15 Years Later: How Can We Say Thank You?
September 8, 2016
FDNY Foundation Hosts FDNY All-Star Breakfast
September 14, 2016
Foundation Joins FDNY to Mark the 15th Anniversary of Sept. 11th Attacks
The FDNY Foundation marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks alongside the FDNY, who lost 343 members that day.
On this anniversary, 15 years after the attacks, members of the Department attend ceremonies across the city to honor those who made the Supreme Sacrifice that day, including the annual reading of the names at the 9/11 Memorial.
“Our mission is to ensure that the FDNY is better trained, better prepared and better equipped than ever before,” said FDNY Foundation Chairman Stephen Ruzow. “It is in large part to honor the lives and legacies of the 343 members of the FDNY who made the Supreme Sacrifice 15 years ago that we continue this work.”
The 343 members of the FDNY who died on Sept. 11, 2001 had more than 4,400 years of experience between them. The Foundation honors their heroism and joins the FDNY to mark this solemn anniversary by funding ceremonies across the five boroughs on this anniversary each year, including the FDNY Memorial Service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
The FDNY added the names of 17 FDNY members who died of illnesses related to their work in the rescue and recovery effort at the World Trade Center to the FDNY World Trade Center Memorial Wall on Tues., Sept. 6, at FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn.
The World Trade Memorial Wall now lists the names of 127 FDNY members who died of illnesses related to their work during and after the Sept. 11th attacks. The wall was unveiled in Sept. 2011.
Our mission is to ensure that the FDNY is better trained, better prepared and better equipped than ever before. It is in large part to honor the lives and legacies of the 343 members of the FDNY who made the Supreme Sacrifice 15 years ago that we continue this work.
