GETTIN SALTY EXPERIENCE PODCAST Ep. 87 | FDNY LADDER 111 F.F. JOE HIGGINS

Gettin' Salty Experience Firefighter Podcast

Gettin Salty Experience

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Our special guest will be 20 year FDNY veteran Firefighter Joe Higgins. Joe joined the USMC 1979-1983. Was Appointed to FDNY 8/3/85 and Assigned to Engine 217 in Bed Stuy 57 Battalion. He Transferred to Ladder 111 in Dec. 1992. Became the DI for NYC Fire Academy on and off 1997-2001. He is part of an Iconic FDNY family with his 3 brothers and dad on the job. All were assigned to busy Brooklyn firehouses in which they fought many fires together. On 9/11 he lost his Brother Tim Higgins Squad 252 as well as many probies in which he had trained. He went to Afghanistan in 12/2001 and Retired 2005. He Served as the Freeport PAL Boxing Club Head Coach on Long Island for 25 years. Was USA Boxing Metro President from 2003-2009 and attended 3 Olympic Trials. He currently serves as the Head Coach of the USMC Boxing Team at Camp Lejeune NC. You don’t want to miss this one😎👍🏼. You can also Listen to our podcast ...we are on all the players 🎧🔥 #fdny #USMC #lovethisjob #givebackmorethanyoutake www.youtube.com/gettinsaltyexperience

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0:00.0	You're listening to the getting to the getting salty experience podcast.
0:32.4	And away we go we are back welcome back to the get salty experience podcast it's the only one that brings the firehouse kitchen table to you self-proclaimed self-proclaimed best podcast in the whole universe ever created
0:42.3	yeah me and ruffy fresh off a road trip me and ruffie spent a lot of time together yep seven-hour trip
0:49.9	back from pittsburgh last night we got at what time. 10 11 o'clock.
0:55.1	I got home here close to the 12th.
0:57.2	It's not my favorite trip that drive to Pittsburgh.
1:00.4	I've done it.
1:01.0	It's so straight and long.
1:03.9	Yeah.
1:04.4	Yeah, but you know what?
1:05.9	We had a good time.
1:07.0	You know, we might have been a little too intoxicated a few nights.
1:10.8	Ruffie might have been. I too intoxicated a few nights. Ruffy might have been.
1:11.6	I don't know about it.
1:12.4	Me.
1:13.6	I mean, everybody knows that's...
1:16.6	We had a really good job.
1:18.2	We met a lot of good people down there, had some fun, had some laughs.
1:25.0	Met a lot of Buffywhackers out there, bro.
1:28.2	I heard you met Big John Albanyes.
1:32.7	Johnny Albanyes.
1:34.0	Yep.
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