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:

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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