FDNY adds 25 names to Memorial Wall for deaths related to World Trade Center illnesses

The FDNY added the names of 25 members who died of illnesses related to their work in the rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center to the FDNY World Trade Center Memorial Wall at an outdoor ceremony held on Tuesday, 14 September. A video of the ceremony can be viewed on the Department’s website, www.nyc.gov/FDNY.

To date more than 257 FDNY members have died of World Trade Center related illnesses.

‘On September 11, we lost 343 brave members, but our losses did not end that day. We made a solemn promise to never forget those men and women, and we make that same promise to the growing list of heroes who have given their lives to illnesses related to their work in rescue and recovery at the World Trade Center site,’ said Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro. ‘This year, we are grateful to gather in person to remember these 25 extraordinary individuals – and we honor our promise to never forget by ensuring their memory lives on with their inclusion on our World Trade Center memorial wall.’

Those to be added to the memorial wall are:

Lieutenant	Donald Franz	Engine 329
Firefighter	Anthony R. Iraci	Engine 155
Firefighter	Anthony J. Catapano	Engine 202
Firefighter	Paul A. McManaman	Squad 252
Assoc. Electrical In.	Michael Kavolius	Bureau of Fire Prevention
Firefighter	John P. Fogarty	Ladder 3
Firefighter	Timothy J. Burke	Rescue 5
EMT	Rene Sanchez	Bureau of Investigation and Trials
Lieutenant	John P. Poulos	Engine 266
Firefighter	William Hodgens	Engine 160
Fire Marshal	Robert J. Kelly	ADMBFI
Firefighter	Thomas G. Manley	Ladder 113
Firefighter	Ronald P. Stortz	Ladder 107
Firefighter	Gerard C. McGibbon	Engine 217
EMS Lt.	Paige A. Humphries	Station 16
Firefighter	Dennis A. Farrell	Ladder 59
Firefighter	George H. Wilton, Jr.	Ladder 84
Firefighter	Joseph M. Boyle	Engine 38
Captain	Frank A. Portelle	Division 6
Firefighter	Joseph K. Daly	Engine 218
Firefighter	James D. Shaughnessy	Battalion 11
Lieutenant	James J. Winters	Engine 278
Captain	John J. Galvin	Division 8
Firefighter	Sean D. Kenny	Engine 155
Firefighter	Thomas G. Oelkers	Ladder 44

 

The inscription on the Memorial Wall, which was unveiled in September of 2011, 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

 

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