Mike Vaccaro, author & longtime sports writer for the New York Post joins the Mic’d In New Haven Podcast. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mike -colón-23b3a115a Business Line: 917-781-6189 Business Email: thecolonreport@gmail.com Connect With Mike Vaccaro: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikevacc Books: https://...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 26 min
Ron Curaba, a 32 year veteran of the fire service with 16 of those years (1988-2004) having been spent with the FDNY joins the show for Volume 27 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews With The FDNY’s Elite. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mike -colón-23b3a115a Business Line: 917-781-6189 Business Email: thecolo...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 44 min
Lou Garcia, a fire marshal for 26 of his 35 years on the FDNY, with stints ranging from 1981-1989 & 1990-2008, is the guest of honor for Volume 26 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews With The FDNY’s Elite. In Memory Of: Fire Marshal Ron Bucca (EOW: September 11, 2001) Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mike ...
Sep 10, 2022•2 hr 17 min
Retired New York City Housing Authority Police Officer, NYPD Detective, & ATF Special Agent Pete Forcelli joins the program. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mike -colón-23b3a115a Business Line: 917-781-6189 Business Email: thecolonreport@gmail.com Connect With Peter Forcelli: LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 32 min
Counterterrorism Specialist & retired Port Authority Police Detective Tom McHale, whose missions as a member of the Joint Terrorism Task Force took him to some of the more volatile places in the Middle East, joins the program. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mike -colón-23b3a115a Business Line: 917-781-6189 ...
Sep 06, 2022•2 hr 2 min
Mike Colón is joined by retired Corrections Officer & NYPD Detective John Baeza, who in 16 years with the NYPD worked in units like Narcotics as well as Special Victims. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mike -colón-23b3a115a Business Line: 917-781-6189 Business Email: thecolonreport@gmail.com Listen To The Po...
Sep 03, 2022•1 hr 32 min
Howard Safir, the only man to have ever served as Commissioner of both the New York City Fire Department & New York City Police Department, joins the program. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mike -colón-23b3a115a Business Line: 917-781-6189 Business Email: thecolonreport@gmail.com Connect With Howard Safir: ...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Rich Ficken, a stalwart of the NYPD’s vaunted Street Crime Unit during the 80’s & 90’s, joins the program. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mike -colón-23b3a115a Business Line: 917-781-6189 Business Email: thecolonreport@gmail.com Connect With Richard Ficken: LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/richard-ficken-b2...
Aug 27, 2022•1 hr 33 min
Retired FDNY firefighter Jeff Cool, a hard charging member of the Bronx’s Ladder 19 & Rescue 3 who was seriously injured in the Black Sunday Fire of 2005, joins the program for the milestone Volume 25 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews With The FDNY’s Elite. In Memory Of: Lt. Curtis Meyran (End of Watch: January 23, 2005) Firefighter Richard Sclafani (End of Watch: January 23, 2005) Firefighter John Bellew (End of Watch: January 23, 2005) Lt. Joseph DiBernado (End of Watch: November 22, ...
Aug 24, 2022•2 hr 9 min
Retired NYC Housing Police & NYPD Emergency Service Unit Officer Jose Guerra, shot in the face during a furious gun battle in Brooklyn in August 2000, joins the show for Volume 21 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Business Line: ...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 57 min
For Volume 24 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews With The FDNY’s Elite, recently retired FDNY Commissioner Dan Nigro, who dedicated 53 years of his life to the fire service, joins the show for perhaps the most definitive volume yet of a miniseries profiling the very best of the New York City Fire Department. In Memory Of: Chief Donald Burns (EOW: September 11, 2001) Chief Ray Downey (EOW: September 11, 2001) Chief Gerard Barbara (EOW: September 11, 2001) First Deputy Commissioner William Fee...
Aug 20, 2022•1 hr 24 min
For the milestone Volume 20 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, Mike Colón is joined by Pete Conlin, who in addition to his stint in ESU, also was a tenacious detective who enjoyed an equally successful run in the Organized Crime Control Bureau. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 35 min
Veteran specialist Kevin Keuchler, who spent 17 of 27 years as a New York City police officer in the Emergency Service Unit as a member of Lower Manhattan’s Truck 1, joins the show for the 19th volume of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit. In Memory Of: Police Officer Brian McDonnell (End of Watch: September 11, 2001) Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile....
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 51 min
For the milestone 200th episode of the Mic’d In New Haven Podcast & Volume 23 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews With The FDNY’s Elite, Mike Colón is joined by retired FDNY Chief Joseph Pfeifer, whose harrowing tale of survival at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was documented in real time on film. In Memory Of: Lt. Kevin Pfeifer (End of Watch: September 11, 2001) Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/origin...
Aug 13, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Retired NYPD Bomb Squad Detective Steve “Ziggy” Berberich, who served in the Bomb Squad for 15 of his 20 years in the NYPD from 1987-2002, joins Mike Colón for Volume 27 of Tales From The Boom Room: Profiles of The NYPD’s Arson & Explosion/Bomb Squad. In Memory Of: Detective Claude "Danny" Richards (End of Watch: September 11, 2001) Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profil...
Aug 10, 2022•2 hr 7 min
Barstool Sports’ Kirk Minihane, a long time controversial staple of Boston media & host of the eponymously titled & wildly successful Kirk Minihane Show, joins the program. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Business Line: 917-781-6189 Business Email: thecolonreport@gmail.com Conne...
Aug 10, 2022•57 min
Retired NYPD Sergeant Bill Kennedy, who worked Hollywood style in the NYPD’s world famous Emergency Service Squad 1, joins the show for Volume 18 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit. In Memory Of: Police Officer Frank LaSala (EOW: January 10, 1987) Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-col...
Aug 06, 2022•2 hr 51 min
For a special edition of Tales From The Boom Room: Profiles of The NYPD’s Arson & Explosion/ Bomb Squad, Volume 26, the 1997 terrorist bomb plot meant to destroy the Atlantic Avenue Subway in Brooklyn is revisited 25 years later & joining Mike Colón to do so are the men who were there: Police Officers Joe Dolan & Dave Martinez of the Emergency Service Unit, Detectives Paul Yurkiw & Rich Teemsma of the Bomb Squad, & Sergeant Fred Manzolillo of the Arson & Explosion Squad. ...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 50 min
Charles Gibson, a former longtime staple of ABC News as an anchor on programs like Good Morning America & World News Tonight, joins the show. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Business Line: 917-781-6189 Business Email: thecolonreport@gmail.com Connect With Charles Gibson: Podcast: ht...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 25 min
For Volume 22 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews With The FDNY’s Elite, Zachary Goldfarb, a veteran EMS Commander who spearheaded rescue operations at the World Trade Center both on February 26, 1993 & September 11, 2001 joins the show. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Business L...
Jul 30, 2022•1 hr 42 min
For Volume 25 of Tales From The Boom Room: Profiles Of The NYPD’s Arson & Explosion/Bomb Squad, retired NYPD Bomb Squad Detective Mike García, also formerly of the Emergency Service Unit & currently assigned to the Secret Service, joins the show. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a ...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 46 min
Retired NYPD Lieutenant Kevin Sherlock, a tough street cop who in a 33 year career with the NYPD most notably commanded the department’s Missing Persons Squad, joins the show. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Business Line: 917-781-6189 Business Email: thecolonreport@gmail.com Connect Wi...
Jul 23, 2022•1 hr 35 min
For Volume 24 of Tales From The Boom Room: Profiles of The NYPD’s Arson & Explosion/Bomb Squad, retired Lieutenant Jerry Sheehan, who had the rare distinction of serving as the commanding officer of both the Arson & Explosion Squad & Bomb Squad, joins the program. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 50 min
For Volume 21 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews With The FDNY’s Elite, retired FDNY Lieutenant Ray McCormack, who in 39 years on the job certainly saw his share of fire duty along with everything else, joins Mike Colón for a retrospective on a career filled with excitement. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Business Line: 917-781-6189 Business Emai...
Jul 16, 2022•1 hr 34 min
For Volume 17 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, John Busching, who participated in one of the most daring rescues in ESU history when he helped rescue 2 Port Authority Police Officers from the rubble of the World Trade Center, joins the show. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Franco Berarducci, who in a 28 year career, guarded former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, but spent 16 years from 1987-2003 in the Emergency Service Unit, including 8 in the original NYC Transit Police’s Emergency Rescue Unit, joins the program for Volume 16 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit. In Memory Of: Sergeant John Coughlin (EOW: September 11, 2001) Officer Stephen Driscoll (EOW: September 11, 2001) Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Inst...
Jul 09, 2022•1 hr 23 min
For the milestone Volume 20 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews With The FDNY’s Elite, Mike Colón is joined by veteran Rescue 2 & Special Operations Command Lieutenant Robert “Rocky” LaRocco, who spent the vast majority of his career as a ghetto fireman in Brooklyn. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mi...
Jul 08, 2022•1 hr 46 min
For the first show back from summer hiatus, Mike Colón is joined by retired battle tested Brooklyn E-Man Ron Griffith, for Volume 15 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit. In Memory Of: Sergeant Rodney Gillis (EOW: September 11, 2001) Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080791700186 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Bus...
Jul 02, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Sit back & enjoy the very best of the Mic’d In New Haven Podcast as we look back & chronicle the highlights of every interview from January-June 2022. In Memory Of: Detective Mordecai Dzinansky (1962-2022) Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Business Line: 917-781-6189 Business Email: thecolonreport@gmail.com Listen To The Podcast: iTunes: https:/...
Jun 08, 2022•3 hr 21 min
For Volume 19 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews With The FDNY’s Elite, retired FDNY Lieutenant Mike Pena returns as he & Mike Colón conduct a deep dive into the June 1993 rescue of illegal Chinese immigrants smuggled aboard the doomed cargo ship Golden Venture. With nearly 300 passengers & crew on board, the challenge was vast, but as Lt. Pena will discuss, Rescue 2 was up to the task. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instag...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 8 min
