26 The Queens Courier • april 27, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com 26 THE QUEENS COURIER • APRIL 27, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM sun THE QUEENS editorial WWW.COURIERSUN.COM PUBLISHER & EDITOR CO-PUBLISHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF VP, EVENTS, WEB & SOCIAL MEDIA ART DIRECTOR ARTIST SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER STAFF REPORTERS CONTRIBUTING REPORTERS ASSISTANT TO PUBLISHER CLASSIFIED MANAGER CONTROLLER PRESIDENT & CEO VICE PRESIDENT VICTORIA SCHNEPS-YUNIS JOSHUA A. SCHNEPS BOB BRENNAN ROBERT POZARYCKI AMY AMATO-SANCHEZ NIRMAL SINGH RON TORINA EMILY DAVENPORT KATRINA MEDOFF, ANTHONY GIUDICE, ANGELA MATUA SUZANNE MONTEVERDI CLIFF KASDEN, SAMANTHA SOHMER, ELIZABETH ALONI DEBORAH CUSICK CELESTE ALAMIN MARIA VALENCIA VICTORIA SCHNEPS-YUNIS JOSHUA A. SCHNEPS Schneps Communications, 38-15 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361 718-224-5863 • Fax 718-224-5441 www.qns.com editorial e-mail: [email protected] for advertising e-mail:qns.com Entire Contents Copyright 2017 by The Queens Courier All letters sent to THE QUEENS COURIER should be brief and are subject to condensing. Writers should include a full address and home and offi ce telephone numbers, where available, as well as affi liation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name withheld on request. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AS WELL AS OP-ED PIECES IN NO WAY REFLECT THE PAPER’S POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of THE QUEENS COURIER. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to THE QUEENS COURIER within fi ve days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed unless paid prior to publication. Schneps Communications assumes no liability for the content or reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertiser agrees to hold THE QUEENS COURIER and its employees harmless from all cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording placed by the advertiser or any reply to any such advertisement. CROSS ISLAND PATH // PHOTO BY MARSHA GELLERT Send us your photos of Queens and you could see them online or in our paper! To submit them to us tag @queenscourier on Instagram, visit our Facebook page, tweet @QNS or email [email protected] (subject: Queens Snaps). A week of sudden tragedy in Queens What do you say to a fi refi ghter who lost a colleague in the line of duty? What do you say to a fi refi ghter who lost someone who they desperately tried to rescue from the clutches of death? Th ese two questions come to mind in the wake of a horrifi c week in Queens that saw the shocking death of a fi refi ghter in Ridgewood and fi ve young lives snuff ed out in a fast-moving Queens Village house fi re. Every time they head out for another tour of duty, each fi refi ghter knows full well the risks that come with the job. Th eir main duty is to save the life of a complete stranger, even if it means putting their own lives at stake to do it. Firefi ghter William Tolley of Ladder Company 135 knew it when he ascended up that bucket ladder in Ridgewood to fi ght a fi re from the rooftop, only to take a fatal fall in an accident that remains under investigation. It’s diffi cult to fi nd solace in an incident like this, but the outpouring of support from the Glendale community where Ladder 135 is based demonstrated the neighborhood’s appreciation for Tolley’s sacrifi ce — not to mention the infi nite other sacrifi ces fi refi ghters across the city make every day to keep us safe. And yet, as we were still mourning Tolley’s loss, we were confronted by the heartbreaking tragedy in Queens Village in which fi ve young people — the oldest just 20, the youngest just 2 — were killed aft er a blaze ignited in their home. Firefi ghters arrived on the scene four minutes aft er getting the 911 call, as Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro recalled. Th ough they worked fast and risked everything to get the victims out of the building, none of the victims could be saved. It left many at the scene shaken to the core, and compounded the grief of fi refi ghters already mourning a lost brother in arms. So how does one answer the questions asked above? We’ve tried to come up with an adequate answer, but words really fail us. All we can advise our readers to do is to support the Fire Department in whatever way they can. If you can aff ord to do so, donate to the FDNY Foundation, which — among its many other causes — helps support the families of fi refi ghters who made the ultimate sacrifi ce while on duty. It also funds various initiatives designed to promote fi re prevention and keep New Yorkers safe. To fi nd out more, visit www.fdnyfoundation.org. STORY: Driver found dead after car crashed and bursts into fl ames on Cross Island Parkway in Bayside SUMMARY: The driver of a car was found on the Cross Island Parkway after the car burst into fl ames during the morning rush in Bayside. REACH: 23,176 (as of 4/24/17) Publisher & E ditor Victoria Schneps-Yunis Co-Publisher Joshua A. Schneps Associate Publisher Bob Brennan E ditor-In-Chief Robert Pozarycki VP, Events, Web & Social Media Amy Amato-Sanchez Art Director Nirmal Singh Artist Ron Torina S ocial Media Manager Emily Davenport S taff Reporters Katrina Medoff, Anthony Giudice, Angela Matua Suzanne Monteverdi Contributing Reporters Cliff Kasden, Samantha Sohmer, Elizabeth Aloni Assistant to Publisher Deborah Cusick Classified Manager Celeste Alamin Controller Maria Valencia President & CEO Victoria Schneps-Yunis Vice President Joshua A. Schneps Schneps Communications, 38-15 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361 718-224-5863 • Fax 718-224-5441 www.qns.com editorial e-mail: [email protected] for advertising e-mail: [email protected] Entire Contents Copyright 2017 by The Courier Sun All letters sent to THE COURIER SUN should be brief and are subject to condensing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where available, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. 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