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Crime & Safety

Blood Drive for Injured Firefighter on Tuesday

The Syosset Fire Department will host a blood drive on Tuesday in honor of injured FDNY firefighter Robert Wiedmann.

 

The  and will host a blood drive on Tuesday in honor of injured FDNY firefighter Robert Wiedmann. 

Wiedmann, 38, was injured in a fire in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in December 2011. 40 percent of his body was burned in the blaze at a brownstone on Prospect Place. Wiedmann is at the beginning of a reported one-year recovery process.

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All blood types will be accepted in donations. Type O-negative donors will contribute directly to Wiedmann's recovery.

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