Keep in your thoughts and prayers the 343 FDNY firefighters, the 37 Port Authority and 23 NYPD Police Officers who gave their lives 8 yrs. ago on 9/11. Keep Them All In Your Hearts and Prayers.
New York Washington D.C. Pennsylvania
Sept. 11, 2001
The 343 Who Made The Ultimate Sacrifice
Joseph Agnello, Ladder.118 Lt. Brian Ahearn, Battalion.13 Eric Allen, Squad.18 (D) Richard Allen, Ladder.15 Capt. James Amato, Squad.1 Calixto Anaya Jr., Engine.4 Joseph Angelini, Rescue.1 (D) Joseph Angelini Jr., Ladder.4 Faustino Apostol Jr., Battalion.2 David Arce, Engine.33 Louis Arena, Ladder.5 (D) Carl Asaro, Battalion.9 Lt. Gregg Atlas, Engine.10 Gerald Atwood, Ladder.21 Gerald Baptiste, Ladder.9 A.C. Gerard Barbara, Cmd. Ctr. Matthew Barnes, Ladder.25 Arthur Barry, Ladder.15 Lt. Steven Battaliones, Engine.235 Carl Bedigian, Engine.214 Stephen Belson, Battalion.7 John Bergin, Rescue.5 Paul Beyer, Engine.6 Peter Bielfeld, Ladder.42 Brian Bilcher, Squad.1 Carl Bini, Rescue.5 Christopher Blackwell, Rescue.3 Michael Bocchino, Battalion.48 Frank Bonomo, Engine.230 Gary Box, Squad..1 Michael Boyle, Engine.33 Kevin Bracken, Engine.40 Michael Brennan, Ladder.4 Peter Brennan, Rescue.4 Capt. Daniel Brethel, Ladder.24 (D) Capt. Patrick Brown, Ladder.3 Andrew Brunn, Ladder.5 (D) Capt. Vincent Brunton, Ladder.105 F.M. Ronald Bucca Greg Buck, Engine.201 Capt. William Burke Jr., Engine.21 A.C. Donald Burns, Cmd. Ctr. John Burnside, Ladder.20 Thomas Butler, Squad.1 Patrick Byrne, Ladder.101 George Cain, Ladder.7 Salvatore Calabro, Ladder.101 Capt. Frank Callahan, Ladder.35 Michael Cammarata, Ladder.11 Brian Cannizzaro, Ladder.101 Dennis Carey, Hmc.1 Michael Carlo, Engine.230 Michael Carroll, Ladder.3 Peter Carroll, Squad.1 (D) Thomas Casoria, Engine.22 Michael Cawley, Ladder.136 Vernon Cherry, Ladder.118 Nicholas Chiofalo, Engine.235 John Chipura, Engine.219 Michael Clarke, Ladder.2 Steven Coakley, Engine.217 Tarel Coleman, Squad.252 John Collins, Ladder.25 Robert Cordice, Squad.1 Ruben Correa, Engine.74 James Coyle, Ladder.3 Robert Crawford, Safety Lt. John Crisci, H.M. B.C. Dennis Cross, Battalion.57 (D) Thomas Cullen III, Squad. 41 Robert Curatolo, Ladder.16 (D) Lt. Edward D'Atri, Squad.1 Michael D'Auria, Engine.40 Scott Davidson, Ladder.118 Edward Day, Ladder.11 B.C. Thomas DeAngelis, Battalion. 8 Manuel Delvalle, Engine.5 Martin DeMeo, H.M. 1 David DeRubbio, Engine.226 Lt. Andrew Desperito, Engine.1 (D) B.C. Dennis Devlin, Battalion.9 Gerard Dewan, Ladder.3 George DiPasquale, Ladder.2 Lt. Kevin Donnelly, Ladder.3 Lt. Kevin Dowdell, Rescue.4 B.C. Raymond Downey, Soc.. Gerard Duffy, Ladder.21 Capt. Martin Egan, Jr., Div.15 (D) Michael Elferis, Engine.22 Francis Esposito, Engine.235 Lt. Michael Esposito, Squad.1 Robert Evans, Engine.33 B.C. John Fanning, H.O. Capt. Thomas Farino, Engine.26 Terrence Farrell, Rescue.4 Capt. Joseph Farrelly, Div.1 Dep. Comm. William Feehan, (D) Lee Fehling, Engine.235 Alan Feinberg, Battalion.9 Michael Fiore, Rescue.5 Lt. John Fischer, Ladder.20 Andre Fletcher, Rescue.5 John Florio, Engine.214 Lt. Michael Fodor, Ladder.21 Thomas Foley, Rescue.3 David Fontana, Squad.1 Robert Foti, Ladder.7 Andrew Fredericks, Squad.18 Lt. Peter Freund, Engine.55 Thomas Gambino Jr., Rescue.3 Chief of Dept. Peter Ganci, Jr. (D) Lt. Charles Garbarini, Battalion.9 Thomas Gardner, Hmc.1 Matthew Garvey, Squad.1 Bruce Gary, Engine.40 Gary Geidel, Rescue.1 B.C. Edward Geraghty, Battalion.9 Dennis Germain, Ladder.2 Lt. Vincent Giammona, Ladder.5 James Giberson, Ladder.35 Ronnie Gies, Squad.288 Paul Gill, Engine.54 Lt. John Ginley, Engine.40 Jeffrey Giordano, Ladder.3 John Giordano, Hmc.1 Keith Glascoe, Ladder.21 James Gray, Ladder.20 B.C. Joseph Grzelak, Battalion.48 Jose Guadalupe, Engine.54 Lt. Geoffrey Guja, Battalion.43 Lt. Joseph Gullickson, Ladder.101 David Halderman, Squad.18 Lt. Vincent Halloran, Ladder.8 Robert Hamilton, Squad.41 Sean Hanley, Ladder.20 (D) Thomas Hannafin, Ladder.5 Dana Hannon, Engine.26 Daniel Harlin, Ladder.2 Lt. Harvey Harrell, Rescue.5 Lt. Stephen Harrell, Battalion.7 Capt. Thomas Haskell, Jr., Div.15 Timothy Haskell, Squad.18 (D) Capt. Terence Hatton, Rescue.1 Michael Haub, Ladder.4 Lt. Michael Healey, Squad..41 John Hefferman, Ladder.11 Ronnie Henderson, Engine.279 Joseph Henry, Ladder.21 William Henry, Rescue.1 (D) Thomas Hetzel, Ladder.13 Capt. Brian Hickey, Rescue.4 Lt. Timothy Higgins, S.O.C. Jonathan Hohmann, Hmc.1 Thomas Holohan, Engine.6 Joseph Hunter, Squad.288 Capt. Walter Hynes, Ladder.13 (D) Jonathan Ielpi, Squad.288 Capt. Frederick Ill Jr., Ladder.2 William Johnston, Engine.6 Andrew Jordan, Ladder.132 Karl Joseph, Engine.207 Lt. Anthony Jovic, Battalion.47 Angel Juarbe Jr., Ladder.12 Mychal Judge, Chaplain (D) Vincent Kane, Engine.22 B.C. Charles Kasper, S.O.C. Paul Keating, Ladder.5 Richard Kelly Jr., Ladder.11 Thomas R. Kelly, Ladder.15 Thomas W. Kelly, Ladder.105 Thomas Kennedy, Ladder.101 Lt. Ronald Kerwin, Squad.288 Michael Kiefer, Ladder.132 Robert King Jr., Engine.33 Scott Kopytko, Ladder.15 William Krukowski, Ladder.21 Kenneth Kumpel, Ladder.25 Thomas Kuveikis, Squad.252 David LaForge, Ladder.20 William Lake, Rescue.2 Robert Lane, Engine.55 Peter Langone, Squad.252 Scott Larsen, Ladder.15 Lt. Joseph Leavey, Ladder.15 Neil Leavy, Engine.217 Daniel Libretti, Rescue.2 Carlos Lillo, Paramedic Robert Linnane, Ladder.20 Michael Lynch, Engine.40 Michael Lynch, Ladder.4 Michael Lyons, Squad.41 Patrick Lyons, Squad.252 Joseph Maffeo, Ladder.101 William Mahoney, Rescue 4 Joseph Maloney, Ladder.3 (D) B.C. Joseph Marchbanks Jr, Battalion.12 Lt. Charles Margiotta, Battalion.22 Kenneth Marino, Rescue.1 John Marshall, Engine.23 Lt. Peter Martin, Rescue.2 Lt. Paul Martini, Engine.23 Joseph Mascali, T.S.U. 2 Keithroy Maynard, Engine.33 Brian McAleese, Engine.226 John McAvoy, Ladder.3 T Thomas McCann, Battalion.8 Lt. William McGinn, Squad.18 B.C. William McGovern, Battalion.2 (D) Dennis McHugh, Ladder.13 Robert McMahon, Ladder.20 Robert McPadden, Engine.23 Terence McShane, Ladder.101 Timothy McSweeney, Ladder.3 Martin McWilliams, Engine.22 (D) Raymond Meisenheimer, Rescue.3 Charles Mendez, Ladder.7 Steve Mercado, Engine.40 Douglas Miller, Rescue.5 Henry Miller Jr, Ladder.105 Robert Minara, Ladder.25 Thomas Mingione, Ladder.132 Lt. Paul Mitchell, Battalion.1 Capt. Louis Modafferi, Rescue.5 Lt. Dennis Mojica, Rescue.1 (D) Manuel Mojica, Squad.18 (D) Carl Molinaro, Ladder.2 Michael Montesi, Rescue.1 Capt. Thomas Moody, Div.1 B.C. John Moran, Battalion.49 Vincent Morello, Ladder..35 Christopher Mozzillo, Engine.55 Richard Muldowney Jr, Ladder.07 Michael Mullan, Ladder.12 Dennis Mulligan, Ladder.2 Lt. Raymond Murphy, Ladder.16 Lt. Robert Nagel, Engine.58 John Napolitano, Rescue.2 Peter Nelson, Rescue.4 Gerard Nevins, Rescue.1 Dennis O'Berg, Ladder.105 Lt. Daniel O'Callaghan, Ladder.4 Douglas Oelschlager, Ladder.15 Joseph Ogren, Ladder.3 Lt. Thomas O'Hagan, Battalion.4 Samuel Oitice, Ladder.4 Patrick O'Keefe, Rescue.1 Capt. William O'Keefe, Div.15 (D) Eric Olsen, Ladder.15 Jeffery Olsen, Engine.10 Steven Olson, Ladder.3 Kevin O'Rourke, Rescue..2 Michael Otten, Ladder.35 Jeffery Palazzo, Rescue.5 B.C. Orio Palmer, Battalion.7 Frank Palombo, Ladder.105 Paul Pansini, Engine.10 B.C. John Paolillo, Battalion.11 James Pappageorge, Engine.23 Robert Parro, Engine.8 Durrell Pearsall, Rescue.4 Lt. Glenn Perry, Battalion.12 Lt. Philip Petti, Battalion.7 Lt. Kevin Pfeifer, Engine. 33 Lt.. Kenneth Phelan, Battalion.32 Christopher Pickford, Engine.201 Shawn Powell, Engine.207 Vincent Princiotta, Ladder.7 Kevin Prior, Squad.252 B.C. Richard Prunty, Battalion.2 (D) Lincoln Quappe, Rescue.2 Lt. Michael Quilty, Ladder.11 Ricardo Quinn, Paramedic Leonard Ragaglia, Engine.54 Michael Ragusa, Engine.279 Edward Rall, Rescue.2 Adam Rand, Squad.288 Donald Regan, Rescue.3 Lt. Robert Regan, Ladder.118 Christian Regenhard, Ladder.131 Kevin Reilly, Engine.207 Lt. Vernon Richard, Ladder.7 James Riches, Engine.4 Joseph Rivelli, Ladder.25 Michael Roberts, Engine.214 Michael E. Roberts, Ladder.35 Anthony Rodriguez, Engine.279 Matthew Rogan, Ladder.11 Nicholas Rossomando, Rescue.5 Paul Ruback, Ladder.25 Stephen Russell, Engine.55 Lt. Michael Russo, S.O.C. B.C. Matthew Ryan, Battalion.1 Thomas Sabella, Ladder.13 Christopher Santora, Engine.54 John Santore, Ladder.5 (D) Gregory Saucedo, Ladder.5 Dennis Scauso, H.M. 1 John Schardt, Engine.201 B.C. Fred Scheffold, Battalion.12 Thomas Schoales, Engine.4 Gerard Schrang, Rescue.3 (D) Gregory Sikorsky, Squad.41 Stephen Siller, Squad.1 Stanley Smagala Jr, Engine.226 Kevin Smith, H.M. 1 Leon Smith Jr, Ladder 118 Robert Spear Jr, Engine.26 oseph Spor, Rescue.3 B.C. Lawrence Stack, Battalion.50 Capt. Timothy Stackpole, Div.11 (D) Gregory Stajk, Ladder.13 Jeffery Stark, Engine.230 Benjamin Suarez, Ladder.21 Daniel Suhr, Engine.216 (D) Lt. Christopher Sullivan, Ladder.111 Brian Sweeney, Rescue.1 Sean Tallon, Ladder.10 Allan Tarasiewicz, Rescue.5 Paul Tegtmeier, Engine.4 John Tierney, Ladder.9 John Tipping II, Ladder.4 Hector Tirado Jr, Engine.23 Richard Vanhine, Squad.41 Peter Vega, Ladder.118 Lawrence Veling, Engine.235 John Vigiano II, Ladder.132 Sergio Villanueva, Ladder.132 Lawrence Virgilio, Squad.18 (D) Lt. Robert Wallace, Engine.205 Jeffery Walz, Ladder. 9 Lt. Michael Warchola, Ladder.5 (D) Capt. Patrick Waters, S.O.C. Kenneth Watson, Engine..214 Michael Weinberg, Engine.1 (D) David Weiss, Rescue.1 Timothy Welty, Squad.288 Eugene Whelan, Engine.230 Edward White, Engine.230 Mark Whitford, Engine.23 Lt. Glenn Wilkinson, Engine.238 (D) B.C. John Williamson, Battalion.6 (D) Capt. David Wooley, Ladder.4 Raymond York, Engine.285 (D)
Tribute to "343"...
Ten Seconds With God
Ten seconds is a very long time
when that's all you have to live
time enough to make your peace
but not enough to give...
To give your honey one more hug
to squeeze her oh so tight
to give your kids assurance that
everything will be all right
From the moment I began this job
I've prepared for this day
but now, as He calls me home
it seems I know the way
Kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom
like a freight train bearing down
I instantly knew how this would end
and I felt His love surround...
...surround my body, and my soul
surround my brothers' in arms
I felt His love, like a giant cloak
sheltering us from harm
While answering the call that day
I saw the second plane
it glided through the cloudless sky
and burst into fiery rain
It rained down fire, it rained down dust
it rained down bodies, too
it seemed no matter how we tried
there was nothing we could do
We knew the people trapped above
the hole that ripped the tower
could never escape with their lives
without His awesome power
I prayed that day, a silent prayer
as I stepped inside the lobby
I knew that without His help
we'd only recover bodies
We started up the narrow stairs
while others were heading out
as we passed these scared civilians
some began to shout...
God bless you, our brave firemen
you're heroes to us all
but we were merely doing our jobs
answering the call
We knew when we began the fight
we all would not survive
but by risking our lives for others
we keep the dream alive
The dream that good will conquer all
and God will help us through
reward us with eternal life
as we begin anew
I saw the face of God that day
as He led me to His place
His will, not ours, will be done
accept this fact with grace
I understood, at once, that day
what we were sent here for
watch over each other as best we can
for who could ask for more