Emergency Workers Killed In The September 11 Attacks
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, 421 were
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in New York City who responded to the
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) of the
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(FDNY); * 37
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(PAPD); * 23 police officers of the
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(NYPD); and * 8
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s and paramedics from
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* 4 police officers of the
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(USSS) This article lists those emergency workers listed above who died while fulfilling their duties at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.


New York City Fire Department

There were 75 firehouses in which at least one member was killed. The FDNY also lost its department chief, first deputy commissioner, one of its
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, one of its
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, as well as other administrative or specialty personnel. Operationally and geographically, the department is nominally organized into five borough commands for the five traditional boroughs of New York. Within those borough commands exist nine divisions, each headed by a deputy chief. Within each division operate four to seven battalions, led by a battalion chief and typically consisting of 180–200
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s and officers. Each battalion consists of four to eight companies, with a company being led by a captain. He commands three lieutenants and 16–42 firefighters. Last is the unit consisting of the members of the company on duty during a given tour, consisting of a lieutenant or a captain plus a number of firefighters depending on the type of unit: three to four on an engine company, five on a ladder company (also known as a truck company), five for a rescue company, five for a squad company, four in a marine company, and six for the hazardous materials company. On September 11, the battalion chief of Battalion 1 witnessed
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crash into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and immediately radioed a multiple alarm incident. Over the course of the next three hours, 121 engine companies, 62 ladder companies and 27 fire officers were deployed to the scene. All off-duty firefighters were recalled—the first time the FDNY had issued a total recall in over 30 years. In addition to the regular
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and personnel assigned to the incident, the FDNY also deployed its only
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unit, its mobile command center, its field communications unit, all its five rescue units, both of its high-rise units, six of its seven squad units, and one of its two tactical support units.


Fatalities by fire company

The following list is a tally of the fatalities in each company which responded to the World Trade Center:


Rank, name, age

The following list provides further details to the preceding list by categorizing the FDNY company with the rank, name, and age (if available) of each casualty. Names without ranks typically denote the rank of firefighter.


Port Authority Police Department

Within minutes of Flight 11's impact, the
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(PAPD) began deploying officers from the
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, bridges, tunnels, and airport commands. The PAPD commanding officer on the scene ordered a full evacuation of the North Tower at 9 a.m., about three minutes before Flight 175 hit the South Tower. At the same time, the PAPD's two most senior officers,
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Ferdinand Morrone and Chief James Romito, both arrived separately at the World Trade Center. Some officers were ordered into the towers to assist with stairwell evacuations, while others helped with evacuations in the plaza and subway station. Superintendent Morrone was last seen helping evacuate tenants on the 45th floor of the North Tower before it collapsed while Chief Romito was in the 31st-floor region with four colleagues helping firefighters. The PAPD lost 37 officers, including Morrone and Romito: * Supt. Ferdinand V. Morrone, 63 * Chief James A. Romito, 51 * Lt. Robert D. Cirri, 39 * Insp. Anthony P. Infante Jr., 47 * Capt. Kathy Nancy Mazza, 46 * Sgt. Robert M. Kaulfers, 49 * Donald James McIntyre, 38 * Walter Arthur McNeil, 53 * Joseph Michael Navas, 44 * James Nelson, 40 * Alfonse J. Niedermeyer, 40 * James Wendell Parham, 32 * Dominick A. Pezzulo, 36 * Antonio J. Rodrigues, 35 * Richard Rodriguez, 31 * Bruce Albert Reynolds, 41 * Christopher C. Amoroso, 29 * Maurice V. Barry, 48 * Clinton Davis Sr., 38 * Donald A. Foreman, 53 * Gregg J. Froehner, 46 * Uhuru Gonga Houston, 32 * George G. Howard, 44 * Thomas E. Gorman, 41 * Stephen Huczko Jr., 44 * Paul William Jurgens, 47 * Liam Callahan, 44 * Paul Laszczynski, 49 * David Prudencio LeMagne, 27 * John Joseph Lennon Jr., 44 * John Dennis Levi, 50 * James Francis Lynch, 47 * John P. Skala, 31 * Walwyn W. Stuart Jr., 28 * Kenneth F. Tietjen, 31 * Nathaniel Webb, 56 * Michael T. Wholly, 34 One PAPD police dog, "Sirius", was also lost in the attacks.


New York City Police Department

Several
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(NYPD) officers saw Flight 11's impact with the North Tower and immediately reported it to dispatchers. Ten minutes after Flight 11's impact and seven minutes before Flight 175's impact, the NYPD chief of department was en route to the scene and raised the police mobilization to level 4, thereby sending around 22 lieutenants, 100 sergeants, and 800 police officers to the World Trade Center. NYPD personnel were primarily responsible for assisting in evacuations and helping injured civilians. Three police helicopters were also deployed to report on conditions and assess the feasibility of a rooftop landing or of special rescue operations. Once Flight 175 had struck the South Tower, another level 4 mobilization was ordered, bringing to almost 2,000 the number of NYPD personnel at the scene. Some were ordered to enter the World Trade Center to assist with the FDNY's evacuations. The 23 NYPD officers, including four sergeants and two detectives, who died at the scene were: * Sgt. Timothy A. Roy Sr., 36 * Sgt. John Gerard Coughlin, 43 * Sgt. Rodney C. Gillis, 33 * Sgt. Michael S. Curtin, 45 * Det. Joseph V. Vigiano, 34 * Det. Claude Daniel Richards, 46 * Moira Ann Smith, 38 – posthumously named '' Glamour'' magazine's "Woman of the Year" * Ramon Suarez, 45 * Paul Talty, 40 * Santos Valentin Jr., 39 * Walter E. Weaver, 30 * Ronald Philip Kloepfer, 39 * Thomas M. Langone, 39 * James Patrick Leahy, 38 * Brian Grady McDonnell, 38 * John William Perry, 38 – an actor on shows like ''
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'' who was filing his police force retirement papers that morning * Glen Kerrin Pettit, 30 * John D'Allara, 47 * Vincent Danz, 38 * Jerome M. P. Dominguez, 37 * Stephen P. Driscoll, 38 * Mark Joseph Ellis, 26 * Robert Fazio Jr., 41


Private emergency medical services

Eight emergency medical technicians and paramedics from private emergency medical services lost their lives while responding to the World Trade Center. Of note is that many of these personnel were working "911 contract" (that's the 911 emergency response system) units, that is, ambulances that are routinely dispatched by FDNY. These names included: * Keith Fairben, 24 – a paramedic who worked for the
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* Richard Pearlman, 18 – an EMT who worked for the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance * Mario Santoro, 28 – a paramedic who worked for the New York Presbyterian Medical Center * Yamel Merino, 24 – a single mother of an eight-year-old son who worked as an EMT for Metrocare/Montefiore Medical Center for three years *
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, 23 – a Muslim-American man who worked as a part-time FDNY Certified EMT and also a member of the
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for three years * Marc Sullins, 30 – an EMT who worked with
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* Mark Schwartz, 50 – an EMT who worked for Hunter Ambulance * Jeff Simpson, 38 – an EMT who worked for the Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad, and also an employee for
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New York State Office of Tax Enforcement

Four
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police officers of the
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died while helping people evacuate and providing aid in the South Tower. * Charles Mills, 61 – Petroleum, Alcohol and Tobacco Bureau Chief * William Pohlmann, 56 – Revenue Crimes Bureau Assistant Deputy Commissioner * Clyde Frazier, 41 – Revenue Crimes Bureau Investigator * Salvatore Papasso, 34 – Revenue Crimes Bureau Investigator


New York State Court Officers

Three New York State Court Officers died while helping people evacuate and providing aid.Brand, David
"Court officers honor colleagues who died on 9/11"
''Queens Daily Eagle''. September 10, 2019. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
* Captain William Thompson, 51 * Senior Court Officer Thomas Jurgens, 27* * Senior Court Officer Mitchel Scott Wallace, 34* * – Senior Court Officers Jurgens and Wallace were posthumously promoted to sergeant.Abruzzese, Rob
"Courts commemorate 9/11 anniversary at academy dedicated to fallen court officers"
''Brooklyn Daily Eagle''. September 12, 2019. Retrieved 2021-10-13.


New York Fire Patrol

* Keith Roma, 27 – Patrolman from
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Federal Bureau of Investigation

*
Leonard W. Hatton Jr. Leonard William Hatton Jr. (August 17, 1956 – September 11, 2001) was an American special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was killed in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City when he enter ...
, 45, Special Agent from the FBI’s Joint Bank Robbery Task Force, responded on his own initiative to the WTC. Special Agent Hatton died whilst helping the FDNY evacuate people from the towers.


United States Secret Service

* Craig Miller, 29, Special Officer with the Special Services Division, which provides protection for vehicles carrying important officials and foreign dignitaries. Craig was in New York to provide federal-level security as part of the annual United Nations General Assembly.


See also

* List of emergency and first responder agencies that responded to the September 11 attacks


References

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