Daniel "Rusty" Staub, 57, is more than just a baseball legend to New York firefighters and police. The ex-Met has been operating the New York Police and Fire Widows and Children's Benefit Fund since 1985.
Staub, who hit 292 career home runs in 23 seasons with five different teams, including two different stints with the New York Mets, started the fund after reading a newspaper … [Read more...] about Rusty Staub:
More Than a Legend
9/11
Rusty Staub:
Pete Hayden: Working
Through the Crisis
Pete Hayden was one of the principal Fire Department officers in charge on September 11. Hayden was in the North Tower, and made an early decision to move the command post out of the tower, which led to many lives being saved.
Hayden spent the next couple of months working tirelessly through the crisis, leading the Fire Department's task force at the World Trade Center site. … [Read more...] about Pete Hayden: Working
Through the Crisis
Frank Cummins:
Just Doing His Job
For most firefighters, recognition is something they shy away from. Frank Cummins of Engine 255, Ladder 157, like countless other firefighters in the city of New York, dismisses his heroic deeds as "just doing my job." In the aftermath of September 11, Cummins spent weeks searching through the rubble for the remains of colleagues and civilian casualties at what the firefighters … [Read more...] about Frank Cummins:
Just Doing His Job
Rev. Daniel P. Coughlin:
House Chaplain
On September 12 and 13, Reverend Coughlin united Republicans, Democrats and Independents together by offering prayers before start of business at the U.S. House of Representatives. Coughlin's duties as House Chaplain include delivering the morning prayer and providing counsel to House members -- duties which following the terrorist attacks and anthrax scares became more … [Read more...] about Rev. Daniel P. Coughlin:
House Chaplain
Senator Edward Kennedy:
Serving the Public
As third most senior member of the Senate, and patriarch of one of the most famous political dynasties in the world, Kennedy has always been aware of, and lived up to the high expectations placed upon him by the public. As chair of the Senate's Health and Education Committee, he demonstrated prescience when he, along with Senator Bill Frist, MD, (R, Tenn.) introduced … [Read more...] about Senator Edward Kennedy:
Serving the Public