Siren maker sued by thousands of firefighters over hearing loss

Close to 4,400 current and former firefighters are suing an Illinois-based company that makes sirens, saying the sirens were too loud and not enough was done to protect their hearing. Joseph Nardone, a former fire battalion chief in New York City, told The Associated Press that a decade after retiring, he has hearing loss that prevents him from following along with fast conversations."The siren was so loud inside the cab that it actually physically hurt," he said. Lawyers for the plaintiffs say ...