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September 23, 2007
 NY 1 - Three Firefighters Injured In Jamaica Fire

September 22, 2007
 NY Post - 3 Bravest Hurt in Collapse
NY Daily News - New Safety Rules Enforced at Deutsche Bank Tower
7 Online - Trapped Firefighters Rescued From Building
NY 1 - Study: Respiratory Problems More Common In Earliest 9/11 Responders

September 21, 2007
 NY Post - 10 Bravest Injured in Queens Blaze
NY Daily News - New FDNY Report on WTC's After Effects on Responders
Newsday - Firefighters Injured in Queens Fire
Newsday - FDNY Leader Urges Safety Fixes
7 Online - Several Injured in Queens House Fire. It Happened in the College Point Section
NY 1 - Four-Alarm Blaze In Queens Home Leaves Dozens Injured

September 20, 2007
 NY Post - Finally, a Fire Plan for Deadly Deutsche
CBS 2 - FDNY Not Ready To Fight Toxic Fires Month After Deutsche Blaze - Dept. Said To Be Without Plan

September 19, 2007
 CBS 2 - Manhattan DA Questions FDNY In Deutsche Probe
NY Post - Boro Park Blaze Kills Rabbi
NY Post - Ex-Beau in Arson Bust
NY Daily News - Woman, Grandkid Cheat Death as Truck Nearly Falls on Them
Newsday - Rabbi Dies in Brooklyn Fire
Newsday - Man Charged in Arson at Girlfriend's Brooklyn Home
Newsday - Mayor Backs Bill to Help Sick 9/11 Responders

September 18, 2007
 Chief Leader - UFA: Plan Grounded: Buzz Scoppetta on Lack of Helicopter
NY Post - City Lawyers Up - Hires Firm to Handle Deutsche Bank Case
NY Post - City Hall Lawyers Up
NY Daily News - Feds: Deutsche Bank Demolition Came Close to Disaster
7 Online - Earlier Deutsche Bank Fire Not Reported
NY Times - City Hires Criminal Lawyer for Deutsche Bank Defense

September 17, 2007
 NY Daily News - Fire Erupts on Roof of Upper East Side Townhouse

September 16, 2007
 Newsday - Doctor Details 9/11 Workers' Illnesses
SI Advance - Vacant Apartment Building Hit by Early-Morning Blaze
SI Advance - It's What Vic Would Want

September 15, 2007
 NY Times - Firefighters in Bank Blaze Said to Have Ignored Order to Consult City Lawyers
Queens Courier - Woodhaven Firefighter Remembered Six Years Later
NY 1 - Two Local Fire Companies Mark 100th Anniversary
NY 1 - Report: Tension Between DA, City Over Deutsche Bank Case

September 14, 2007
 Newsday - Surfers Rescued
Newsday - New York Briefs: FDNY Should Have Copter, Union Says
Newsday - Rescue on High Seas
SI Advance - Grid Game to Honor 9/11 Heroes
Newsday - Debate Over Use of Helicopter for NYC Skyscraper Fires
NY Sun - Standpipe Blamed in Fire Is Recertified for Use
NY Post - Deutsche Standpipe Fix
NY 1 - Deutsche Bank Building To Be Resealed For Safety Reasons

September 13, 2007
 NY Post - FDNY Boss a Chopper Dropper: Union
NY Daily News - Debate Swirls on Use of Copters to Fight Deutsche-type Fires
CBS 2 - Fire Chopper Could've Prevented Deutsche Tragedy?
NY Sun - Union Spars With FDNY Over Helicopter, Deutsche Fire
7 Online - Bank Fire: Union Says FDNY Commish Unnecessarily Put Lives in Danger
NY 1 - UFA Head Says Helicopter Could Have Prevented Deaths At Deutsche Bank
NY Sun - Union: Aerial Fire Plan Was Ignored
NY Metro - Fire Union in Spin Over Helicopter

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