John Vanderstar (90) died on December 6, 2023, at Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community in Asheville, North Carolina, after a courageous struggle with heart disease and Parkinson’s. John was ...

Lt. John Vanderstar rushed into action in October 2022 when a neighbor banged on his Bronx firehouse’s door to alert him to a fire up the street. 5.

Biden, 82, will present the nation’s highest award for public safety officers to Lt. John Vanderstar and firefighter Brendan Gaffney. Vanderstar rushed into action in October 2022 when a ...

Lt. John Vanderstar, an FDNY firefighter, received the Medal of Valor for his heroics back in Oct. 23, 2022, when he raced through raging flames in a Bronx apartment to rescue a mother and ...

Lt. John Vanderstar was recognized for his heroics on Oct. 23, 2022, when he raced through raging flames in a Bronx apartment to rescue a mother and daughter who were trapped in a fire in a back ...

The blaze was burning at 1316 Morris Ave. at 10:45 a.m. and there were people inside, he said. One of the first smoke-eaters to arrive, Lt. John Vanderstar, heard people in a back bedroom of the ...

Lt. John Vanderstar, a New York City firefighter, is receiving the Medal of Valor for rescuing a mother and child from a burning apartment in Concourse Village on Oct. 23, 2022.

Lt John Vanderstar (courtesy FDNY) Firefighter Brendan Gaffney also was honored for rushing into a burning Inwood building on Feb. 5, 2023 — twice — first to save an unconscious child, ...

Without hesitating, Lt. John Vanderstar of Ladder 44 broke down the door. Even though the fire was raging, crews had not yet gotten water on it, Vanderstar ducked below the flames and raced into ...

Lt. John Vanderstar, a New York City firefighter, is receiving the Medal of Valor for rescuing a mother and child from a burning apartment in Concourse Village on Oct. 23, 2022.