Bridgeport News: Protesters Impede Firefighters

2020-05-09@3:54pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police were called for a large crowd of out of town protestors congregating in front of the fire headquarters on Congress Street.  There were no permits to protest.   Moments later firefighters received a call for a fire on Hancock Avenue.  The fire apparatus was delayed exiting their firehouse due to vehicles and protestors in their way.  Protestors also did not give me six feet of distance after numerous requests,  as they attempted to block my movements.  Firefighters extinguished the fire on the 2nd floor on Hancock Avenue before it spread.  

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Senators Want Well Being For Veterans

WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led a group of 24 Senators, including U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), in a letter to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), urging the agency to develop and implement comprehensive mental health care plans to ensure veterans’ well-being during and after the pandemic.   “The stress, uncertainty, and isolation associated with the pandemic – all risk factors for suicide in a population where an estimated 17 veterans tragically die by suicide a day— will further increase demand for mental health care among our veteran population, necessitating a comprehensive plan to meet that need,” the Senators wrote in a letter to VA Secretary Robert…

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