WATCH: A brief documentary produced by the Fire Department of the City of New York in the aftermath, at what was then, the deadliest day in FDNY history. 12 FDNY Firefighters were killed in the line of duty on October 17, 1966, an incident that has come to be known within the Department as the “23rd Street Fire.” Visit the FDNY Facebook page on Monday, October 17, 2016, at 12:15 pm EST, to watch a live stream of the 50th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony to be held at the scene of the fire on 2

Firefighters in New York spent Friday afternoon making daring rescues from a building on fire in Harlem. One person died and 17 others were injured, FDNY says. HOW THEY DID IT🔥🚒: https://thenationaldesk.com/top-videos/video-fdny-makes-heroic-rescues-from-burning-building-that-leaves-1-dead-17-injured-lifesaving-rope-evolution-st-nicholas-place-harlem-trapped-fire-escape-windows-victims-hospital# 📷: FDNY/NYPD | The National Desk - TND

At 3:05 pm today, Engine 246, Ladder 161, and Ladder 169 responded to Emmons Avenue at 23rd Street for a report of two people in the water in Sheepshead Bay. They were clinging to a dinghy that was sinking. L-161 and L-169 both deployed rescue swimmers, Firefighters Dan Palmieri and Matt Paz, who swam to the two victims in the water. Using a surfboard, they were pulled to shore. A third person who had jumped into the water to help the other two, was rescued by Marine 9 with the help of NYPD. All