Firefighter Brian Smith, 43, of Ladder Company 44, pumps his fist as he is released from New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center on East 68th Street. Smith fell 30 feet from a ladder bucket while fighting a fire in the Bronx 22 days ago and suffers from a broken C1 vertebra, a cracked pel

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• Date taken: 10 December 2007
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Firefighter Brian Smith, 43, of Ladder Company 44, pumps his fist as he is released from New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center on East 68th Street. Smith fell 30 feet from a ladder bucket while fighting a fire in the Bronx 22 days ago and suffers from a broken C1 vertebra, a cracked pelvis, punctured lungs and two broken ribs, he expected to have a full recovery following physical therapy.