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Post by fortpittharpo on Aug 14, 2008 5:10:22 GMT -5
Why I remember when the grimace wore an orange front piece-- I -I forgot what else I was going to say!!!!!Nice job on the website Carl.Where is all my pix- and where is the Danny memorial? Too bad about Charlie Cooper, Billy Dietrich,Lester, Cupo- I'm glad my name's not on that list yet!!!! Hello to all the men at the 'PITT' be up to see you soon.Hi Muggs---It's getting to be that time again--Think Clove Lakes. see ya HARPO NKHIT EREB---------------
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Post by Fort Pitt on Aug 14, 2008 10:08:43 GMT -5
Hey Harpo, it's good to hear from you, you old fart. I still have your pictures but I haven't scanned many of them yet. It's a work in progress.
I haven't done any memorial pages on the site. In my opinion, no one on this job has ever deserved more admiration than Danny. He made more positive changes for the rank and file, as just a company delegate, than the entire executive board. As Sergeant at Arms he was relentless in insuring our safety both in the firehouse and on the fireground.
That being said, I didn't want to do a memorial on this site. If we did a memorial to Danny I think we would have to do one for Marty Celic and Tom Wylie and all the other great men that graced Fort Pitt but are no longer with us. The UFA should think about memorializing Danny on their site, noting the breakthroughs he spearheaded in reforming the Medical Office, expanding and making the HELP Team truly helpful and having the Niederman Exhaust Systems installed in all firehouses just to mention a few of his accomplishments.
See you soon!
Grimace
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Post by danny on Aug 19, 2008 10:17:52 GMT -5
Hey Harpo and Capt Carl great to see you on this site hope all is well. Capt. nice job on the website. Looking foward to seeing everyone at The Celic Race. Should be a great time. I have been training pretty darn hard for it. Take care, Danny K
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Post by fortpittharpo on Feb 18, 2009 17:19:19 GMT -5
Hey grimace,if you wait for the union (excuse me-the "association") to do something for Danny-- I hope I don't have to hold my breath!!!! As for the other members who passed away on duty-no disrespect intended to them- but all of them put together couldn't add up to what Danny did in one year--never mind his whole career--The UFA named a building after him--The Fort Pitt Forum could(and should) do something also--How many times did Danny help out, just our members in one way or another--but that's only my opinion CARL-- you go ahead and put it out of your mind, that's OK-he'll understand-- yup,yup,yup ----HARPO
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Post by Fort Pitt on Feb 19, 2009 9:06:47 GMT -5
Harpo...Glad to see your not shy about expressing your opinion. As I said before, I don't want this site to be used as a memorial web site. Being the thick headed kraut that I am, I'm going to stick with that policy. Everything you said about Danny is true including the part about him understanding. Stay Dry! - Grimace
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Post by jim.amberger on May 28, 2014 10:38:55 GMT -5
Hey, this Jim Amberger L-11, Danny was my grandfather and it's great to read a thread like this and see he's remembered. When I got assigned to L-11 and we went to the Battalion for something I wondered if the door code had changed since I was a boy—and it was the same code after all that time.
Cap, I talked to Tom Fiskka over the weekend to find out who ran this website. We have a battalion website up at 28and11.com (yeah I know not a good name for a Battalion 4 website). I will link to this site there and I will be adding a pictures section.
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Post by Fort Pitt on May 29, 2014 7:46:00 GMT -5
Hi Jim,
Thanks for linking us to the 28/11 site. As I'm sure you've heard from many people before me, you're grandfather was an amazing man. He taught me some great lessons both in firefighting tactics and in what it really means to be a New York City Firefighter. Good luck to you!
Carl
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