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...We're hoping to find someone who might have been caught in a spot where there was some air,'' Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen said. A four-story brownstone apartment building on a quiet Brooklyn street collapsed Tuesday night, bringing...
...made key promotions and prepared for a larger number of recruits. "We will overcome this," Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen said. "We will persevere and continue to be the greatest fire department in the world. We will rebuild and fortify...
...Crews had to be called from the World Trade Center disaster site, about 2 miles south, said Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, who spoke at the scene with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Wednesday. As some 250 rescue workers hunted for victims...
...former associates, among them former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, former city Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, and Richard Sheirer, former coordinator of New York City's Office of Emergency Management. They will have a...
...investigation early Monday. "What was a quiet Sunday turned into a terrible tragedy very quickly," fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen said. Firefighters Harry Ford, 50, and John Downing, 40, were outside the building opening windows to ventilate...
...Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire -- on Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik and Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen for their service after the World Trade Center attacks. The titles allow them to use the initials C.B.E. after...
...Boys Choir, Michael Bolton and famed Irish tenor Ronan Tynan. Max Von Essen, the son of New York fire commissioner Thomas Von Essen, sang the national anthem. Flags were hanging from the upper deck and waving from all the fans in the ballpark located...
...to receive a less than enthusiastic reception at the six-hour benefit concert. New York City Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, who has long had differences with his department's rank-and-file, also was booed. So was actor Richard Gere...
...Heroes are the subject of "Strong of Heart: Life and Death in the Fire Department of New York" (ReganBooks) by Thomas von Essen, New York's fire commissioner from 1996-2001 and during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He traces his career...
...Flanked by his Giuliani Associates colleagues, former police commissioner Bernard Kerik and former fire commissioner Thomas Von Essen, Giuliani fielded questions on everything from his political future to the likelihood of another attack. "We all...