STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - They’ve become a powerful signature of the annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Walk, putting faces to a loss that defies comprehension. The crisp 3- by 4-foot ...
For some it brought memories of the recent passing of a loved one. For others, it reopened the painful loss of a family member or colleague who died more than a decade ago. They had many things in ...
Dozens of firefighters and their loved ones ran from Long Island to Ground Zero Wednesday to honor their 343 FDNY brothers lost on Sept. 11, 2001. It took nearly nine hours for the dedicated group of ...
As the FDNY’s “keeper of the legacy,” Lt. Joseph LaPointe has been to hundreds of department ceremonies, scores of firefighter funerals and nearly two dozen 9/11 anniversary commemorations. This ...
When Joseph Angelini III, whose hero father and grandfather both died responding to the 9/11 terror attack, received the email welcoming him to the FDNY’s next ...