>> FROM THE "FOX AND FRIENDS"
WEEKEND CREW, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO
"THE FIVE."
>> WE HAVE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
FOR YOU.
>> A GIFT, IF YOU WILL, FROM
"FOX AND FRIENDS." ♪
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>> WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT THE
YULETIDE CAROLERS ARE HELPING US
GET IN THE MOOD.
IT IS ALMOST TIME TO LIGHT THE
ALL-AMERICAN CHRISTMAS TREE.
JOINING US TO DO THAT ARE HEROES
FROM THE NYPD AND THE FDNY.
THE THESE SELFLESS HONOREES PUT
THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY
DAY TO KEEP US SAFE.
>> WITH US TONIGHT ARE MEMBERS
OF THE NYPD’S PRECINCT 32.
IN JANUARY, THEY LOST DETECTIVES
JASON RIVIERA AND WILBERT MORA
IN AN AMBUSH ATTACK.
FROM THE FDNY ARE MEMBERS FROM
EMS STATION 49.
IN SEPTEMBER, ONE MEMBER WAS
SENSELESSLY KILLED AFTER BEING STABBED IN A RANDOM ASSAULT.
STABBED IN A RANDOM ASSAULT.
>> WITH US IS FDNY ASSISTANT
CHIEF.
WE WANT TO THANK THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT IN NEW YORK CITY FOR
ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
PEOPLE DON’T THINK ABOUT IT THAT
MUCH, BUT EVERY TIME YOU RESPOND
THERE’S A BURNING BUILDING, A
BURNING HOUSE, AND EVERY TIME
YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER.
>> YEAH, SURE, JUDGE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
IT’S ONLY FITTING WHEN WE BEGIN
THE SEASON OF JOY THAT WE PAUSE
FOR A MINUTE AND RECOGNIZE THOSE
PEOPLE THAT WE LOST LAST YEAR.
OKAY?
WE LOST CAPTAIN ALLISON RUSSO,
WE LOST FIREFIGHTER TIMMY KLEIN,
WE LOST FIREFIGHTER JESSE
GERHARD, ALL THREE MEMBERS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THE LINE OF
TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THE LINE OF
DO YOU TELL, ALL EPITOMIZEING
SERVICE.
>> GOD BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND REPRESENTING THE NYPD’S
INSPECTOR, HOW ARE THE POLICE
DOING?
WE ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT US.
HOW ABOUT THEM?
>> THE POLICE ARE DOING GREAT.
WHAT MAKES THE CITY SO GREAT IS
THE BEINGS BETWEEN THE NYPD AND
THE COMMUNITY.
EVENTS LIKE THIS TREE LIGHTING
TONIGHT ARE WHAT HELP TO
STRENGTHEN THAT PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN US AND THE COMMUNITIES
WE SERVE.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO
REPRESENT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
THE NYPD HERE TONIGHT AS WE
HONOR AND REMEMBER THE
SACRIFICES MADE BY OUR FALLEN
HEROES, DETECTIVE JASON RIVIERA
AND WILBUR MORA.
WE MISS YOU IMMENSELY.
WE WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO CARRY
ON YOUR INCREDIBLE LEGACY.
TODAY AND EVERY DAY.
TO ALL THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
CO-WORKERS, AND ALL OF NEW YORK,
AND THE REST OF AMERICA, MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
>> THANK YOU, INSPECTOR.
>> STAY WITH US.
WE WILL HAVE YOU PRESS THE
BUTTON TO LIGHT THE TREE IN JUST
A MOMENT.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU.
WE’RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE FOX
ANCHORS AND EMPLOYEES KIDS HERE.
THIS IS MY DAUGHTER CLEO.
JESSE JR. OVER THERE WITH HIS
DAD.
>> THIS IS JESSE, JR.
>> THE JUDGE BROUGHT STELLA,
RIGHT?
IN ALL PER PINKNESS.
ALL THE KIDS.
>> THIS IS J.J.
J.J., WAVE TO EVERYBODY.
CAN YOU WAVE?
HEY!
WE HAVE AN EXTRA SPECIAL
SURPRISE FOR ALL OF YOU.
I’VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT IT.
LOOK OVER AT THE FIRE TRUCK.
SANTA IS HERE.
>> WHOA, SANTA.
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ARE WE READY, EVERYBODY?
LET’S LIGHT THE ALL-AMERICAN
TREE RIGHT NOW.
IN 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
[APPLAUSE]
>> YOU WANT SOME CANDY?
I CAN’T PROMISE YOU.
I HAVE TO CHECK THAT LIST AGAIN.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THAT’S IT FOR US.
THANKS, EVERYBODY, FOR COMING
OUT TO THE ALL-AMERICAN TREE