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Dunne for the Moment: 40-Year Vet Of FDNY Giving Retirement a Tryout

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 5/26/17

From all appearances, it was just another change of tours at Engine 24/Ladder 5 on West Houston St. in Lower Manhattan the night of May 22. There was no brass band and no balloons. And yet it was the scene of a momentous occasion. This was the place that Battalion Chief John Dunne, 65, the FDNY’s third-most-senior member, chose to spend his last day on the job.

He brought enough steak, potatoes and broccoli to feed the entire night tour and then some.

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