FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com APRIL 4, 2013 • THE QUEENS COURIER 11 Fire devastates Fresh Meadows family Checking that earns like savings. BestRate Checking 1.00APY1 % On balances of $5,000 or more. Plus, get up to $ 1 5 0 when you open a new checking account.2 Additionally, a BestRate Checking account provides you with: Free online banking and bill pay, Free Mastercard® ATM/Debit card, Free direct deposit and more. For more information or to find a branch near you, call 800.581.2889 or visit www.FlushingBank.com. 1 New accounts and new money only. Existing checking account customers are not eligible. An existing checking customer is defined as anyone who currently has or has had a Flushing Bank checking account within the last 24 months. New money is defined as money not currently on deposit with Flushing Bank. The APY is effective March 1, 2013. The annual percentage yield (APY) for BestRate Checking is 1.00% and will remain in effect for 90 days after account opening. At the end of this 90-day period the rate will revert to 0.60% and rate may change at any time without notice. You must maintain a daily balance of $5,000 for the statement cycle to receive the disclosed yield and to avoid the monthly maintenance fee of $10. A daily balance below $5,000 will be assessed a lower Annual Percentage Yield. Fees may reduce earnings. 2 New accounts and new money only. Existing checking account customers are not eligible. An existing checking customer is defined as anyone who currently has or has had a Flushing Bank checking account within the last 24 months. This offer is limited to one checking account per household. Minimum deposit required to open a new checking account is $100. Debit Card Purchases – You will receive $75 for the completion of 5 debit card purchases. Each debit card purchase must be $25 or more. Online Banking Bill-payments OR Direct Deposit – You will receive $75 for completing 5 online banking bill-payments via Flushing Bank’s Online Banking portal OR signing up for and receiving a recurring direct deposit of $250 or more. Each online bill-pay must be $25 or more. Tax refund checks do not qualify as direct deposit. Online Bill-payments, Debit Card Purchases and Direct Deposits must be completed prior to 60 days after the account is opened. THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT ANY CUSTOMER CAN RECEIVE IS $150. The compensation will be credited to the checking account on or about 75 days after the account is opened. A 1099 will be issued in the amount credited to your account. Other fees and restrictions may apply. All offers are subject to change and termination without prior notice at any time. Speak with a Flushing Bank representative for more details and information about these offers. Flushing Bank is a registered trademark BY MELISSA CHAN [email protected] A Fresh Meadows family is in the hospital despite a father’s heroic attempt to rescue them all, sources said. A one-alarm early morning fi re on April 1 injured 11 people, mostly children, the FDNY said. Four sustained life-threatening injuries after the fi re broke out at the two-story, twofamily private home at 169-03 65th Avenue. Neighbors said the mother and father, who lived on the second fl oor with their children, ran downstairs screaming for their landlord to call 9-1-1 when fl ames erupted around 1:46 a.m. The father then immediately ran back inside to save his children but collapsed from the smoke, said neighbor Stephen Chow. “They’re not okay. The kids got the brunt of the fi re — maybe third or fourth degree burns,” he said. According to Chow, the family, with at least six kids, has been living in the neighborhood for at least four years. A fi refi ghter and six other people in the house suffered minor injuries, the FDNY said. The cause of the fi re was accidental and began in the kitchen. It was under control by 2:19 a.m., according to the FDNY. “I always worry about stuff like that. I guess they forgot they were cooking,” Chow said. “By the time they realized, the fi re was shooting out the windows.” Additional reporting by Cristabelle Tumola THE COURIER/Photo by Melissa Chan A Fresh Meadows home fi re sent 11 to the hospital, four with severe injuries.
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