Firefighters & Sharks Organization Make a Boy’s Day

On Saturday, April 12, 2006 Firefighters responded to an apartment fire in downtown San Jose. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire and while performing salvage and overhaul, Fire Engineer Phil Reggiardo noticed in the charred rubble was Sharks memorabilia. After the fire, F/E Reggiardo was informed the Sharks memorabilia destroyed in the fire belonged to 12 year-old, Joey Cronin. F/E Reggiardo contacted Captain Buck Martone and discussed the possibility of replacing the Sharks items destroyed in the fire.

Last Saturday with the assistance of the Sharks organization, Fire Station 1 personnel presented Joey with various Sharks memorabilia including hockey pucks, posters and souvenirs signed by the Sharks players. Joey and his mother Diana were noticeably excited and appreciative for the kind gesture by San Jose Fire Fighters and the Sharks organization.


Toward the end of the presentation, F/E Reggiardo presented Joey and his mother with two (2) tickets to last night’s Sharks Play-off game in San Jose (Sharks won 5-4). The Sharks organization generously donated these play-off tickets. “Thank you, thank you, you guys are wonderful”, said Diana Cronin as she watched her son’s eyes grow as big as silver dollars when he heard about the tickets.

Submitted by: Captain, Jose Guerrero, SJFD