Four respected FDNY officers may get caught in the fallout from the brutal bare-knuckled Bronx brawl earlier this summer that got eight firefighters suspended.
All four officers attended a Medal Day celebration at Billy's Bar near Yankee Stadium on June 6. They were captured on surveillance videotape outside the establishment, where a racial slur sparked a boozy beat down among the Bravest. Deputy Assistant Chief John Esposito, Deputy Chief Joseph Cunningham and Battalion Chief Malcolm Moore had piled into a van carrying several other officers, sources told the Daily News. Deputy Chief James Brosi was outside but not in the van, the sources said.
A source close to the officers insisted they had left the scene before the drunken melee broke out between smoke eaters from Engine 68, Ladder 49, Ladder 44 and Rescue 3. But others said the timeline on the video wasn't clear — suggesting the officers skedaddled at the start of the brawl