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Meet Ethan Hutchinson, 13, a junior first responder with Lafayette Fire Company in Lancaster, PA. Ethan dreams of becoming a firefighter like his dad, who’s a fire chief.

Tony Mussorfiti is a retired lieutenant from the Fire Department of New York and a HAZMAT specialist. He serves on the Advisory Board of First Responders Children’s Foundation, as well as the Board of Advisors for Friends of Firefighters in Brooklyn, New York. Tony was part of the recovery effort at Ground Zero, after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and is concerned about the mental health of first responders.

Neal Thornhill is a Reserve Deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, specializing in Search and Rescue. He works out of the Malibu Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, which covers an area of 187 square miles all around the Santa Monica Mountains.

Rafael “Ralphie” Beaumont is an EMT for Jamaica Plains Hospital in New York City, where he and his colleagues…

Today we salute Samuel Battle (1883-1966), a true trailblazer, the first Black police officer to join the NYPD on June 28, 1911. During his stellar career, he became the NYPD’s first Black Lieutenant, later heading one of the NYPD’s first SWAT teams. A force for good, Battle was assigned to the growing Harlem community and frequently helped ease the tensions between NYPD officers and the Black community.