Lt. John Vanderstar, an FDNY firefighter, received the Medal of Valor for his heroics back in Oct. 23, 2022, when he raced through raging flames in a Bronx apartment to rescue a mother and ...
Lt. John Vanderstar (courtesy FDNY) Firefighter Brendan Gaffney also was honored for rushing into a burning Inwood building on Feb. 5, 2023 — twice — first to save an unconscious child ...
Honored in the ceremony were FDNY Firefighter Brendan Gaffney, FDNY Lieutenant John Vanderstar, Sergeant Tu Tran of the Police Department of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Detective Michael Collazo, Sergeant ...
Two members of the FDNY will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Valor on Friday. President Joe Biden is set to award the Medal of Honor to military recipients who displayed heroism and ...