 Good afternoon. Thank you so much for being here. Today is a happy day celebrating something great that our members did and we love to see that. I'm going to let them speak more and the mayor is going to speak on their behalf but I just want to say one thing which is that this in so many ways is everything the FDNY is about. This was the ultimate teamwork. Some of these members who were literally hanging off of a building together had just worked together that day and they weren't even in the same firehouse together. They were aided by EMS who delivered hydroxycobalamine to save lives to victims that they rescued out of those apartments aided by the dispatchers who gave them the correct information aided by years of training and teamwork. So something that incredible has a really strong base behind it which is teamwork and togetherness which is really the culture of the FDNY. So very happy to celebrate you guys today. Very happy to celebrate that culture for a man who needs no introduction who supported us through everything who has worn a uniform himself. The mayor of the city of New York Eric Adams. Thank you. Thank you commissioner. And you know I've learned so much over the last few months on about just the level of training dedication commitment and just everyday danger of putting out fires. You know sometimes you make something look so easy that people believe that is a simple task. I remember being in the Bronx with the commissioner walking through the Bronx fire just right in the beginning of my role as mayor and seeing the walls and the level of thick smoke and firefighters having to crawl around on the floor to find people who are inside hearing the stories about you know open the door and you can have a real blast of fire that comes through and you have to immediately think to get out watching what happened when you run out of oxygen and you still have to find your way out and navigate it through the smoke of didn't losing you know members and some of your colleagues of this this job is just a job that you know you have to really give it your all and even after a fire when you look at the rates of just heart conditions and other conditions that go with the role of being a firefighter and you know you just can't say thank you enough to take the job there's a lot of pride in a job a lot of tradition that comes with being a firefighter on just a level of commitment that just is probably you know the layers of just commitment and tradition and you know the camaraderie of having to live among each other all the time and you know it's probably some of the most challenging part is is eating some of the food some of folks cook but you know they make it through that but we want to say thank you today november 5th we saw what bravely looks like a firefighter correntine and i know i'm probably butchering your name you know but firefighter klogoski firefighter nor den child and firefighter harsh dangled dangled from a rope 20 stories above ground and rescued two of their fellow new yorkers from a smoke filled apartment and anyone who saw that video that went viral saw just how dangerous it was they saved four lives four fighters put their four firefighters put their own lives in danger by doing so they were willing to hang off the side of a burning building and that is not the movies that's real that is not something that you could say cut and go to a new script you have to get it right the first time and they were not alone dozens of new yorkers were rescued from the blaze at 429 east 52nd street by members of fdn wise best our emt's paramedics our fire alarm dispatches and our fire marshals as the commissioner stated uh it was just a combination of just team work that's well organized to execute a plan uh we had members from latter company 16 latter company two latter company 35 engine company eight and rescue company one all whom uh raced to the scene and played a critical role of the video spoke volumes of what that level of bravery is about and it struck me as how uh precision how precise the teamwork was uh the four heroes were supported by their fdny brothers and sisters on the floors below above and on the ground and that sums up what new york city is about it doesn't matter who you are your ethnicity with block you live on when it's time to respond to a level of support for each other we just do it we just get it right all the time when things get tough uh we're here for each other and we will continue to be the symbol of what this city represents and especially the spirit of new york city's bravest and honor of their courage their impeccable training discipline and their service it is my honor to present our proclamations to each of them and to show our support for what they have done we also want to honor the courage commitment and selflessness service we have proclamation for the heroes from latter 16 to engine eight latter 35 rescue company one who rushed to the scene and save a dozen of lives our ems members who provided immediate medical care and whose access were critical to patient survival our dispatchers who handle calls from panic residents and provided life-saving information and for our fire marshals even while the fire was going on they started their investigations to ensure that we could come to a quick analysis of the fire the quick discovery that fire was caused by lithium ion battery help calm fears something that we are continuing to see over and over again we want to thank them so based on and from 8.8 million new yorkers we want to say thank you and this proclamation is just a symbol how thankful we are for the service you provide us every day firefighter bell von quaren tang from latter 16 arthur pedagore ski latter 16 engine 55 firefighter adam nordin's child latter two firefighter darin harsh from rescue company one let the council persons meet and then we do a join that one bigger picture so another friend of the fdny city council majority leader and local council member keith powers you thanks thank you thank you you know it's not every day you come to a firehouse and you see your best friend's names up there because i went to high school at yelston who probably some of you guys know um we can slap for that i don't know if he deserves it but we can slap for that um i just want to say thank you to these guys and having known some of the guys in this house as well thank you to all the work you guys do on behalf of my district and on behalf of the city what we saw uh just a week or so ago on 52nd street was a heroic effort and having represented in talking to a lot of the constituents who live in that building who are obviously scared and you know we're very scared at that very moment um i think there is a great sense of relief and a great sense of gratitude for the work that you guys did to so quickly get there and to put that fire out and to help those folks out in need um but this is obviously a day to say thank you to the people that were so directly responsible for the fire and putting out the fire responsible for fire putting out the fire on 52nd street but it's also a reminder to say thank you to fdny for what they do every single day so give you guys a big round of applause these guys are these guys are heroes every single day they're running in when we're running out and this is a reminder and we want to say a big thank you to you for what you guys have done but a very big thank you to the best fire department in the entire world for doing what you guys do every single day thank you chief of department jack Hodgins good afternoon i can't describe the how much pride i felt the day that i saw these rescues being executed i went to the scene i was up in yonkers at a funeral and i heard what was going on i responded down to the scene everything had already been done lives have been saved and i just talked with the members and you know it there was a lot of teamwork here and the training that goes into performing this evolution is not can't be understated there is a lot of training every monday in every firehouse across the city that rope as we saw is called the lifesaving rope and it's only to be used for one purpose and that's to save lives and every monday it comes out out into the firehouse and the members drill with it and train for that one day that may be something like last last saturday happened it happens very rarely but when it does happen the members need to be trained dedicated and brave let's face it you know it's you have to be brave to be a firefighter but that's another level of bravery i went up to the 20th floor and looked out that window and i can't say enough for what what these firefighters did came out on a rope and picked up those people who had no way out their exit was blocked by fire while they were performing that the other firefighters were making their way up to the 20th floor and they were slightly delayed because the elevators were not working so after working 20 walking up 20 flights of stairs they had to then you know get ready to fight this fire and they did and as was stated there were two people removed via rope and one person was able to be removed through the inside of the building because of the efforts of the engine company that went in and put that fire out which was a very intense fire and it was teamwork that day it was a teamwork of the whole department our dispatchers receive many calls what we call it numerous calls and i could imagine how many lights were lighting up in the office that day as many occupants of the building felt like they were trapped the dispatchers provide uh lifesaving information to those occupants and letting them know in that type of building stay in your apartment that's the safest place for you they were also on the phone with the trapped occupants and trying to keep tell them to remain calm and ensuring that letting them know that we were on our way and that we were going to you know rescue them so i can't imagine that was very stressful and they did that all in a calm manner and at the same time relayed all this information to the units that were responding to the fire so our members got there and they executed this lifesaving rope rescue two times and removed two occupants an unbelievable job and i'm just so proud of that but when those occupants were removed they needed medical care so they were taken down to our awaiting EMTs and paramedics who already knew that they would be receiving these victims and they immediately administered lifesaving care and it's probably due to those efforts there that these people are still alive today so and then right after that so now that was a success you know for that was a great fight upon an operation i can't thank you enough for executing that that operation and then all fire marshals went in and did what they do they they were able to determine the cause of the fire as we said which was e-bikes or micro mobility devices which we hear about quite often these days so i'm just here i'm very proud and i just want to let everybody know you did a great job that day it was great job all around body entire fire department so thank you thank you thank you chief and finally to cap us off these four guys which says a lot about them what i think would rather be on that 21st floor than speaking at this press conference but firefighter darin harsh has volunteered to speak briefly about what they did that day and we thank him for that darin yeah good morning on behalf of all the members staying behind me mayor we'd like to thank you for today's honor what you saw that happened on that day was 100 teamwork it's the dedication to training that that promise that we are going to work always as a team to get that job accomplished i know a lot of people saw the roof rope rescue but what you didn't see was everything else the chief just stated from the dispatchers to the members operating a lot of teamwork and coordination communication happened on that floor above to get this evolution accomplished you know you don't get to see that and also for the members that were operating on the fire floor under some really tough conditions they made it tenable for us to be on rope and they made it tenable for the occupancy actually still remain at the window even though conditions were bad so it really is a true team effort and just want to thank everybody so that is a wrap thank you so much to the members of the fdny truly from the mayor and myself you inspire us every day it's so incredible thank you and thank you mr mayor for making this happen we're going to take some pictures now