Fire Commissioner Nigro and New York Blood Center Honor Fdny Bone Marrow Donors

January 30, 2019 — Two FDNY Firefighters Who Donated Bone Marrow Will Meet Recipients for the First Time

Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro and Christopher D. Hillyer, M.D., President and CEO of New York Blood Center (NYBC) will add the names of 13 FDNY bone marrow donors to the “Honor Roll of Life” and two FDNY Firefighters who donated bone marrow will meet their recipients for the first time at a ceremony on Thursday, January 31 at 11 a.m. at FDNY Headquarters – 9 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn.

During the ceremony Firefighter Robert Paolillo, 29, of Ladder Company 1 in Lower Manhattan will meet the recipient of his life-saving bone marrow, Jeff Faller, 45, a father of three from Waco, Texas; and retired Lieutenant Kieran Brosnan, 50, of Engine Company 79 in the Bronx will meet the recipient of his life-saving bone marrow, Joseph Stike, 29, of York, Pennsylvania.

Members of the FDNY make up New York Blood Center’s single largest group of bone marrow and stem cell donors. To date, a total of 205 FDNY members have given these gifts to patients – in some cases more than once – accounting for more than 10% of all donors from New York Blood Center. The FDNY is the single largest group on NYBC’s bone marrow registry with more than 8,000 active and retired FDNY members on the potential donor list.

For a list of NYBC blood drives and donor center locations in NY and NJ, please visit www.nybloodcenter.org. To join the Be The Match Registry, go to Join.bethematch.org/NYBC or Text “NYBC” to “61474.”

WHO: Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro; Acting Chief of Department John Sudnik; NYBC President and CEO Dr. Christopher Hillyer; First Deputy Commissioner Laura Kavanagh; Director of FDNY Bureau of Health Services, Mary T. McLaughlin; and many other FDNY donors and officials.

WHERE: FDNY Headquarters – 9 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn

WHEN: Thursday, January 31 – 11 a.m.

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