Paul Washington, a captain at a firehouse in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, said firefighters often tried to explain away their misdeeds. "Guys use all kinds of excuses--'Well, it's a ...

The 15-year-old’s leg was pierced by one spike when the FDNY reached the scene around 3 p.m. and began cutting around the low fence to free the teen and rush him to the hospital, officials said ...