FDNY ADDS 39 NAMES TO MEMORIAL WALL

FOR DEATHS RELATED TO WORLD TRADE CENTER ILLNESSES

Yesterday, the FDNY added the names of 39 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. The Department has lost more than 400 members to World Trade Center illnesses. The inscription on the Memorial Wall 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” Doherty Visconti the daughter of FDNY Deputy Chief Nicholas Visconti took a few moments to speak about her dad and the meaning of remembering. 

Those to be added to the memorial wall are:

Firefighter Peter A. Quinn

Firefighter Arill Nyquist

Firefighter Stephen E. Russack

Firefighter Jose L. Hickson

Firefighter Joseph J. Scaramuzzino

Firefighter Joseph F. Tumulty

Firefighter Michael A. Wallace

Firefighter Edward D. Thompson

Firefighter James B. Johnsen

Firefighter John Tyrrell, Jr

Captain Thomas S. LaBarbiera

EMS Lt Anthony S. Cozzino

Deputy Chief Nicholas J. Visconti

Lieutenant James S. Cooney, Sr.

Firefighter Thomas E. Ryan

Lieutenant Patrick J. Ward

Firefighter Christopher W. McCormack

EMS Division Chief Mark E. Steffens

Firefighter John F. Connolly

Firefighter Anthony F. Mastrelli

Firefighter Christopher J. Bach

Firefighter Lawrence T. Murphy

Auto Mechanic Richard O. Sarnes, Jr.

Firefighter Thomas H. Gavitt

Firefighter Neil G. Gimpel

Firefighter Michael A. DeBenedetto

Battalion Chief Dennis J. Collopy

Firefighter Thomas L. Dunn

Carpenter Frank T. Leanza

EMS Lieutenant Pamela Hehn

Lieutenant James T. Sweeney

Firefighter Brian T. Fitzgerald

Firefighter Edwin J. Steffens

Battalion Chief Eugene T. Kelty, Jr.

Firefighter Daniel J. McCauley

Firefighter Christopher J. Revere

Fire Marshal Ronald A. Mitchell

Lieutenant Vincent C. McMahon, Jr.

Firefighter Robert S. Okorn

The inscription on the Memorial Wall 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”