The retired firefighters in the band helped out a lot, and the band was split into groups, but still.

Because Mitch was a retired firefighter, he made it to ground zero the next day.

Rather, it was because of a soft-spoken retired firefighter whose son is buried in the rubble.

The brother, a retired firefighter himself, had a chance for the most intimate of farewells.

A retired firefighter goes on trial here this week, accused of bludgeoning an 8-year-old girl to death 21 years ago.

One was a retired firefighter Cardinal had worked with many times; the other two were young men barely out of high school.

But many retired firefighters have begun to question whether the system is sometimes too stingy.

The police said there were at least four witnesses to the stabbing, including a retired firefighter.

Barbara Spring, 53, a retired firefighter, said she sat at home for four years after the schools closed.

That raised questions, particularly since the father was a retired firefighter and former union official.