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FDNY Fire Marshals have arrested Nicholas Leobold, age 50, for vandalizing an American flag that was proudly displayed on an FDNY ambulance in Manhattan. The incident took place on Friday, January 25, at approximately 2:30 in the afternoon when the ambulance was parked on Second Avenue and East 9th Street in the unit’s response area. When the Paramedics returned to the ambulance, they found the flag had been cut in two and thrown on the street. Leobold has been charged with criminal mischief. |

Today the FDNY remembers one of the worst tragedies in Department history, when six Firefighters were killed in a fire at a Brooklyn Waldbaum’s on August 2, 1978. Nearly 20 Firefighters were on the roof of the supermarket when the central portion gave way, plunging 12 members into the flames. Lt. James E. Cutillo of Battalion 33, Firefighter Charles S. Bouton of Ladder 156, Firefighter Harold F. Hastings of Battalion 42, Firefighter James P. McManus of Ladder 153, Firefighter William O’Connor of