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(MONDAY, LIVE, 6PM) This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s another volume of The E-Men: Inside the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit — and my guest is former Transit E-Man Mike Granton. Mike worked the streets of New York City in not one, but two critical roles: first as a medic with New York City…
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FDNY Lt. Dave Russell remembers his first tour: senior firefighters, a massive header on the horizon, stairways filled with debris, and heat so intense a single wrong move could have burned through helmets. Following trusted leaders into chaos, he learned what it meant to earn your place on the job. Great conversation for Volume 73…
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A look back at the heroic life and death of NYPD ESU Officer John D’Allara — the last member of his unit and department to be recovered from the World Trade Center Thursday, April 11, 2002. Exactly seven months since the devastating terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. As clean up at the site of…
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(MONDAY, 6PM) This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite, Volume 73 — and my guest is Lieutenant Dave Russell. A fourth-generation firefighter, Dave’s service has spanned Air Force crash fire rescue, a 21-year career with the FDNY — including special operations and leadership in…
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At 3:00 AM, a call came in no firefighter ever wants to hear: a building collapse. Lt. Sean Williamson was buried. Others were trapped — among them, Bobby Brennan Jr., the son of a veteran battalion chief. In Volume 6 of Best of The Bravest: Nationwide Edition, Deputy Chief Anthony Bompadre shares a harrowing account…
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This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s Best of the Bravest: Nationwide, Volume 6 — and my guest is Philadelphia Deputy Chief Anthony Bompadre. From growing up in the shadow of his neighborhood firehouse to leading some of Philly’s busiest companies, Chief Bompadre’s 20-year career has been defined by hustle, street-smart leadership, and a…
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This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s another volume of The Beat: Profiles of Police Nationwide — and my guest is someone who’s worn many hats. Kim Woodward is a former CIA Intelligence Operations Officer, a school counselor, a private investigator, and even a handwriting analyst. Over the course of her career, she’s taken…
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When the pandemic brought New York City to its knees, FDNY veteran Bill Gross answered the call. In Volume 72 of Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite, Bill — a longtime EMT and member of the FDNY’s administrative staff — reflects on returning to help the city he served for decades. He…
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This week on Mic’d In New Haven, I sit down with William Gross — a longtime public servant whose career has touched nearly every corner of New York City’s emergency infrastructure. From serving as an ambulance corpsman in the early 1980s, to holding senior leadership roles within EMS, the FDNY, and the Mayor’s Office, Bill…
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In 1987, just two weeks out of the academy, rookie U.S. Customs Special Agent Pete Ostrovsky was thrown into the deep end — literally. At 2 AM off the coast of Miami, he and his team pursued smugglers by boat into the Bahamas, a baptism by fire that set the tone for a 31-year career…
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