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 ...

Lt. John Vanderstar, an FDNY firefighter, received the Medal of Valor for his heroics back in Oct. 23, 2022, when he raced through raging flames in a Bronx apartment to rescue a mother and ...

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 ...

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.

President Joe Biden will honor extraordinary acts of bravery on Friday in one of his final opportunities to formally ...

Honored in the ceremony were FDNY Firefighter Brendan Gaffney, FDNY Lieutenant John Vanderstar, Sergeant Tu Tran of the Police Department of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Detective Michael Collazo, Sergeant ...

Honored in the ceremony were FDNY Firefighter Brendan Gaffney, FDNY Lieutenant John Vanderstar, Sergeant Tu Tran of the Police Department of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Detective Michael Collazo, Sergeant ...