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FDNY Medal Day 2016: See photos from the ceremony

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  • FDNY Lt. John Haseney, of West Islip, center, shakes hand with Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro, left, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, second from left, after receiving the Henry D. Brookman Medal during the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 01, 2016. Lt. Haseney, a former member of the New York Army National Guard who was deployed to Afghanistan in 2008, rescued a woman during a fire in Queens in 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • FDNY firefighter Michael J. Shepherd, of Brooklyn, shakes hands with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after receiving the Chief John J. McElligot Medal/FFs Fitzpatrick and Frisby Award at the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 01, 2016. Firefighter Shepherd, while off duty, ascended a fire escape and assisted a woman to the street following a gas explosion in her Manhattan building.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • FDNY firefighter William Willets, of Mastic, shakes hands with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after receiving the M.J. Delehanty Medal Medal during the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 01, 2016. Firefighter Willets rescued a woman who had been stabbed from a burning apartment in the Bronx.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • FDNY Lt. John Haseney, center, of West Islip, salutes during the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 01, 2016. Lt. Haseney, a former member of the New York Army National Guard who was deployed to Afghanistan in 2008, received the Henry D. Brookman Medal for rescuing an woman during a fire in Queens in 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • FDNY Capt. James W. Kiesling, of Lindenhurst, shakes hands with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after receiving the Captain Denis W. Lane Memorial Medal during the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 01, 2016. Capt. Kiesling rescued a construction worker who was pinned during a building collapse in Manhattan.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • FDNY firefighter Michael L. Marchese, of Nesconset, shakes hands with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after receiving the John H. Prentice Medal during the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 01, 2016. Firefighter Marchese helped rescue two women and revived a child during a fire in Brooklyn.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • FDNY Paramedic Marilyn Arroyo, of Northport, wears the Paramedic Carlos Lillo/Lieutenant Ricardo Quinn Medal, which was awarded for the first time during the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 01, 2016. Paramedic Arroyo assisted in the rescue of three people from a submerged car in Queens in 2012.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • FDNY Lt. Adam J. Vilagos, of Baiting Hollow, salutes during the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 01, 2016. Lt. Vilagos received the Hugh Bonner Medal/Honor Legion Medal for rescuing an infant during a fire in Corona, Queens, in 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • FDNY Lt. Brian J. Colleluori of Bethpage, waves to fellow firefighters after receiving the FDNY's highest award, the James Gordon Bennett Medal/NYS Honorary Fire Chiefs Association Medal, during the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 01, 2016. Lt. Colleluori was exposed to temperatures over 1,000 degrees to rescue a man and woman from a burning apartment in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The woman later died as a result of injuries from the fire.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • FDNY Lt. John Haseney, of West Islip, center, smiles after receiving the Henry D. Brookman Medal during the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 01, 2016. Lt. Haseney, a former member of the New York Army National Guard who was deployed to Afghanistan in 2008, rescued a woman during a fire in Queens in 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • FDNY Paramedic Marilyn Arroyo of Northport, left, and FDNY Paramedic Jimmy Guailacela of Corona, Queens share a laugh after receiving the Paramedic Carlos Lillo/Lieutenant Ricardo Quinn Medal, which was awarded for the first time during the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 01, 2016. Paramedics Arroyo and Guailacela rescued three people from a submerged car in Queens in 2012.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • FDNY Rescue Paramedic Makesi Oliver, of the Bronx, proposes to Paramedic Cristina Aponte following the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony outside City Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 01, 2016. Paramedic Aponte was one of five people to receive the Chief James Scullion Medal.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert

New York firefighters and emergency medical first responders were honored at the FDNY’s annual Medal Day in Manhattan on Wednesday, June 1, 2016.

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