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Holy Name Province September 8, 2009 Father Mychal F. Judge, OFM, chaplain to the New York City Fire Department, died Tuesday, September 11, 2001 in a hail of falling debris near the World Trade Center. He became the first officially recorded fatality following the attack. Father Mychal was 68. Born in Brooklyn, NY on May [...]
By Dan Samaria Publisher/YC August 31, 2009 Donald James Burns Farewell to ‘Exceptional’ Firefighter Memorial honors assistant chief, a 39-year veteran October 10, 2001 Fighting fires was not just a job to Assistant Chief Donald J. Burns but his passion, one that rubbed off on many of his colleagues within the New York Fire Department. [...]
By Dan Samaria Publisher/GCC August 25, 2009 A Dad and Yankees Lover Since Sept. 11, scores of well wishers have packed the small Staten Island home of Gerard Barbara, assistant chief of the New York Fire Department. Mr. Barbara’s wife and two children recognize many of the faces, but not all of them. In an [...]
By Dan Samaria Publisher/GCC August 19, 2009 “Of all my parents’ friends, the only one happy going to work was a member of 120 Truck. I was only 16 then, but that is when I decided I wanted to be a fireman,” said Peter J. Ganci, Jr., Chief of Department. Obviously, a wise decision–one that [...]
By Dan Samaria Publisher/GCC August 13, 2009 “Been there, done that” probably best describes the illustrious, 42-year FDNY career of First Deputy Fire Commissioner William M. Feehan, whose life and career were cut short when he was killed on September 11, 2001, as a result of the explosion and collapse of the twin World Trade [...]
By Alysha Sideman Advance Staff Writer August 8, 2009 He loved his family, his job and making music, and was loved for his sense of humor, quick wit and kind heart. His family came first, but Stephen Harrell had two other loves — firefighting and music. When he attended the funeral of another firefighter, he [...]
By Dan Samaria Publisher/GCC August 1, 2009 Hero to the End “Everybody ran to the stairs,” recalled Gregory Warnock, a 20-year-old broker trainee who worked on the 39th floor of the north tower of the World Trade Center. “We started making our way down, landing by landing.” At the 18th floor, “there was an older [...]
By Dan Samaria Publisher/GCC July 24, 2009 Awaiting Fresh Challenges Sean Patrick Tallon, 26, was a reservist in the United States Marine Corps, a former emergency medical technician and a probationary firefighter with Ladder Company 10 just a few weeks away from the end of his training. He was tough, but he always wondered whether [...]
By Dan Samaria Publisher/GCC Apr. 10, 2009 His Presence Is Everywhere Paul Pansini loved the excitement of being a firefighter in downtown Manhattan, but his days off meant a great deal, too. Firefighter Pansini, 36, took his son, Paul Jack, now 7, and his twin daughters, Anna and Claire, now 3, everywhere when he was [...]
by Dan Samaria Publisher/GCC Mar 31, 2009 To my brother Jeff, I wish I could see your smile and touch your face. I feel you around ever once in while. I still can’t believe you are gone. Always in my heart and in our thoughts. We always talk about you and keep you close in [...]
