Gloria Gaynor in the "Ar"tist"" category along with fellow disco legends Chic and Sylvester. Her classic anthem "I Will Survive" was inducted under the "R"ecords"" category. In January 2008, The American Diabetes Association named Gaynor the Honorary Spokesperson of the 2008 NYC Step Out to Fight Diabetes Walk. More television appearances followed in the late 2000s with 2009 appearances on "The John Kerwin Show", "The Wendy Williams Show", and "The View" to promote the 30th anniversary of "I Will Survive". In 2010, she appeared on "Last Comic Standing" and "The Tonight Show". After almost 40 years of its release, Gaynor continues to
William J. Gaynor (fireboat) "William J. Gaynor"s hull. She had to call on a "wrecking tug" to open the "Sygna"s hatch before she could suppress the fire in the hold. On June 21, 1921, the "William J. Gaynor" was called to Barren Island in Jamaica Bay when a warehouse belonging to the United States Shipping Board was found to be ablaze. By the time the fireboat arrived land-based firefighters had been unable to prevent the fire from spreading to two of the Shipping Board's four derelict vessels. The freighters "Polar Bear" and the "City of Omaha" were also ablaze. The "William J. Gaynor" with