Supervisor Yvette Aguiar, in a “hot mic” moment during yesterday’s work session, disparaged two volunteer firefighters — both Riverhead Town employees — who saved two elderly women from a burning building earlier this year, accusing them of fabricating the story of their rescue.
Aguiar was speaking to Council Member Tim Hubbard during a transition between work session topics about a ceremony State Senator Anthony Palumbo was having yesterday afternoon at the library honoring First Assistant Chief J.R. Renten and Firefighter Frank Greenwood, with Liberty Medals.
The Liberty Medal is the highest honor awarded to a citizen by the New York State Senate and is given to those who commit heroic or humanitarian acts.
When Hubbard asked the supervisor whether the Town Board was going to the ceremony due to scheduling conflicts with the lengthy work session, the microphone at the dais caught their conversation.
“I’m not going to that…Do you know the circumstance of that? They never — yeah, everybody was out and they made all these claims in the newspaper,” Aguiar said, disputing the version of events relayed by the firefighters and implying they lied about their rescue. “So the community in Pulaski is up in arms about it. So that’s why I just sent a certificate of appreciation,” Aguiar told Hubbard.
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