June 17, 2004

My old stomping grounds

Two retired FDNY firefighters turned 100 recently, making them the oldest former paid firefighters in the world. One of the men began his career in Park Slope, Brooklyn, which is the neighborhood in which we went to church when we lived in NYC. He retired from an engine company in Dyker Heights, which is the neighborhood where we lived.

Posted by JRC at June 17, 2004 08:52 AM | TrackBack