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Mutts in Action...FDNY Memorial Ripped Off
I never cease to be amazed at how low some Mutts will go to hurt the Brothers. I hope the scumbags responsible are caught quickly and brought to justice.
NEW YORK _ In the days after Sept. 11, the surviving members of an East Village firehouse retrieved a badly damaged door from their truck near Ground Zero.
The firefighters placed the door and pictures of their six fallen comrades outside their E. Second St. headquarters.
Neighbors came to pay their respects, surrounding the still-red door with flowers, cards and candles.
Last week, the 5-by-7 foot piece of metal that had so helped the healing process, was suddenly gone _ stolen, said the men of Engine 28/Ladder 11.
"I'm enraged," Firefighter Phil Tesoriero, 32, said Saturday. "The outpouring of the neighborhood was incredible. One swine had to come along and ruin it."
"It was from the back of the truck, it was all mangled. It had Ladder 11 written on it," said Firefighter Jim Kelly, 39. "The truck was blown up, cut in half, set on fire and crushed in the rubble."
The truck was found on West St. near the south tower. So far, the remains of three of Ladder 11's firefighters have been recovered.
Along with the door, the men also retrieved a partially melted and badly charred metal panel that had been attached to the side of the truck.
That 8-foot-long panel _ it's also emblazoned with "Ladder 11" _ remains, probably because it has been bolted to the outside of the firehouse.
The firefighters say they have no idea who took the door. All they know is when they opened the firehouse Thursday morning, it was gone.
Since the theft, they've kept a large Maltese cross they built and decorated with photographs of their dead friends inside, fearing it too could be stolen. The cross was inside the night the door was taken.
And they're hoping a little publicity means whoever took it will be shamed into bringing it back.
"The guy who has it, when people find out he has it," Tesoriero said, "I think they'll rat him out pretty quick."
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(c) 2002, New York Daily News.
NEW YORK _ In the days after Sept. 11, the surviving members of an East Village firehouse retrieved a badly damaged door from their truck near Ground Zero.
The firefighters placed the door and pictures of their six fallen comrades outside their E. Second St. headquarters.
Neighbors came to pay their respects, surrounding the still-red door with flowers, cards and candles.
Last week, the 5-by-7 foot piece of metal that had so helped the healing process, was suddenly gone _ stolen, said the men of Engine 28/Ladder 11.
"I'm enraged," Firefighter Phil Tesoriero, 32, said Saturday. "The outpouring of the neighborhood was incredible. One swine had to come along and ruin it."
"It was from the back of the truck, it was all mangled. It had Ladder 11 written on it," said Firefighter Jim Kelly, 39. "The truck was blown up, cut in half, set on fire and crushed in the rubble."
The truck was found on West St. near the south tower. So far, the remains of three of Ladder 11's firefighters have been recovered.
Along with the door, the men also retrieved a partially melted and badly charred metal panel that had been attached to the side of the truck.
That 8-foot-long panel _ it's also emblazoned with "Ladder 11" _ remains, probably because it has been bolted to the outside of the firehouse.
The firefighters say they have no idea who took the door. All they know is when they opened the firehouse Thursday morning, it was gone.
Since the theft, they've kept a large Maltese cross they built and decorated with photographs of their dead friends inside, fearing it too could be stolen. The cross was inside the night the door was taken.
And they're hoping a little publicity means whoever took it will be shamed into bringing it back.
"The guy who has it, when people find out he has it," Tesoriero said, "I think they'll rat him out pretty quick."
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(c) 2002, New York Daily News.
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