Shameless former firefighter stole wallet from victim of car crash that killed 4 people



A Missouri man once entrusted with protecting and serving his community as a firefighter has now effectively admitted that public trust was misplaced after he pleaded guilty to charges related to stealing a wallet from the victim of a deadly car crash.

The circumstances surrounding the crash are both heartbreaking and infuriating.

Around 1:30 in the morning on Feb. 26, 2023, Cedric Dixon, then 34, blew a red light and struck a Chevy Tahoe carrying eight passengers — all of whom were under the age of 21 — in St. Louis. The force of the impact sent the Tahoe over a guardrail before it crashed upside down on the street below.

He had just celebrated his 18th birthday, and his wallet contained $200 worth of gift cards and nearly $700 in cash as well as credit and debit cards.

Four young people — 20-year-old Corntrail McKinley, 19-year-old Anthony Robinson, 19-year-old Richard Boyd, and 18-year-old Bryanna Johnson — died as a result of the crash, and four others were injured.

One of the injured was Seven Robinson-Laney. He suffered broken bones, a concussion, and a back injury. While he awaited transport to a hospital, a first responder who he assumed was a police officer approached him.

The first responder asked for Robinson-Laney's wallet on the pretense of checking for identification. The young man produced his wallet and handed it over. The official returned Robinson-Laney's ID almost immediately but slipped the wallet into his jacket, bodycam video later showed.

About two weeks later, when Robinson-Laney recovered enough to begin thinking clearly, he recalled that he never got his wallet back. He had just celebrated his 18th birthday, and his wallet contained $200 in gift cards and nearly $700 in cash as well as credit and debit cards.

Robinson-Laney reported the incident to police, who later identified the individual who interacted with Robinson-Laney: Arnold Britt, a former wide receiver for the University of Missouri who had spent the last nine years working as a firefighter in St. Louis.

Britt initially claimed he mistook the debit card as his wife's since it had been issued by the same bank. He then used the debit card to make about $120 in purchases. Whether he ever offered an explanation for the missing cash and gift cards is unclear.

The fire department placed Britt on administrative leave, but then-St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner — one of several district attorneys affiliated with George Soros — declined to prosecute him, so Britt was allowed to return to his duties.

However, since Britt made the debit card purchases in St. Louis County rather than the city, County Prosecutor Christopher King eventually charged him in connection with those transactions.

On Monday, Britt, now 41, pleaded guilty to felony receiving stolen property and misdemeanor fraudulent use of a credit/debit device. Britt's sentencing hearing is scheduled for early September.

Though Britt has no prior criminal record, prosecutors reportedly want to deter other public servants from committing similar violations and are pushing for concurrent sentences of five years in prison for the stolen property and one year for the debit card fraud.

The fire department has since issued a statement claiming that Britt is "no longer a member."

Robinson-Laney didn't appear convinced the incident was just an honest mistake: "Everything he did was, like, this is not his first time doing this. It was just, like, this is what he does."

"It's hurtful," he continued. "It wasn't just an accident; it was the deaths of youth. You took from people that could have been dead."

Cedric Dixon, the driver of the vehicle that caused the crash that killed four of Robinson-Laney's friends, also was prosecuted. He ultimately pleaded guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter, four counts of second-degree assault, and one count of leaving the scene of a crash. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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FDNY firefighter fired by city to free up funds for illegal aliens dies suddenly, leaving behind struggling young family



Hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens have flooded into New York City where, in many cases, they receive thousands of dollars in free rent monthly from the government. They are also eligible for a host of taxpayer-funded services such as health insurance, medical care, food assistance, and public education.

NYC has struggled to find ways to pay down the cost of housing, feeding, and placating this unlawfully imported cohort, which has brought with it upticks in crime, disease, and resource competition, disproportionately affecting America's most vulnerable citizens. As with other Democratic-run sanctuary cities, NYC determined late last year that it would have to make various budget cuts, laying off citizen workers to free up funds for idling foreigners.

Derek Floyd, a 36-year-old former Marine who had gone to work for the New York City Fire Department, was one of the citizens who got the boot last year. Shortly thereafter, he died of a heart attack. Now, his family is facing financial struggles.

Floyd long aspired to be a firefighter. After picking up various accolades and campaign medals for tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and South Korea with the Marines, the proud American's dream began to materialize.

"He decided to go be a Marine," his mother told Newsday, "because he thought it could help him do better as a fireman."

Floyd made it to the FDNY Fire Academy and began to train for a second career protecting his countrymen, this time in New York City. However, one month into training, he suffered a nonfatal heart attack.

While unable to complete the academy on account of his June 2019 health episode, he went to work for four years as a probationary firefighter with the FDNY Ceremonial Unit, according to his obituary in Newsday.

Floyd worked on modified duty in the chaplain's office, helping to arrange the funerals of fallen firefighters — until the city canned him just before Christmas 2023.

FDNY sources told the New York Post that Floyd was one of roughly 10 employees who had been hurt on the job and assigned office work or had been sick for a prolonged period who were terminated as part of a broader budget cut scheme aimed at tackling the financial strain imposed by the city's overwhelming illegal alien population.

"What disturbs me the most is that the FDNY is understaffed by hundreds of firefighters. Terminating [Floyd] was absolutely unnecessary," Uniformed Firefighter Association President Andrew Ansbro told the Post. "He had an important job, and the FDNY actually needed him in that unit. He was terminated so the department could prove that they were making cuts. He deserved better."

After struggling to make ends meet, the husband and father died from a cardiac arrest four months later.

Christine Floyd, the Marine's widow, told the Post, "I wouldn't wish it on anyone."

"I think it definitely took a toll once they let him go," Christine Floyd said of Floyd's termination. "He always tried to, like, stay positive about it, and he wasn't really angry."

"But you see a person, and the wheels are turning in their brain where they're just constantly thinking, so I definitely think it did affect us," said the widow.

According to the Post, Floyd had been close to securing additional medical benefits for his family as well as over $600,000 in death benefits at the time of his ouster. While foreign nationals continue to be cared for, his wife and two kids were effectively left with nothing.

"If Derek would have stayed on, he would have had a life insurance policy with the FDNY," said his widow, a guidance counselor with the NYC Department of Education. "That would have helped out financially because right now, it's really bad. I'm honestly swimming in a lot of debt."

The GoFundMe campaign organized on behalf of the Marine's widow and their two children, ages 6 and 2, had already raised over $48,000 at the time of publication.

"He was someone of integrity. His word was his bond. If he said he was going to do something, he was going to do it," Christine Floyd told Newsday. "And his heart beat for our kids."

Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said, "We are heartbroken over the passing of former Probationary Firefighter Derek Floyd, and will explore all financial, legal and legislative options to help his family and ensure they have the support they need during this time."

The Post indicated that City Hall did not respond to its request for comment.

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Seattle firefighters hoping to advance their careers must now study 'antiracism' and transgenderism



Seattle firefighters routinely risk life and limb to extinguish blazes, administer emergency medical care, and save lives. Dutifully keeping their city from being reduced to ash and rubble amid record crime and "above normal" wildfire danger is, however, apparently not enough.

According to a new report from the Washington Free Beacon, Seattle firefighters hoping to advance their careers or assume positions of leadership must now offset their common sense with an appreciation for the latest in leftist gobbledygook on the topics transgenderism and "antiracism."

The written lieutenant exam once tested prospective officers to ensure they had requisite practical knowledge. It reportedly now has as much if not more to do with identity politics and social justice than it does with actual firefighting.

The Free Beacon obtained a copy of the current exam bibliography, detailing the readings required to successfully complete the test. The list includes the following texts, comprising well over 800 pages on gender and race:

  • "The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias: How To Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams" — a book that prompts readers to make a conscious commitment to diversity and inclusivity initiatives;
  • "Both Sides of the Fire Line: Memoir of a Transgender Firefighter" — a memoir by a transvestic firefighter, which delves into his divergence from reality as it pertains to his manhood; and
  • "How to Be an Antiracist" — an identitarian-leftist work that reads racism into all facets of life by an individual who claimed, "The only remedy to racist discrimination is anti-racist discrimination. The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination"."

The 2022 Fire Chief examination requires candidates to read "Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education" by Robin DiAngelo.

DiAngelo is the white affiliate associate professor at the University of Washington who wrote, "White identity is inherently racist" and stressed in a March 1 webinar entitled "Racial Justice: The Next Frontier" that "people of color need to get away from White people."

"This stuff has nothing to do with firefighting," said Wayne Johnson, a retired Seattle firefighter who previously wrote elements of the lieutenant exam. "It has everything to do with social engineering."

This standardized test of ideological uniformity contra practical comprehension is reportedly the result, at least in part, of recent commitments to avoid examinations that "rely heavily on knowledge of firefighting."

The King County Fire Chiefs Association issued a report in 2021 that cites Scoggin as a diversity subcommittee member, stating, "Written tests are known to have an adverse impact on equity in departments and fire leaders should weigh the value of the written test to the hiring process. If a written test is required, it should be written at the educational level necessary and should focus on the basic skills required for the job."

Questions "that rely heavily on knowledge of firefighting can be biased," the report claims, adding that examinations should not just attempt to ascertain if candidates know what they are doing but whether they boast "cultural competence."

"Tests that focus on how well applicants know the system and the job tend to favor those who make up the overwhelming of the fire service workforce, white men," the report adds.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Seattle is also overwhelmingly white (64%). 6.8% of the city's population is black and roughly 16% is Asian.

The stated purpose behind these changes to written and physical tests is to increase diversity and create "equitable access to opportunities and power."

Scoggin echoed the concern in the report that too many of those presently risking their lives in his organization belong to an undesirable racial group, noting in June 2022 that the "leadership of our organization is overwhelmingly white" and underscoring the remedy was to recruit more women and minorities, reported KING5.

Extra to allegedly making the process more equitable, the prescribed study materials reveal what kind of worldview Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins and the city want under every helmet.

David Strom of Hot Air responded to the Beacon's report, writing, "Why they didn’t just decide to find a eunuch-identified non-binary Wiccan to chant incantations to extinguish the fire is beyond me."

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Off-duty Florida firefighter on way to son's soccer practice saves deputy from fiery wreck: 'This is what we do'



An off-duty Florida firefighter may have been late in getting his son to soccer practice Saturday morning, but he was right on time when it came to saving the life of a 33-year-old Seminole County deputy.

The Seminole County Sheriff's Office indicated that Deputy Matthew Luxon suffered a medical emergency around 10:30 a.m. near Orange Boulevard and Wayside Drive in Sanford, Florida, where he then crashed into a concrete pillar.

The medical incident and the resultant crash may have been the beginning of Luxon's problems, but they certainly weren't the last. His patrol car caught fire and quickly became an inferno.

Lt. Benjamin Wootson of the Orlando Fire Department happened to be in the neighborhood, rushing his son to soccer practice.

The off-duty firefighter told WFTV, "We were running late getting to my son’s soccer practice. ... Typically, we try to get there 30, 45 minutes early so they can do the warm-up. My son was dragging his feet, taking his time. As we were turning left onto Orange, I noticed a patrol car coming toward us."

Wootson noted he has a "habit of always looking in my mirrors."

Sure enough, when he checked his rearview, he saw Luxon's patrol vehicle hammer the overpass support.

"I immediately pulled a U-turn at the next intersection and rushed back," said Wootson. "By the time i got on scene, there was a little bit of flames on the underneath of the vehicle, the engine compartment was already on fire."

Wootson told WOFL-TV, "As I was pulling him out there were probably two golf ball-size flames where his legs were."

Wootson managed to get the disoriented deputy out of his seatbelt and ultimately out of the blaze. No sooner had the firefighter disentangled Luxon from the wreck than the patrol vehicle burst into flames, along with the ammunition in the trunk.

As bullets sounded off and the fire burned, Wootson used the deputy's radio to call for "an officer down scenario."

While he tended to Luxon, Wootson's neighbor arrived on the scene to tend to the firefighter's son. Another onlooker moved the firefighter's car to get clear of the heated display.

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The SCSO indicated that Luxon was taken to a local hospital where he underwent successful surgeries and was stabilized.

According to WFTV, the deputy is still in the hospital.

Sheriff Dennis Lemma said in a statement Sunday, "Matt had successful surgeries into the late hours on Saturday but make no mistake; he has a long road to recovery ahead of him. The support of our Seminole County, and the greater Central Florida community, will help Matt pull through now and into the immediate future."

One of Luxon's coworkers started a fundraiser for the injured deputy and his family, which has already secured in excess of $22,000.

As for Wootson's heroics, Sheriff Lemma said, "I also spoke with Orlando Fire Department Lieutenant Benjamin Wootson, who heroically rescued Matt from his patrol unit moments after his crash and just before the unit caught fire. Lt. Wootson, who was off duty and also very kind when we spoke, simply reminded me that 'this is what we do.'"

Lemma added, "I thank God that he was there at that time, and I expressed my gratitude and shared commendation to OFD Chief Charlie Salazar as well."

Wootson reckons his delay and his son's apparent tardiness Saturday morning were providential: "God put me in a place where [my son and I] were running late on purpose. I was in the right place at the right time to save an individual."

The firefighter emphasized to WESH-TV, "If you're ever in a circumstance and you see something, don't just sit back and watch. Get out, do what's right, make a change because those little things could be a long impact lasting, it could be generational changes."

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Off-duty firefighter wrestles felon who pulled gun on him. Felon's girlfriend grabs dropped gun, fatally shoots firefighter — and she's facing no criminal charges.



Warning: graphic content.

An off-duty firefighter in Missouri was shot and killed outside a gas station earlier this month after wrestling with an angry customer who eventually pulled a gun on him. However, prosecutors have declined to charge the customer's girlfriend, who shot the firefighter, claiming that she shot him to defend her boyfriend's life.

At around 2:30 p.m. on October 6, Anthony "Tony" Santi, a 41-year-old Kansas City firefighter, was in a gas station in Independence, Missouri, when a fellow customer became irate with the female attendant because the store did not have the brand of cigars he wanted.

The customer, Ja’Von Taylor, 23, then hurled expletives at the unnamed store clerk, causing a disturbance. The clerk asked Taylor to leave the store, but he refused. Santi then intervened and demanded that Taylor leave. Tensions between the two men became heated, and they began fighting inside the store, though they eventually took the scuffle outside.

At some point, Taylor went to his vehicle and took out a firearm. Taylor and Santi then struggled to grab hold of the weapon. Santi eventually managed to get Taylor into a choke hold underneath him. Meanwhile, Taylor's girlfriend, who had been sitting in Taylor's vehicle, had exited the car and begged Santi to stop wrestling with Taylor.

"Stop, sir, stop," she yelled. "Get off! My kids [are] in the car! Stop! [You’re] killing him!"

The woman, whose identity has not been released, picked up the gun, which had fallen to the ground, and then aimed it at Santi. She warned him that she would use it, and she eventually did, firing one round into Santi's back.

A witness filmed the episode, which may have lasted for as long as 10 minutes. Though the video does not show the actual shooting, the content in it is graphic.

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The woman shot Santi moments after the conclusion of the video. After the shot, Santi got up off the ground and walked back into the store, where he collapsed and died.

After reviewing the video, Jackson County prosecutors declined to press charges against the woman, arguing that she could reasonably claim self-defense.

"We grieve with the family and community over this tragic loss of life of Mr. Santi," the prosecutor’s office wrote in a statement. "Missouri law governs this case, specifically self-defense and defense of others, leading us to decline charges after a careful review."

"If a case is declined, it’s just because we don’t believe there’s sufficient evidence to get to that highest burden of proof," Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker explained to reporters.

Kevin Jamison, a Missouri attorney who has practiced law for 40 years and who "wrote Missouri’s book on weapons and self-defense," according to WDAF-TV, also weighed in on why prosecutors may have declined to press charges in this case.

"Technically it's called the defense of justification and your justification is you are saving the life of another person," Jamison said.

He added that the woman likely had only limited knowledge about the "circumstances" of the fight, causing her to believe that Santi posed a threat to Taylor's life.

"The girlfriend is only constrained by what she reasonably believed to be the circumstances. If she didn’t see the start of the fight, all she knows is her boyfriend is getting strangled," he said.

Though the unnamed girlfriend will not face prosecution, Taylor will. He has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He had previously been convicted of first-degree robbery, though the date of his conviction and the length of his sentence remain unclear.

Santi joined the Kansas City Fire Department 11 years ago. He loved "nature and being outdoors" and his dog, Donnie, and he especially loved his daughter, "the light of his life," according to an obituary.

KCFD declined to comment on the decision not to prosecute the woman.

Heroic off-duty firefighter, 9 months pregnant, assists others injured in car crash before heading to the hospital to deliver her baby

Heroic off-duty firefighter, 9 months pregnant, assists others injured in car crash before heading to the hospital to deliver her baby



An off-duty firefighter, who happened to be nine months pregnant, recently got into a "significant" car crash which caused her to go into labor. However, before she considered her own medical needs, she stopped and assisted other victims.

On October 3, Megan Warfield, 30, was driving home with her mother after hosting a golf tournament in honor of her late father when the two became "involved in a significant motor vehicle collision," according to a Facebook post from Bowleys Quarters Volunteer Fire Rescue and Marine. Bowleys Quarters is a suburb of Baltimore.

There were several cars and many different individuals involved in the crash. Warfield, a Bowleys Quarters Volunteer Fire Department member who had lately been placed on desk duty because of her advanced pregnancy, quickly exited her own vehicle and began offering assistance to another female victim whose car had benn overturned.

"I started to climb in there with her, but then I was like, ‘What are you doing? You’re nine months pregnant,’” Warfield recalled. “I ended up holding onto her to keep her in place because I wasn’t sure of her injuries at the time."

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At the time, Warfield herself began to experience severe cramping — and for good reason. Not only had the crash induced labor in Warfield, who was about a week or so from her due date, but it had also caused her unborn daughter to turn sideways in the womb. However, Warfield continued to treat the unnamed woman until help arrived.

"I don't know how I did what I did because the cramping was so bad," Warfield stated. "I must’ve just been running on adrenaline."

"It was also important that I keep [the woman] calm," Warfield added. "It was a pretty traumatic event."

In short order, other first responders began to appear on the scene, including paramedic Josh Daugherty, Warfield's boyfriend and the father of her unborn baby.

After others took control assisting the crash victims, Warfield began to assess her own condition, and she and Daugherty determined that she had better go to John Hopkins University hospital, just in case.

It was the right call. Doctors and nurses soon learned that the baby had gone into a traverse position and that Warfield was in labor. Less than 24 hours after the crash, Warfield gave birth to a healthy baby girl named Charlotte.

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Charlotte is Warfield's third child. She also has another daughter named Ellie, 6, and a son named Jameson, 5.

Six total people were transported to two area hospitals following the crash. All but one received treatment for "minor injuries." The status of the other victim is unknown, though the person's injuries were not considered life-threatening when taken to the hospital. Warfield's mother is believed to be fine.

"Since no good deed should go unrecognized," the BQVFRM post continued, "we wanted to highlight Megan's heroic and selfess [sic] actions. Congratulations Momma Megan, Job Well Done!"

Warfield also works with the Baltimore County Fire Department.



'I hope there are some white folks killed': Memphis firefighter under investigation for racist Facebook post — but department won't disclose firefighter's race



A firefighter with the Memphis Fire Department in Tennessee is under investigation for a message targeting "white folks" that he posted to Facebook, but the department on Thursday would not disclose the firefighter's race to TheBlaze.

What are the details?

WHBQ-TV reported that firefighter Steven W. Chillis' Facebook post tags the 2022 movie "The Woman King," which IMDB says is "inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries."

The message with Chillis' post reads, "I hope there are some white folks killed," the station added. TheBlaze's Facebook search for Chillis' account was unsuccessful Thursday.

The fire department "is conducting an internal investigation on the social media post made by Mr. Chillis," public information officer, Lt. Hunter Smith, told TheBlaze in an emailed statement Thursday.

Smith added that the department employed Chillis in March 2020 and that Chillis "remains on duty with pay pending the outcome of the investigation."

A LinkedIn profile of Steven Chillis of the City of Memphis Fire Department includes a profile photo that would seem to indicate Chillis is black, but Smith told TheBlaze he couldn't confirm that Chillis has a LinkedIn profile.

The educational experience on the LinkedIn profile — which was active Thursday afternoon — lines up with the educational experience on a resume for Steven W. Chillis of Memphis posted to SlideShare in September 2016.

Given that race is central to the controversy — particularly the race of the firefighter in question — TheBlaze asked Smith if he could confirm that Chillis is black, but Smith declined to do so. In fact, Smith told TheBlaze that the fire department "does not release any demographic information about employees, including age, race, date of birth, etc."

Smith did provide TheBlaze with a copy of the department's Social Media Policy, which affects all city employees. It prohibits "statements, comments, or images that disparage any race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin." The policy also prohibits posting "remarks that would contribute to a hostile work environment (racial, sexual, religious, etc.)."

Anything else?

Sydney Gray, a reporter covering the story for WMC-TV, said in a video report that she spoke to Chillis on the phone Monday morning but said he wouldn't comment on the matter except to say there was "a hearing" and he "would not elaborate on what happened or when it took place."

Neither WMC's story nor WHBQ's story bring up Chillis' race. In fact, WMC's headline reads, "Memphis firefighter under investigation for hostile Facebook post."

A spokesperson for the Memphis firefighters union told WHBQ the group is waiting for the investigation to be completed.

'You guys are f***ed up!' Former NYC firefighter who says his 20-year career ended after his vaccine religious exemption was denied absolutely shreds city council



A former New York City firefighter captain — who said his 20-year career ended after his religious exemption from the city's vaccine mandate was denied — absolutely shredded city council last Friday in a blistering address.

What did he say?

“I went from being essential to being disposable from the mandates," Brendan Fogarty began as he sat calmly — at first — in front of a microphone.

“My religious exemption was denied,” he added, noting that he then "received those threats of termination" since the mandate requires city employees to be vaccinated in order to keep their jobs.

With that, Fogarty said he retired — but clearly not willingly, as he told the council that he'd "love to go back to my job."

At another point in his address, he began to get angry.

“I gave my best years to this city! Twenty years from [age] 21 to 41, and then they take it away at the peak of my earning career! I made it to captain; I went through that process! You should be ashamed of yourselves!” Fogarty told the council.

He added, "I was allowed to work in this city, but I wasn't allowed to eat in a restaurant in this city! I was allowed to work through the pandemic, but I wasn’t allowed to eat in a restaurant! I could wear the uniform, go to a burning building, but not eat here! What’s wrong with you people?”

With that, he got up and concluded his address with a blistering kiss-off: "Trust the science! You guys are f***ed up!”

Lawsuit

Fox News' Tucker Carlson featured video of Fogarty's speech on his Thursday program and interviewed his attorney, Barry Black, as Fogarty is suing the city.

"It's indefensible, and it's entirely unconstitutional," Black told Carlson of the city's vaccine mandate.

Black added that his firm is representing firefighters, police officers, sanitation workers, teachers, parks department workers, and even private-sector employees, "all of whom are subject to a New York City vaccine mandate, so if you are terminated because you object on religious grounds, you are out of luck."

What's more, the attorney pointed out that the city has "discretionarily" granted exemptions to "artists, athletes, entertainers — and yes, that includes adult entertainers. So you have strippers scot-free exempt of vaccine mandates, but priests, pastors, and rabbis, they have to get vaccinated. It's the First Amendment turned upside-down on its head."

Here's the interview:

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Anything else?

Mayor Eric Adams exempted athletes and performers from the vaccine mandate in March following intense pressure — but most notably over NBA star Kyrie Irving being barred from playing in Brooklyn Nets home games yet being allowed to enter the Nets' arena as a spectator and sit courtside.

“Being healthy is not just about being physically healthy, but being economically healthy,” Adams said, the New York Post reported at the time. Adams also said the exemption was needed because New York City — heavily reliant on the tourism — "has to function," the paper added.

The city's vaccine mandate resulted in more than 1,400 employees getting fired, and Adams said at the time he wasn't planning on rehiring them, the Post reported.

Wife, aunt, family friend die in car crash hours before funeral for NY firefighter



Turns out, the tragic death of a young volunteer firefighter was just the beginning of the heartache and grief for the community of Fowler, New York, about two hours northeast of Syracuse.

Jayson J. "Jay" Lowery, a volunteer firefighter for the Oxbow and Richville areas and a volunteer EMT for Gouverneur, was just 29 years old when he unexpectedly passed away from a brain condition early last week. WWNY-TV announced his death in the afternoon of July 13 and shared information about his family and the upcoming funeral arrangements.

That information now reads like a haunting foreboding. On Saturday, July 16, just hours before Lowery was to be laid to rest, his wife, aunt, and a family friend were all killed in a car crash, a car crash that was discovered by Lowery's uncle, Jim Henry, whose own wife and daughter were among the passengers in the ill-fated vehicle.

As he was driving down Chub Lake Road, Henry noticed considerable debris in the roadway and an upside down vehicle in the creek below. Henry, a fellow volunteer fireman, raced to the scene, only to hear the screams of his 14-year-old daughter Joy begging for help. Henry moved quickly and was able to extract Joy and another family friend from the car.

“There was a lot of adrenaline and stuff. When I jumped in the water, like, it didn’t even cross my mind. It was just automatically getting the people out,” Henry said.

Henry's wife Jackie, her best friend Lorraine Stevens, and Lowery's wife Desiree were not so fortunate. Desiree Lowery was pronounced dead at the scene, while Jackie Henry and Stevens died later at Gouverneur Hospital.

“I couldn’t believe this was happening. To have a brother fireman that we’re laying to rest and to respond to a call involving his wife and aunt. You can’t wrap your mind around it,” Richville Fire Chief Corie Farr said.

“Don’t take life for granted. You never know when it’s going to end,” Henry said.

Jay and Desiree Lowery had three children, who have lost both parents in a span of a few days. They will remain with an aunt until permanent arrangements can be made. Jim and Jackie Henry have four children, who have now lost their mother and their aunt, uncle, and friend.

Jay's mother Virginia Lowery offered a small message of hope amidst the sadness: "We have to get the seven of them, the kids, to grieve together and to stick together, and everybody will get through this."

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