St. John’s University paid tribute to the City’s Police, Fire,
and Sanitation departments as well as the Office of Emergency
Management for heroism during Hurricane Sandy, with a half-time
ceremony at the men’s basketball game against Marquette at Madison
Square Garden on March 9.
As New York’s hometown team, St. John’s welcomed hundreds of
members of the City’s agencies to the Red Storm’s home turf for
First Responders Day. The University’s senior administrators
gathered on center court to make a formal presentation of
commemorative game balls to leaders of the NYPD, FDNY, DSNY, and
OEM—thanking them for their extraordinary life-saving efforts
during the most destructive hurricane in New York City
history.
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