Another retired firefighter who answered duty’s call during the city’s darkest hour has died of 9/11-related illnesses, according to the FDNY. Thomas Dunn, a former member of Engine Company ...

In September of last year, the FDNY confirmed that there were 370 members of the service that had died in the years following the al Qaeda attack, more than the 343 firefighters that died on 9/11.

A Long Island man who lost his heroic firefighter father in a devastating Bronx blaze two decades ago became one of the Bravest himself Friday — along with hundreds of other FDNY graduates.

The FDNY promoted 97 firefighters Tuesday — including three ... Ladder 19 in The Bronx. His father, Lt. Michael Higgins, died from 9/11-related illness in July 2022, according to the FDNY.