| New York's Bravest: Eight Decades of Photographs from the Daily News | 
| Author: Patrice O'Shaughnessy
Creator: Shawn O'Sullivan
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 821,321
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 168
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 1576871584
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.370974710222
EAN: 9781576871584
ASIN: 1576871584
Publication Date: August 1, 2002
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Product Description
On September 11, the world was shown the face of bravery. As one woman so poignantly put it: "As we ran out, they ran in." These heroes were doing the job they do each day, protecting more than 8 million residents in the area of 320 square miles that is New York City. That horrible day, we were made heartbreakingly aware of the risks these people take daily; risks their loved ones knew all to well. First-hand witnesses to the heroism of the FDNY, the photographers of The New York Daily News knew these risks too. They have been covering the life and death situations - the human drama that fire creates - since the founding of The New York Daily News in 1919. These seasoned photographers of the Daily News have chased firetrucks in their radio cars since the earliest days of photojournalism, photographing children and animals being rescued from burning buildings, and capturing the disbelief on the faces of those gazing at the remnants of their lives, going up in smoke. These photographers know intimately the faces of those left behind in covering the all too many funerals, mourning with the families a loss felt not only across a city of millions, but acutely within a deeply bonded fraternity across the country. Culled from the archive of The New York Daily News, consisting of more than 6 million images, this book represents more than eighty years of the world renowned New York City Fire Department in action, fighting fires, rescuing lives, and bringing peace and order to chaos, fear, and destruction. In the Fire Department of New York, there are more than 11,400 Fire Officers and Firefighters. In addition, the FDNY includes 2,800 EMS and Paramedics personnel. This book is a tribute to their dedication, bravery, and humanity.
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Fantastic Book January 15, 2007
Nancy Steinke (Anna, Oh United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my firefighter son for Christmas. He was very impressed with the photographs and how they were arranged. The photos chosen represent the dangers of the profession and the heroism of the men who choose this career. They also portray the brotherhood and camaraderie that develops among the firefighters, not only in New York, but everywhere. This was money well spent!!
A rich history in pictures January 22, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Patrice O'Shaughnessy and Shawn O'Sullivan are both New York Daily News Photographers and as such have compiled a tremendous aray of great pictures of New York's firefighters at work and at play.These pictures span eight decades from the early 1920's to the present. They traverse a wide array of emotions from a group of firemen posing with a woman whose baby they helped deliver to a son visiting his dying father in the Burn Unit. There are also a tremendous amount of photos that show the FDNY at work and these are incredible in that they show such a consistent theme of self-sacrifice and personal discipline, tempered with the fun-loving, zest for life that these men have exhibited throughout the years. This is a GREAT piece of photojournalism. 9-11 may have made this book more poignant, but it's the rich historical pictorial that makes it a treasure.
Title Speaks for its Self September 26, 2002
Arthur Sulander (Douglasville, GA United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
By far,some of the most historic photographs of the FDNY. Just enough commentary to allow the photos to speak for themselves. A must for all Firefighters!
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