New York\u2019s Bravest<\/a> for some cheeky photos.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was very hot. Very nice!\u201d exclaimed Denmark native Christina Mooer of her experience chatting it up with the muscular heroes. <\/p>\n
Mooer said her husband encouraged her to stop by the event during her trip to New York.<\/p>\n
The models \u2014 including Raymond Urena, 32, and Joselyn Vidal, 30 \u2014 were also in high spirits.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s actually the best feeling ever,\u201d said Vidal of the event. <\/p>\n
Joselyn Vidal, 30, and Raymond Urena, 32, pose with their calendar pictures. Paul Martinka<\/p>\n
The EMT mom of two told The Post she decided to apply to the calendar selection to prove to herself she could be a contender.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just hoping I could show myself, hey, if other people can do it, why not me?,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Both Urena and Vidal stressed the importance of serving their communities on Giving Tuesday. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s amazing. You can\u2019t do this job if you don\u2019t like giving back,\u201d Urena said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matt DiLiberto, chairman of the FDNY Foundation, said the group was \u201cthrilled\u201d to have the calendars back this year after a two-year hiatus. The comeback was made possible thanks to a $250,000 donation from Firehouse Subs \u2014 who covered all production costs for the photo shoot.<\/p>\n
The Iconic event was brought back after a two-year hiatus thanks to a generous donation from Firehouse Subs. Paul Martinka<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be without it for two years, we heard the call, and we were excited that Firehouse Subs came and said, \u2018We\u2019ll help you bring this back,\u2019 \u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
DiLiberto noted that the models are doing more than just striking poses and signing calendars \u2014 they\u2019ll also help promote fire safety education.<\/p>\n
Another model and fireman of 10 years, Erasmos Soto, 36, said he plans to gift a calendar to a special someone. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy grandma wanted one so fast. I was like, \u2018You know what? I got you,\u2019 \u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s getting hot in here! The smokin\u2019 FDNY employees featured in the department\u2019s new \u201cCalendar of Heroes\u201d were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[194,195,969,75,84,83,57,9,24,63,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-59030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-fdny","9":"tag-firefighters","10":"tag-holidays","11":"tag-manhattan","12":"tag-manhattan-headlines","13":"tag-manhattan-news","14":"tag-metro","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}