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VIDEO: Local Firefighters Honor 9/11 Heroes at Tourney

Lakeview, West Hempstead and Malverne compete in memorial old fashioned drill competition in New Hyde Park.

A decade after volunteer firefighter Robert DeAngelis perished in the World Trade Center on 9/11, his fellow brothers kept his memory very much alive this weekend.

In additon to attending funeral masses and , and a hosting a in his honor, local firefighters also honored his legacy by competing in an old-fashioned drill tournament this Saturday.

Although the tournament was named after Keith Fairben, a Floral Park firefighter who died on 9/11, the participants also took time to reflect on the loss of DeAngelis and other heroes who sacrificed their lives to help others.

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DeAngelis had served as a West Hempstead Fire Commissioner and a former chief of the Lakeview Volunteer Fire Department.

Firefighters from Lakeview, Malverne and West Hempstead competed in the tournament, with West Hempstead coming out the overall winner.

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Video - Watch the two video clips above to see footage from the opening ceremony and drills.

Here are the results.

Overall

  1. West Hempstead - 18.5 points
  2. Central Islip - 17 points
  3. Freeport - 16.5 points
  4. Hempstead - 14.5 points
  5. Rockville Centre - 14 points

Three Man Ladder

  1. Tie between West Hempstead and Hempstead - Time: 6.75
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  3. Central Islip - Time: 7.11
  4. Freeport - Time: 17.19
  5. Elsmere - Time: 7.20

Running Ladder

  1. Hempstead - Time: 7.65
  2. Miller Place - Time: 7.79
  3. Lynbrook - Time: 8.13
  4. Malverne - Time: 8.19
  5. Freeport - Time: 8.19

Running Hose

  1. West Hempstead - Time: 11.14
  2. Amityville - Time: 11.44
  3. Malverne - Time: 12.77
  4. Lakeview - Time: 13.06
  5. Wyandanch - Time: 16.02

Running Hose Replacement

  1. Freeport - Time: 19.55
  2. Rockville Centre - Time: 19.60
  3. Bellmore - Time: 20.77
  4. Central Islip - Time: 20.78
  5. Lynbrook - Time: 21.34

Efficiency Replacement

  1. Rockville Centre - Time: 23.30
  2. Malverne - Time: 23.40
  3. Central Islip - Time: 24.46
  4. Freeport - Time: 24.68
  5. West Hempstead - Time: 25.27

Efficiency

  1. Central Islip - Time: 9.06
  2. Miller Place - Time: 9.51
  3. West Hempstead - Time: 9.56
  4. Hempstead- Time: 9.75
  5. Freeport - Time: 9.96

Two Into One

  1. Rockville Centre - Time: 8.87
  2. Lynbrook - Time: 9.22
  3. Freeport - Time: 9.23
  4. Bellmore - Time: 9.94
  5. Amityville - Time: 9.98

Buckets

  1. West Hempstead - Time: 22.60
  2. Central Islip - Time: 23.37
  3. Hempstead - Time: 23.86
  4. Freeport - Time: 25.22
  5. Miller Place - Time: 25.75


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