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Today is a somber day for our family. It’s the anniversary of the 9-11 attack on our country.
I was a senior in high school and played hookie that day so that I could go hang with my dad @LWFDchief2 up at the firehouse that morning.
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I was a senior in high school and played hookie that day so that I could go hang with my dad @LWFDchief2 up at the firehouse that morning.
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Little did we both know how the day would unfold.
It’s important to understand the magnitude
to sit with the heaviness of it all for a moment
and to honor the sacrifice of The Bravest, the @FDNY, that day
It’s important to understand the magnitude
to sit with the heaviness of it all for a moment
and to honor the sacrifice of The Bravest, the @FDNY, that day
Over 120 FDNY engine companies responded in the city that day, over 60 ladder companies did the same along with all 5 rescue units and additional personnel and resources.
It was the first time in over 30 years that the @FDNY issued a total recall of off-duty personnel.
It was the first time in over 30 years that the @FDNY issued a total recall of off-duty personnel.
The heroics of that day by those firefighters is the stuff of legend.
Some firefighters made it to the fire floors nearly 90 flights of stairs to begin the fire fight.
With others, their last radio transmission was “We’re headed up, k”
WE’RE
HEADED
UP
Some firefighters made it to the fire floors nearly 90 flights of stairs to begin the fire fight.
With others, their last radio transmission was “We’re headed up, k”
WE’RE
HEADED
UP
Over 75 firehouses in the city lost at least one member that day.
Truck 4, Engine 54, Batallion 9 stationed in Midtown took the heaviest loss - 15 of their members paid the ultimate price that day.
15. From a single firehouse.
All told, 343 of @FDNY’s The Bravest died that day
Truck 4, Engine 54, Batallion 9 stationed in Midtown took the heaviest loss - 15 of their members paid the ultimate price that day.
15. From a single firehouse.
All told, 343 of @FDNY’s The Bravest died that day
343.
The largest loss of life from a single incident in the history of firefighting.
Those guys lived with a simple ideal and that’s this:
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.”
The largest loss of life from a single incident in the history of firefighting.
Those guys lived with a simple ideal and that’s this:
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.”
....that something else is more important than fear!
Can we honor them today by vowing to NEVER FORGET?!?
Can we do them the solid of living as they did?
To find our own “more important than fear” and move toward that with purpose.
...I think that’s what those men would want
Can we honor them today by vowing to NEVER FORGET?!?
Can we do them the solid of living as they did?
To find our own “more important than fear” and move toward that with purpose.
...I think that’s what those men would want
So let’s do that!
Let’s honor the sacrifice of The Bravest of @FDNY
by not allowing the current fear mongering to cripple us but to stride forward in confidence!
To live our own “more important than fear”
TODAY.
AND EVERYDAY.
May the 343 (and counting) Rest In Peace
Let’s honor the sacrifice of The Bravest of @FDNY
by not allowing the current fear mongering to cripple us but to stride forward in confidence!
To live our own “more important than fear”
TODAY.
AND EVERYDAY.
May the 343 (and counting) Rest In Peace
