Newspaper claims FDNY ‘babying’ a recruit – Department says she has an injury
The New York Post is reporting allegations that once again an FDNY recruit is getting special treatment during training. Reporters Kenneth Garger and Daniel Prendergast article today (Saturday) claimed the 39-year-old woman is being babied by being given more time to pass physical requirements that she so far has been unable to pass. The report says Choeurlyne Doirin walked through running tests and got winded on stairs.
Both Doirin and an FDNY spokesman told the reporters that protocol is being followed by placing the recruit on administrative light duty after she sustained an on-the-job injury.
“She’s literally the most pathetic specimen of physical fitness I’ve ever seen,” fumed an academy classmate of Choeurlyne Doirin, 39, who was given a uniform and a “light-duty” assignment even though she did not graduate on June 2 with the other 286 cadets.
Prospective firefighters are required to complete a grueling 18 weeks of academy training that includes being able to run 1¹/₂ miles in 12 minutes without gear.
But the over-the-hill Doirin failed to meet the required time, taking more than 18 minutes to huff-and-puff her way across the finish line.
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