January 25, 2005 -- Four city firefighters who leaped from the fourth floor of a burning building in The Bronx Sunday were bravely battling a host of severe injuries yesterday as worried family and friends prayed for them to pull through.
Firefighter Joseph DiBernardo, 34, was struggling to recover from two broken legs, a fractured pelvis and possible internal injuries at Jacobi Medical Center in The Bronx, friends said.
"He's in quite a lot of pain," said Chief Kevin Yoos of the Setauket (L.I.) Fire Department, where DiBernardo is a volunteer. "In fact, he's in extreme pain. But I think, more than anything, he feels upset about the other guys. He's been asking about them all the time."
Colleagues described the firefighter
