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This article is a list of the emergency and first responder agencies that responded to the September 11 attacks against the United States, on September 11, 2001.These agencies responded during and after the attack and were part of the search-and-rescue, security, firefighting, clean-up, investigation, evacuation, support and traffic control on September 11.
Terence S. Hatton Way street sign Names of fallen Rescue 1 members, on panel S-9 of the South Pool of the National September 11 Memorial. Rescue Company 1 was organized on March 8, 1915. The first officer in charge of Rescue Company 1 was then Captain John J. McElligott and Lieutenant Edwin A. Hotchkiss. Rescue 1's firehouse was destroyed in ...
Joseph W. Pfeifer (born 1956) [1] is a retired American firefighter who served with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Pfeifer served as First Deputy Commissioner of the FDNY from February 2023 until September 2024, and as Acting Fire Commissioner of the FDNY in August 2024. Prior to his civilian work in the FDNY, Pfeifer was an ...
Geidel was the oldest son of Lt. Paul Geidel of FDNY Rescue 1. [2] Paul's second son, FDNY firefighter Ralph Geidel, worked on the Ground Zero search party for 230 days looking for remains. On October 21, 2014, in California, Ralph died of cancer attributed to exposure to toxins at Ground Zero. [4] As of 2016, Paul's third son, Michael, is an ...
Two sons of firefighters killed on 9/11 are being promoted to FDNY lieutenant this week -- as they follow in their fathers' footsteps.
The younger Gambino, who was 20 at the time, is one of more than 75 sons and daughters of the 343 FDNY members lost on 9/11 — or later succumbed to Ground Zero-related diseases — who went on ...
Patrick John Brown (November 9, 1952 – September 11, 2001) [1] was an American fire captain who served in the New York City Fire Department and a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He and his team perished during the September 11 attacks , while trying to rescue people in the North Tower of the World Trade Center .
The New York City Fire Department says the number of its first responders who have died from illnesses related to 9/11 has surpassed the number of FDNY members who died on the day of the terrorist ...