President Vito Fossella and District Attorney Michael McMahon honored four Staten Island ...

Firefighters jumped into action to rescue a teen boy’s life after he was impaled by a wrought iron fence while horsing around ...

One of the firefighters who performed a rope rescue is a probationary firefighter who has been on the job for less than a year, FDNY officials said. “We always train like the real thing so that ...

Since FDNY had taken away personal rescue ropes, they used a rope that cool purchased at Firehouse Expo which he attributed to DiBernardo and he surviving their falls. He shares their stories ...

The teen, with the fence still impaled in his leg, was transported to a hospital where the wrought iron posts were removed, ...

Mark Martinez for Rescue 4 said during the press conference. The boy was surprisingly calm during the ordeal, which made the FDNY’s job easier, fire officials said. Leading up to the impalement ...