Listed below are the names of members of the FDNY who have died as a result of working on the “pile.”
It is shameful that so many Americans demand closure from the 9/11 attacks believing it is time to “get past it!” Yet daily, the deaths caused by the attack only increase.
Americans are proud to recall the heroics of the Greatest Generation and their sacrifices. On Memorial Day we wave the flag. We are enraged when anyone has the audacity of setting fire to our flag. We are quick to threaten war when we feel threatened, insulted or are dismissed. We arrange displays at the sites of tragedies. Tears fall and hugs are exchanged, believing that the moment can address the losses that will continue to the harm of families for generations.
So on September 11 the families of those who died, attend Ground Zero. Those who were blessed not to have sustained a death pause for a moment and move on without another consideration. Other memorials and dedications have fewer and fewer people attending, leaving only the stricken to recall those who died saving others or those who cleaned up the rubble left behind. Congress debates funding health care for those made ill by the pile.
And in 2015, 19 additional firefighters of the FDNY may be remembered and they may not be.
On September 12 St. Michael’s, with the support of the Christopher Santora Scholarship Fund and the Community Mayors will hold the annual Remember Me Run honoring the First Responders who saved thousands, offering their lives in exchange. We will also memorialize these 19 FDNY firefighters. I wonder who will find the time or the respect to attend.
The following is the list of deceased FDNY members we plan to add to the World Trade Center Memorial Wall on September 8.
Firefighter
Joseph T. Callahan
Engine Co. 245
10/1/2005
Battalion Chief
Richard E. McGuire
Battalion 51
12/9/2012
EMT
Luis de Peña
EMS Station 13
11/7/2013
EMS Lieutenant
Michael F. Cavanagh
EMS Station 16
12/2/2013
Deputy Chief
Insp. James W. Mandelkow
Bur. Fire Prevent.
12/10/2013
Lieutenant
John J. Halpin
Ladder Co. 33
5/29/2014
EMS Captain
William C. Olsen
EMS Station 23
6/1/2014
Lieutenant
Keith M. Loughlin
Ladder Co. 109
7/31/2014
Lieutenant
John K. Gremse
Engine Co. 302
9/16/2014
Lieutenant
Howard J. Bischoff
Ladder Co. 149
9/22/2014
Firefighter
Daniel E. Heglund
Rescue 4
9/22/2014
Firefighter
Robert E. Leaver
Division 3
9/22/2014
Firefighter
Cornell L. Horne
Ladder Co. 176
10/5/2014
EMS Lieutenant
Thomas Giammarino
EMS Station 31
0/7/2014
Firefighter
Eugene J. McCarey
Ladder Co. 36
11/13/2014
Firefighter
James J. Marshall
Ladder Co. 78
11/30/2014
Firefighter
Charles S. Szoke
Ladder Co. 21
12/1/2014
Battalion Chief
John J. Cassidy
Battalion 40
1/21/2015
Captain John R. Graziano
Ladder Co. 78
3/13/2015
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