LI mom, FDNY widow, on a mission to help families fight loss

Now she’s coming to the rescue.

A Long Island FDNY widow has turned her grief into purpose — launching a new foundation to support families of first responders and military heroes who’ve lost their loved ones.

Christine Floyd co-founded the Resilient Hope Foundation after she lost her husband Derek, a former Marine and FDNY probationary member, in 2024. 6

6

The foundation held its inaugural event on the weekend, where nearly 100 widows and their families brought their kids to an indoor playground in Flushing, Queens.

“I wanted to find people we could walk along with and say, ‘hey, just because tragedy happens doesn’t mean we can’t live a beautiful life,” Floyd, of East Northport, told The Post.

Floyd’s husband died of a heart attack at just 36 years old — only months afte