Slain FDNY EMS Lt. Alison Russo-Elling will be remembered at a wake on Monday and Tuesday ahead of a Wednesday funeral to be held at C.W. Post's campus on Long Island.
At approximately 2:20 p.m., the EMS lieutenant was on duty in the vicinity of 20th Avenue and Steinway Street in Astoria near her station’s quarters when she was stabbed approximately 19 times.
She was transported in critical condition to Mt. Sinai Queens Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. She was reportedly six months from retirement. FDNY Acting Commissioner Laura Kavanagh called the attack"barbaric and completely unprovoked." FDNY EMS Lt. Alison Russo's wake will be held Monday and Tuesday before a Wednesday funeral service on Long Island.
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell tweeted on Thursday,"The deadly, senseless attack on an on-duty EMT is a direct assault on our society."She is the second EMS to be murdered on the streets of New York City in the past five years, Chief of EMS Lillian Bonsignore said in a statement, adding:"We need this city to stand up for Alison Russo; we need this city to stand up for EMS. We need this city to stand up for all ofFDNY EMS Lt.
"It is a tremendous loss that we will feel for a very long time to come. It is very sad that the department has to go through this over again. There are no words that can express the pain that we are all feeling. My heart goes out to her family and her parents, and everyone in the station that is feeling this horrendous loss.
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