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Different Time and Place, Same Cause: FDNY Cites Best in Fire, EMS Ranks

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 4/15/21

The April 14 FDNY Medal Day ceremony, like some heroic rescues it has honored in the past, was a skillful rooftop improvisation required by conditionsin this case, a pandemic.

The event, which is usually held in front of City Hall in June, was moved to the roof of Pier 17, a concert and dining venue at the South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan, providing the honorees and their families a panoramic view that included the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge.

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