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The FDNY Foundation joins the FDNY in honoring 32 FDNY members who died of illnesses related to their work in the rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center. Their names were added to the FDNY World Trade Center Memorial Wall on Wednesday, September 4th in a ceremony at FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn.
To date, more than 360 FDNY members have died of World Trade Center related illnesses. The FDNY Foundation will never forget the service and sacrifice of all FDNY members we have lost since 9/11.
“Next week, we will mark the 23rd anniversary of September 11. As we do every year, we will reflect on the 343 members who died that day. And we will be sobered in knowing that those insurmountable losses did not end at the World trade Center site. Instead, we have seen our members become sick because of time they spent working in rescue and recovery. We have seen them – more than 360 members – die because of their bravery and selflessness,” said Fire Commissioner Robert S. Tucker.
“World Trade Center illnesses have touched every aspect of this Department, from civilians, to paramedics, to Fire Marshals, to Chiefs. And for all of you with us today, they were your parents, children, friends, and loved ones. Each of the names we add to the wall today represent lives that were lived, people that were loved, and heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice for this Department and this City,” said Acting Chief of Department John Esposito.
The inscription on the World Trade Center Memorial Wall reads: “Dedicated to the memory of those who bravely served this department protecting life and property in the City of New York in the rescue and recovery effort at Manhattan Box 5-5-8087 World Trade Center.”
The names of the members added to the wall are as follows:
Lieutenant James K. Donohue
Firefighter Thomas W. Anderson, Jr.
Firefighter Kevin R. Kelly
Firefighter Robert M. Hughes
Firefighter Edward R. Pecoroni
Electrician John Fiorentino
Firefighter Robert E. Welsh III
Firefighter John Tiska, Jr.
Firefighter Albert A. Filosa
Paramedic Andrew J. Enderes
EMT Hilda L. Vannata
Firefighter Robert V. Fulco
Firefighter Mark R. Senno
Battalion Chief Christopher D. Scalone
Chaplain Rev. Monsignor John E. Delendick
Firefighter Michael W. Daly
Captain Luke M. Lynch
Lieutenant Michael J. Higgins
Firefighter Harold J. Johnston
Electrician Joseph Berardi
Lieutenant Stephen A. Asaro
Firefighter William R. Bartholomew
Captain Steven Berube
Firefighter Michael J. Cioffi
Firefighter Robert M. Kelly
Firefighter Frank A. Caputo
EMS Captain Robert R. DeLeon, Jr.
Battalion Chief Kevin S. Blaine
Lieutenant Michael J. Shanley
Firefighter Steven G. Radich
EMT Christopher Swierkowski
Lieutenant Charles J. Maniscalco
The FDNY Foundation will never forget the bravery, sacrifice, dedication, and courage of these FDNY members. They will never be forgotten.
