9 new firefighters join Newark Fire Department as mayor defends staffing

NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) -- Graduation day is a special one for firefighters. In Newark, the ceremony was special and somber on Wednesday. Nine new firefighters are now on the job in Newark. At the ceremony inside Clearview Baptist Church, firefighters Augusto Acabou, 45, and Wayne Brooks Jr., 49, were remembered. They died in the line [...]