Space heater blamed for deadly NYC fire: "Kids fighting for their life"

New York Mayor Eric Adams on Monday revised the death toll from the fire to 17, two fewer than originally reported.

• Jan 10, 2022

NY officials give update on Bronx fire

New York City Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said Sunday that a fire that killed 19 people, including nine children, was started by a space heater. Watch New York officials give an update on the devastating fire.

• Jan 9, 2022
• 17:31

19 dead, including 9 children, in NYC fire

Nine children and 10 adults are dead after a five-alarm fire in a residential high-rise building in the Bronx on Sunday, FDNY sources said. WCBS Newsradio 880 reporter Steve Burns joins CBSN with the latest.

• Jan 9, 2022
• 04:33

3/20: CBS Evening News

Austin bombings: Package that didn't explode may provide key evidence; FDNY firefighters killed in Iraq remembered for their determination to help others

• Mar 20, 2018
• 18:42

City workers protest vaccine mandates

Tensions are rising across the country over vaccine mandates as unvaccinated workers face deadlines to get their shots. Michael George reports from New York.

• Oct 30, 2021
• 02:03

Thousands of NYC firefighters out sick as vaccine mandate starts

Fire commissioner says it is "completely unacceptable" that firefighters abuse medical leave policies.

• Nov 2, 2021

Firefighters suspended after lashing out at lawmaker over vaccine

State Senator Zellnor Myrie said he found the incident "incredibly disturbing and "highly inappropriate."

• Nov 1, 2021

NYC firefighters protest vaccine mandate

New York City firefighters held a rally against the mayor’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers. CBS New York’s John Dias reports.

• Oct 28, 2021
• 01:59

Lives to Remember: John Knox

Legendary FDNY Fire Marshal John Knox died of COVID-19 on March 16. After serving in Korea, Knox investigated hundreds of fires in the 70s and 80s with the FDNY. He came out of retirement after 9/11 to help work at ground zero. Anthony Mason remembers his life of service.

• Apr 11, 2020
• 01:04

Scott Pelley on the courage of the FDNY

"They climbed to rise. To rise to the cries 1000 feet above them, to rise to the defense of the firefighter beside them, to rise beyond duty to a place of selfless devotion."

• Sep 12, 2021
• 01:11

Scott Pelley on the courage of the FDNY, 20 years after 9/11

"They climbed to rise. To rise to the cries 1000 feet above them, to rise to the defense of the firefighter beside them, to rise beyond duty to a place of selfless devotion."

• Sep 12, 2021

60 Minutes remembers 9.11: The FDNY

On September 11, 2001, 343 members of the Fire Department of New York perished while trying to rescue people trapped in the World Trade Center. Scott Pelley speaks with firefighters who were there that day and the loved ones of those who never made it home.

• Sep 12, 2021

They responded to 9/11 as officers, now they treat those who stood beside them

Two retired NYPD sergeants, now health care providers, continue to see health challenges among first responders 20 years after the terrorist attacks.

• Sep 12, 2021

9/11 first responders still experience trauma

First responders who helped save people at the World Trade Center on 9/11 are still dealing with serious mental and physical health complications 20 years later. CBS News correspondent Mola Lenghi joined CBSN to discuss what those in uniform told him about that day and what's happened since.

• Sep 11, 2021
• 09:51

Firefighter came back from retirement on 9/11

Billy Denis retired from the FDNY just five days before 9/11. After the twin towers came down, he rushed to ground zero and stayed through the darkest days of the recovery efforts. Twenty years later, he tells CBS News: “I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t do it.”

• Sep 10, 2021
• 05:30

Volunteer firefighters of 9/11: “It’s just what you do”

On 9/11 and the days afterward, New York City’s volunteer firefighters played a pivotal role in supporting the FDNY. Ed Wilmarth, a volunteer in Queens, tells CBS News his story of responding to the attacks when he was just 20 years old.

• Sep 10, 2021
• 04:02

20 years later, 60 Minutes looks back at 9/11

"It's always a sad place to be for me," FDNY Commissioner Dan Nigro told Scott Pelley. "And I think this year will be particularly difficult." This Sunday, 60 Minutes remembers 9/11 through the stories of firefighters at the World Trade Center that day.

• Sep 8, 2021
• 00:50

20 years later, 60 Minutes recounts FDNY stories of heroism on 9/11

"It's always a sad place to be for me," FDNY Commissioner Dan Nigro tells Scott Pelley. "And I think this year will be particularly difficult." This Sunday, 60 Minutes remembers 9/11 through the stories of firefighters at the World Trade Center that day.

• Sep 8, 2021

A 500-mile walk honors 9/11 first responders

Frank Siller is marking the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks by walking 500 miles from the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., to Ground Zero in New York City. Siller's brother Stephen was a firefighter who ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Center with 60 pounds of gear strapped to his back. He later died trying to rescue people from the towers. Frank Siller, CEO of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss why this walk is about more than remembering his brother.

• Sep 7, 2021
• 06:08

FDNY firefighters remembered

Last week, two New York City firefighters were among those killed when a helicopter crashed in Iraq. "CBS Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor met with some of their fellow colleagues and friends, who remembered the men for their bravery and determination to help others.

• Mar 20, 2018
• 02:51

Bronx fire

At least 12 people are dead, including a 1-year-old baby, in a fire Thursday night in an apartment building in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "This is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century," de Blasio said in a press conference after the fire.

• Dec 28, 2017
• 01:04

What started Oakland fire?

Oakland officials say there was an open investigation into the warehouse where a deadly fire killed at least 24 people. Neighbors allegedly complained the space was an "illegal residence." Retired FDNY lieutenant Frank Papalia joins CBSN to discuss.

• Dec 4, 2016
• 04:09

9/11 FDNY EMT fights cancer

Sunday marks 15 years since the 9/11 attacks. Even today, the number of victims continues to rise. More than 5,000 cases of cancer have been linked to the toxic dust workers encountered in lower Manhattan after the attacks. Jim Axelrod speaks to Sal Turturici, one of the heroes who is now fighting for his life.

• Sep 9, 2016
• 05:00

13 years after the attacks on the World Trade Center, thousands of first responders and survivors are suffering from health problems after being exposed to toxic dust and debris at Ground Zero

13 years after the attacks on the World Trade Center, thousands of first responders and survivors are suffering from health problems after being exposed to toxic dust and debris at Ground Zero. Alison Harmelin reports.

• Sep 10, 2014
• 01:30

Officials announced that the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City will finally open to the public on May 21

Officials announced that the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City will finally open to the public on May 21. While the exhibits are meant to honor those who perished, there is at least one aspect of the museum that has upset some Sept. 11 family members. CBS News' Jericka Duncan reports.

• Mar 25, 2014
• 01:33

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