Two members of the FDNY will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Valor on Friday. President Joe Biden is set to award the Medal of Honor to military recipients who displayed heroism and ...
FDNY Lt. John Vanderstar and Firefighter Brendan Gaffney were lauded for saving people trapped in burning buildings. There’s a reason they are called the Bravest. President Biden awarded the ...
WASHINGTON — Retiring President Biden will present the Medal of Valor Friday to two FDNY heroes who saved ... for public safety officers to Lt. John Vanderstar and firefighter Brendan Gaffney.
Lt. John Vanderstar, a New York City firefighter, is receiving the Medal of Valor for rescuing a mother and child from a burning apartment in Concourse Village on Oct. 23, 2022.
Lt. John Vanderstar (courtesy FDNY) Firefighter Brendan Gaffney also was honored for rushing into a burning Inwood building on Feb. 5, 2023 — twice — first to save an unconscious child ...
John Vanderstar and firefighter Brendan Gaffney ... to receive the nation’s highest award for public safety officers. FDNY Medal Day Book 2024 Vanderstar “ducked below the fire in his full ...