PITCHING IN FOR THE KIDS:

Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera, pictured here with Uniformed Firefighters' Association President Stephen J. Cassidy (left) and Andrew Jordan Jr., whose father, a Firefighter in Ladder Co. 132, died on 9/11, was one of many local celebrities who turned out to brighten the holiday season for families of fallen firefighters the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

UFA/Steve Symbolik