The strapping Soler was held down and pummeled, they said. Hours later, around 10 p.m., Soler and his brother-in-law William Fitzpatrick and James McGowan, both of Ladder 49, showed up at Rescue 3 on Washington Avenue and complained about being disrespected at Billy’s.Īt that point, a group of 15 to 18 firefighters, not all assigned to Rescue 3, ganged up on the three visitors, punching and kicking them, said those told about the video. Then a Rescue 3 captain allegedly hurled “the N-bomb” at an Engine 68 firefighter who is black, sources said. Inside Billy’s, a clash erupted when a firefighter from Ladder 44 tossed a commemorative T-shirt from Engine 68/Ladder 49 into the trash, a source said. The police did nothing but send them home.” One poster wrote: “NYPD VS NYFD a group of drunk firefighters fighting with pedestrians and NYPD around Yankee stadium 940pm. Instagram videos showed firefighters tussling with cops as police tried to break things up. The June 6 battle came after FDNY members from upper Manhattan and the Bronx traded insults and skirmished earlier that day at Billy’s, a bar near Yankee Stadium, following an awards ceremony. The brawl recalled a 2003 New Year’s Eve attack at a Staten Island firehouse, nicknamed “Southern Comfort,” when Staten Island firefighter Robert Walsh was badly beaten by a chair-wielding colleague during a booze-filled celebration. The fracas marked another black eye for a department that has been plagued by violent clashes among its ranks.

“If they assaulted anyone, they shouldn’t be getting a paycheck,” an FDNY insider fumed, blaming Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro for failing to take strong action. All were suspended for one month but are now back on the payroll. In an internal order, the department has since identified six participants in addition to Soler.

Yet two months after the June 6 melee, no one has been arrested or fired. “He went outside to compose himself before coming back in to watch the rest of it,” an insider said. Michael Nigro of Engine 68 became so upset watching a clip of his firefighters being beaten, he ordered staffers to briefly pause it. Soler suffered a concussion and has been on medical leave since the June 6 fracas.Ĭapt. He is seen grimacing and holding his foot, which may have been broken, a source said. One firefighter accidentally kicked a curb. “Someone grabbed his head and started pounding it into the pavement,” one said. 3 and repeatedly kicked by a third, said sources who were told about the video. The tape shows Adam Soler, 35, of Engine 68, being held down by two firefighters from Rescue Co. “They can’t believe one of the guys wasn’t killed.” “It was one of the most severe beatings they’ve seen on tape,” an FDNY insider said, recalling the reaction by brass who viewed video of the bloody fisticuffs. More than a dozen members pummeled three rivals with punches and kicks to the head during the melee, sources said. NYC fire marshals probing arson bust attempted-murder suspects in street: officialsĪ savage brawl between two warring groups of FDNY firefighters at a Bronx firehouse has sparked multiple investigations and shocked even hardened department brass, The Post has learned. JetBlue flight aborts takeoff at JFK over reported fire, mechanical problem scareįDNY orders all first-responders to mask up amid spike in contagious diseases Grieving father who helped create 9/11 compensation fund dies in freak parking lot accident

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