Debe joined the FDNY in 2000 and took part in Ground Zero recovery efforts.
But they won’t be working alone.
Along with his FDNY muscle, Debe’s traveling with union ironworkers and carpenters from the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and two retired Port Authority Police officers.
All of them are part of HEART 9/11, a nonprofit disaster relief organization that aims to help suffering communities with the same spirit the world gave to New York after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in lower Manhattan.
“We’re going to working long, hard days,” said Debe. “But it’s great to travel and work with firefighters and police officers — they know how to focus and get things done, and the ironworkers and carpenters have the special skills we need.”
Debe and his crew will also get assistance from local builders in Haiti for the special project in Fond Parisien, not far from the island’s border with the Dominican Republic.
The goal is to build a school for 600 children — more than large enough to serve the orphans who live at Miracle Village, which will run the facility.
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