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“No progress is made inside the comfort zone.” In Episode 380 of Mic’d In New Haven, Alex Lee shares an honest and inspiring reflection on career change, self-discovery, and the courage to start over. After years in television and what many would call a “dream job,” Alex found herself burning out — mentally, emotionally, and
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🚇 “Thirty years later, the training born from that day still saves lives.”In Volume 2 of The Best of Both Badges: The 1995 Williamsburg Bridge Derailment, retired NYPD Emergency Service Unit Officer José Guerra and NYC EMS Emergency Specialist Chris Ebdon look back on the subway disaster that forever changed New York City emergency response.
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(MONDAY, 6PM) Monday on Mic’d In New Haven, my guest is a familiar face — and voice — to anyone who’s ever tuned in during the New York morning commute: Alex Lee. A seasoned on-air host and reporter, Alex has worked across New York’s top networks — CBS, ABC, and PIX11 — delivering everything from
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Early morning, June 5, 1995 — two subway trains collide on the Williamsburg Bridge, leaving one motorman dead and more than fifty passengers injured. It was a disaster that tested the limits of coordination between New York City’s emergency services and transit system — and proved the strength of the bond between police and fire
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In Episode 378 — Volume 54 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, retired Lieutenant Glenn Daley shares a harrowing story from his early days on patrol — a fight with a suspect high on PCP that nearly turned deadly. What started as a simple stop outside a gyro shop spiraled into chaos
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This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s The E-Men: Inside the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, Volume 54 — and my guest is retired NYPD Lieutenant Glenn Daley. A 23-year veteran of the department, Glenn’s career spanned some of New York’s most turbulent decades — from the crack era to 9/11. Starting out in the
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In Volume 7 of Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite — New Haven Edition — Fire Chief Dan Coughlin recounts the October 2023 Ferry Street fire, the city’s largest blaze in more than three decades. What began as a standard morning response quickly escalated into a four-alarm inferno that consumed an old
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🔥 “The best thing I did as Fire Commissioner — and the most painful.” In July 1998, under the leadership of Commissioner Tom Von Essen, the FDNY established its Special Operations Squads — elite companies designed to bolster the city’s technical rescue capabilities and support the department’s five Rescue Companies. In this emotional reflection, Von
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This week on Mic’d In New Haven, I’m joined by a man whose life has been defined by five decades of public service — former FDNY Commissioner Tom Von Essen. Tom joined the FDNY in 1970, beginning his career with Ladder 42 in the Bronx. Thirteen years in, he stepped into the union, eventually becoming
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There was a time when baseball rewarded balance. When lineups could beat you in more ways than one — with power, precision, speed, and smarts. When championships were won not just by metrics, but by instincts. That version of the game still exists — but only in pockets. In too many places, and especially in
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