3 StatesÂ Firefighters Honor a Fallen Comrade
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Hundreds of firefighters from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut filled a church and thousands more stood outside for the funeral of Michael Curran Reilly, who died fighting a fire in the Bronx.
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In a country always in search of champions, especially in the uncertain post-Sept. 11 landscape, the firefighter has assumed the role of iconic American hero, embodying the courage, valor, honor
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Firefighter Marty McNamara had two young daughters and a third on the way when he barreled into a burning basement last November. His family was protected by the same accidental death benefit that covers every part-time firefighter in the state: none.
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RHU, Scotland (CP) - The heartbroken crew of HMCS Chicoutimi couldn't muster the strength Wednesday to deliver a eulogy for a fallen comrade at a memorial service in this picturesque Scottish village.
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., June 22 -- Nine caskets lined the front of a coliseum Friday as thousands of firefighters from across the nation,  hats in  hands, honored nine colleagues killed in a furniture store blaze.
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MOSCOW  - One firefighter was killed and three people were missing after a gas leak caused a massive explosion at a helium factory in central Russia, emergency officials reported Saturday.
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A firefighter has died and four others have been injured after a fire engine crashed in Clackmannanshire.
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A firefighter dies and another is injured as the burning car they were dealing with  was hit by another vehicle.
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A state trooper who was shot during the hunt for one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitives was a "hero in the very truest sense of the word," Gov. George Pataki said at the lawman's funeral Monday.
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The story of the Charleston fire that killed nine firefighters is one of senseless loss-and of valor in the face of grave danger
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Hundreds of mourners gathered Saturday to remember five children who died in a row house fire, while investigators tried to determine whether they were left alone or in the care of a baby sitter.
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A man dies and three residents are rescued following a fire in the ground floor of a house in Ayrshire.
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I think the world would be a better place if every fallen American soldier received the same media attention that Barbaro has enjoyed over the past year.  Seems like good horse sense to me.  Todd DeGroff  Grand Prairie, Texas  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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President Bush expressed his condolences Sunday to the victims of the massive earthquake and tidal waves that hit southern and southeast Asia. The State Department said three Americans have been identified as being among those killed.
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By Peter Callaghan, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 24--Members of the Tacoma City Council's public safety committee were sympathetic toward the local firefighters union and its Fill The Boot campaign.
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By JEFF BARNARD  GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Two dozen firefighters died last year battling wildfires across the nation, a number that has increased in the face of drier summers and increased job pressures.
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Three firefighters died Wednesday while battling a blaze in a forest on the Greek island of Crete, while the government warned that hot weather could cause more blazes.