Tom Downey

Tom Downey is a writer and a filmmaker who grew up in a family of firefighters. He is also the nephew of the late Chief Ray Downey, former head of rescue operations for the FDNY, who arranged for him to live and work with Rescue 2 in order to make a documentary film. Downey spent more than a year show more in the firehouse before 9/11 and continued to report onscene at Rescue 2 in the aftermath of the disaster. His articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine. Downey has also worked all over the world producing and directing videos for the Soros Foundation and has taught at a film school in Singapore show less