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Tom and Tim Haskell, two brothers from Seaford, New York, and members of the FDNY, perished on 9/11 while rescuing others from the Twin Towers.
Now, a dozen relatives who serve in the U.S. military and other fire and police departments, including their surviving brother Ken Haskell, who also responded on 9/11, have come together from around the country to honor one of their favorite Big Apple traditions – St. Patrick’s Day.
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“We are an Irish family, and my brothers Tommy and Timmy, in particular, really loved to celebrate that each year by marching in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade,” Haskell, 54, told Fox News Digital. “It was something they always did together, regardless of where they were working.”
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Tommy and Timmy Haskell in their uniforms to attend the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City.(Courtesy Ken Haskell )
Typically, he said, FDNY members march with other members of the same firehouse or battalion. But his brothers, despite working in different boroughs, always found a way to go together every year.
This year, a large group of patriots from around the country, including members of the Army, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, various police departments, the FDNY and even the Space Force turned out to honor the fallen duo.
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Tim Haskell lived and worked in Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001, his brother said. He was off duty when the planes struck but rushed to the scene anyway with other members of his firehouse.
Timmy Haskell of Squad 18 died after running up a staircase in the north tower of the World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001. (Courtesy Ken Haskell)
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He made it up to the 30th floor of the North Tower, where he and another firefighter found a man who appeared to be having a heart attack. With an evacuation underway, his colleague went to look for a clear staircase. He returned to find a police officer with the victim, who told him Tim Haskell had climbed to a higher floor after calls for help came in over the radio.
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FDNY firefighters Thomas Theodore Haskell Jr. and Timothy Shawn Haskell were honored at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
The firefighter and the officer carried the injured man to safety, and all three survived, Haskell said. His brother did not.
“We all know somebody who just died, you know? And I had no idea whether or not my brothers were even working at that point.”
— Ken Haskell, retired FDNY
“I just remember feeling a great sense of pride in what he did,” Haskell told Fox News Digital. “It was an incredibly brave, selfless decision that he made, and he did it without hesitation.”
Ken and Tommy Haskell with their mother in their FDNY dress uniforms.(Courtesy Ken Haskell )
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His other brother, Tom Haskell, was a captain with Ladder 132, based in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. His team had responded to the South Tower and was assisting with the evacuation there when the building collapsed on top of them.
“It was the second building struck, but it was the first one to collapse,” Haskell said. “So, they were in the process of just trying to evacuate people, including first responders themselves.”
Several Haskell family members in their different uniforms in an undated family photo.(Ken Haskell)
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Ken Haskell was also off duty at the time of the attack, but he and members of his firehouse hopped on a bus and were racing to the scene when the towers began to fall. He didn’t know whether his brothers were on scene until 1 a.m. the next morning. Then he spent weeks piecing together their heroism after speaking with other survivors.
Former President George W. Bush, third from left, and former U.S. Rep. Peter King, right, met with members of the Haskell family at Eisenhower Park in 2004.(Ken Haskell)
Haskell said his family has a legacy of service that began with his grandfather, who served in the U.S. Navy.
So did his uncle. His dad was a Marine who later joined the FDNY.
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Even Haskell, before joining the fire department at the same time as his brother Tim and their cousin Frank, was a police officer.
Now the next generation has joined various branches of the military and law enforcement or taken up firefighting, he said.
And they traveled into the Big Apple from all over — North Carolina, New Mexico, Florida and elsewhere in New York — to march with the NYPD’s Holy Name Society in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
For a lot of people throughout Maine, there’s some built up frustration that they’ve just been keeping inside.
That frustration can come in a lot of different forms. From finances to relationships to the world around you.
So it makes plenty of sense that a rage room opened in Portland, Maine, where people can let some of that frustration out.
It’s called Mayhem and people have been piling in to smash, crush and do dastardly things to inanimate objects that had no idea what was coming.
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But Mayhem has realized not everyone is down with swinging a sledgehammer. So they’ve decided to cook up something new.
Mayhem Creating ‘Scream Room’ at Their Space in Portland, Maine
Perhaps the thought of swinging a baseball bat and destroying a glass vase brings you joy. The thought of how sore your body will be after that moment makes you less excited.
Mayhem Portland has heard you loud and clear and is developing a new way to get the rage out. By just screaming.
Mayhem is working on opening their very first scream room. It’s exactly what you think it is, a safe place to spend some time just screaming all of the frustration out.
There isn’t an official opening date set yet but it’s coming soon along with pricing.
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While a scream room is on the way, you can still experience a good time at Mayhem with one of their rage rooms or a paint splatter room.
Both can be experienced in either 20-minute or 30-minute sessions.
All the details including some age and attire requirements can be found here.
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It was a treacherous commute for drivers across Massachusetts Wednesday morning. Ice on roads and highways caused several crashes during rush hour.
In Danvers, 22 miles north of Boston, the ramp from Interstate 95 to Route 1 north was covered in ice, leading to three separate crashes involving twelve cars. Three people were taken to local hospitals.
In Danvers, Mass. the ramp from Interstate 95 to Route 1 north was covered in ice, leading to three separate crashes involving twelve cars on March 4, 2026.
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In Revere, just seven miles north of the city, two tractor-trailers collided on North Shore Road. Police said it will be shut down for most of the day. It’s unclear if this crash was caused by icy conditions.
Forty-four miles west of Boston, a tractor-trailer ran off the westbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Westboro. One person was taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester with what were described by the fire department as “non-life threatening injuries.”
The ice wasn’t just a problem for drivers. People walking around Boston were also slipping and sliding Wednesday morning.
“I almost fell at least five times but I didn’t. I don’t know how. I screamed and caught edges,” Swapna Vantzelfde told CBS News Boston about her walk to work in the South End. It took longer than usual.
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“The internal streets they just don’t get plowed, the little ones that people live on and then these arteries, the big streets, they’re cleaned a lot better,” she said.
Those on two legs and four were all stepping gingerly across slick spots.
“A little treacherous. Very slick and icy out here,” said a father pushing a stroller. “Sometimes you have something to hold on to, which helps.”
With plenty of snow piled along sidewalks and between parking spots, most people are done with winter.
“I’m over it. I’m ready for the thaw,” said one man.
WILTON, N.H. (WHDH) – A woman died in a Wilton, New Hampshire, house fire Wednesday morning, according to the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office.
At 9:08 a.m., Wilton firefighters responded to Burns Hill Road after a caller said their home was filling up with smoke. When they arrived, a single-family home was on fire and they found out two people were still inside on the second floor.
A man and a woman were both taken out of the house by firefighters and taken to Elliott Hospital. The woman was pronounced dead and the man is in serious condition.
Officials have not released the name of the victim at this time.
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At this time, investigators are looking into the cause of the fire and are trying to determine if a power outage in the area played a factor. The fire is not currently considered suspicious.
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