Sleepy Hollow firefighters donate engine to Queens crew hit hard by Sandy
Photo credit: Sleepy Hollow Fire Department | This 1991 E-1 fire truck, which was used by Sleepy Hollow's department for the past 20 years, was sold to a Queens volunteer department for $1 to replace an engine that burned from an electrical shortage caused by sweeping surges during superstorm Sandy.
In a gesture of brotherhood, the Sleepy Hollow Fire Department shipped its retired engine filled with supplies to Queens on Saturday morning after firefighters saw how the destruction from Hurricane Sandy wiped out infrastructure and crucial emergency response equipment in Broad Channel.
The 1991 E-1 fire truck, which was used by Sleepy Hollow's department for the past 20 years, was sold to...
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