FDNY Memorial Trip
10/2002
10/10/2002
Flight to Newark cancelled
Rerouted to Detroit
Detroit overbooked, routed to Cleveland
Met Tawnya & Sheila on flight from Cleveland to Newark (They continued on to
Ireland)
Arrive in Newark - Luggage Lost
Shane begrudges baggage lady
Dan loosed credit card in subway
- kind New Yorker finds it and returns it
Dan looses cell phone
Hit Plug Ugly's ( Courtesy of Brian Stapleton )
10/11/2002
Eat lunch @ Puglia's in Little Italy
Meet nice ladies from Chicago
Visit Ground Zero
Meet French Firefighters
Hangout at O'hara's
Everyone takes turns destroying each other's umbrella's
1750: O'Hara's exhaust it's Bud Light reserves
1803: Kimo eats $3 cash
1940: Naked Kimo steals Dan's bagle w/cream cheese while Alan Jones watches in
his underwear
2100: Visit FDNY Sta. 33
0100: Crash
10/12/2002
0700: Line up for procession
- Stand in downpour for 4hrs.
1330: Eat at Jing Fong's
- Meet Dr. Doug and Tina
- Doug, another kind New Yorker picks up our tab
1515: Visit New York Fire Store
1900: Shannon eats 2lbs of hot pastrami on rye
0000: Everyone gets buck @ Bar None
0100: Honest Joe is framed for setting up Ray Kelley's leather jacket
0230: Shannon irons shirt while wearing it
10/13/2002
17:30 Honest Joe is framed
for packing a Manhattan Yellow Pages
in Coughlin's suitcase.
More to be added as it becomes available
National Fire Academy TimeLine
Dan Harris, Kimo, Cecil Watson & Mike Lavoie
07/21/02: (Sunday)
0900: Rendezvous at Dan
Harris'
0930: Enjoying cold refreshments at airport
0200: Close down the Ott House
07/22/02 - 07/24/02: (Monday -
Thursday)
0030: Close down The Pub
07/25/02: (Thursday)
2100: Cecil left pub to study for test
0030: Dan and Kimo close down pub, prepare for test
07/26/02: (Friday)
0845: Take test
0900: Kimo and Dan laughing at Cecil still taking test
0915: Results come out, Cecil finishes last in class (vows to close pub every
night)
1600: Depart for New York City
2100: Arrive at FDNY Sta# 33, the boys show us the town.
07/27/02: (Saturday)
Events still being
reconstructed
07/28/02: (Sunday)
0600: Crawl into the station
0900: Depart for NFA
07/29/02 - 08/01/02 (Monday -
Thursday)
0030: Close down The Pub
08/02/02: (Friday)
Graduate
New York City -
St. Patrick's Day
2003
03/13/03:
0930: Carlos smuggles bamboo venetian blinds on plane, jacks up overhead storage
1030: Carlos joins the Mile High Solo Club
1230: Bellhop almost decapitates Chris Stephens
1930: Carlos & Lei Lei tie up MFD emergency lines with idle chit chat
0100: "Stick a fork in me, I'm done" - Hanalei
03/14/03:
0930: 2nd wave enjoys
cocktails on flight
1850: McSorley's, anonymous bomb dropped, wipes out entire table
1915: Bombarded by lesbian cops at Plug's
Honest Joe does some covert photography
2015: Honest Joe get's his chop's busted by same, comes out smelling like a rose
2250: Not-so-covert Mitch drops bomb on Pierre St. Fort (Cab# 8K39)
2255: Mitch turns out Britney Spears @ 33rd & 6th
03/15/03:
1030: everyone enjoys hiking the Brooklyn 5k nature trail.
(Note: Just because your from NYC doesn't mean you know where anything is)
1100: Visit Rescue 2 (Brooklyn)
1600: Visit Puglia's (again) in Little Italy, meet tour guide who invites us to
a Mexican
island next February. Sta tuned...
1900: Wait on subway that doesn't run on weekends
03/16/03:
0400: Dan does cartwheels down 14th St.
0500: Mitch lives up to "No Sleep 'til Brooklyn"
0600: Mitch drops bomb on nice New York lady.
0900: Lei Lei's head hits the chopping block by Mrs. Lei Lei
1100: Dan keeps Mitch 'strung out' in Manhattan
1130: Lei Lei cut's trip short 2 days and heads for LaGuardia (misses parade)
1500: Kick it with 33's & L9
1530: Watch H2 parallel park, wears out Corolla, discounts Mitch's help parking
1600: Visit Googies in Greenwich Village for Lunch
Goodtime Dan vows for another FunFest
1601: Mitch vows to string up GoodTime Dan, if he keeps him strung out
1730: Visit plug's for a light dinner
Hang out with guys from LA City FD
2359: Paul Stapleton reflects on his Coupe DeVille
03/17/03: St.
Patrick's Day
0830: Group pic at 33s.
0930: Swift's, entourage enjoys Guiness Draught before parade
1100: FDNY - MFD commandeer Subway car
1220: Almost miss parade
1230: Honest Joe campaigns while marching in parade
1235: Dan, Shane & 1/2 33s sprint through parade route to catch up, cheered by
millions.
1700: Honest Joe sets up command atop Empire State building.
2300: Crash in Hotel room, no a/c (out of season)
Desk clerk suggest opening window
Very peaceful, the sound of crickets and a nice cool breeze.
2330: Beth's friend calls and makes us walk about Times Square
Get lots of inside scoop on Beth.
03/16/03:
1100: Dan shows up with a million dollar tan and a pocket full of pesos
1200: Say goodbye to Hotel Penn, pay regards to Plug's one last time.
1830: Kim (Flight attendant to Dan) "You drank us out of everything we had"
2000: The End...
New York City -
St. Patrick's Day
2004
Actual Times will be
replaced...
0000: Mitch gets welcomed to Virginia at 90mph though international relations.
0000: Foote has unpleasant experience with brown paper towels at Mitch's
expense.
0000: Mitch "I feel like I've drove to Tijuana" After 12hr ride to Fairfax VA.
0000: Honest Joe assumes Operations at Hotel.
0000: Honest Joe: "Room 414 needs help with their foldout, needs blankets &
pillows for children"
0000: Rotweiler at Hotel tries to eat Joe's pillow.
0000: Meet Fairfax Hooter girl named Jose (picture to follow)
0000: Mitch is ordained Honorary Hooter Girl
Henry was low-key today :(
Dan's 03/14 DC timeline to follow.