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Actor Gary Sinise Visits FDNY Firefighters

Sept. 7, 2024

Gary Sinise visited FDNY Engine 280/Ladder 132 ahead of 9/11 memorials to thank firefighters and provided them with lunch.

Peter Matthews

Firefighters at one Brooklyn fire station were treated to lunch by actor Gary Sinise Friday.

Sinise delivered lunch to firefighters at Engine 280/Ladder 132 in the Crown Heights neighorbood.

He also handed over a check for $10,000 to the FDNY Foundation, according to WPIX.

In 2011, he started the Gary Sinise Foundation to help firefighters, EMS and law enforcement along with military members.

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Peter Matthews is the conference director and editor-in-chief of Firehouse. He has worked at Firehouse since 1999, serving in various roles on both Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com staffs. He completed an internship with the Rochester, NY, Fire Department and served with fire departments in Rush, NY, and Laurel, MD, and was a lieutenant with the Glenwood Fire Company in Glenwood, NY. Matthews served as photographer for the St. Paul, MN, Fire Department.