CBS New York
NEW YORK — The Staten Island firefighter who was shot before a chaotic standoff was released from the hospital on Saturday.
Lt. James Hayes, a 31-year veteran of the FDNY, is expected to make a full recovery. Authorities said he was shot twice early Friday morning by a suspected gang member while responding to a fire call at a home on Destiny Court in Mariners Harbor.
Both the mayor and fire commissioner visited Hayes at the hospital and called the father of two a hero. “Lt. Hayes is a very, very impressive guy — cool, calm, collected. He’s making light of his injuries,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday. “Thank God his injuries are limited as they were. And that really is extraordinary given the situation he’s in.”
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