"At one point he said, 'I can't see you anymore -- all I see is a bright light.' " Firefighters moved the concrete blocks with a hoist capable of lifting 8,000 pounds, and within 15 minutes of their arrival had freed Mr. DeBourgh.
The holiday shift had a bright spot: Pierce Kearns, a firefighter who recently returned from serving as a marine in Iraq, helped deliver a baby boy last night on East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx.
Photo: Firefighters in Sea Bright, N.J., were lowered in the bucket of a tower ladder as they worked on a blaze that destroyed a 32-unit, two-story condominium building yesterday morning.
Campfires have been forbidden to the hunters who are supposed to wear bright orange in contrast to the firefighters' bright yellow.
A union official arrives and orders everyone away, while firefighters, dressed in street clothes and bright stocking caps, stand idly by and shout taunts.
But the Salty Dog on Third Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where black and purple bunting hung above the bar's bright red garage door, had its own special connection with that grief: Firefighter Graffagnino tended bar there on the side.
Firefighters could be seen on the rooftop of the bright yellow concert hall, designed by Hans Scharoun and completed in 1963.
As the New York City Fire Department's first and only openly transgender firefighter, Guinan has been in the spotlight for years as a bright spot of gender diversity within one of New York's most conservative institutions.
Friends who posted messages on Facebook said he wanted to be a firefighter and described him as "the greatest friend," the one with a "bright shining smile," and a "cool dude".
While the men of the Moraga-Orinda Fire District made an impression on Finley and her family, the firefighters say they've been inspired by Finley's enthusiasm and bright personality.
