It was 8:46 Thursday morning and FDNY Engine 3, Ladder 12 was ordered into formation by Chief John Gormley. There they stood in dress blues, shoulder-to-shoulder, in straight lines that went six deep.
Among the 344 probationary firefighters graduating Thursday, newly minted Firefighters Ian Montesi and Francis Donohue know all about the meaning of sacrifice in service of one’s city.