Black FDNY Firefighter Retires, Leaving a Powerful Legacy

Black FDNY Firefighter Retires, Leaving a Powerful Legacy

April 13, 2023

After 40 years of service to the city, one of New York's Bravest will soon retire.

Firefighter Robert Thomas is leaving us in good hands, though: His three sons will carry on the tradition - one of the FDNY's largest Black legacy families.

Words of congratulations and tons of hugs filled FDNY Engine Company 205/Ladder 118 in Brooklyn Heights Monday as Thomas worked his final shift.

"Forty-plus years," he said. "Incredible."

The Brownsville, Brooklyn native took the FDNY test in 1982, after some suggestions by his mother.

Read the source article at cbsnews.com

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