The record goes on.
The FDNY added the names of 39 members who’ve died within the final yr from 9/11-related incidents to a memorial on the division’s Brooklyn headquarters.
Households members gathered for the annual World Commerce Middle Memorial Wall dedication ceremony, on the FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Every day Information)
Simply days earlier than the twenty fourth anniversary of the terrorist assault on New York Metropolis, officers added to an extended record of victims who perished on Sept. 11, 2001, when hijacked planes crashed into the north and south towers of the World Commerce Middle, killing greater than 2,700 folks, together with 343 members of the FDNY.
The Fireplace Division has misplaced greater than 400 members to World Commerce Middle-related sicknesses, surpassing the 343 firefighters killed on Sept. 11.
The World Commerce Middle Memorial Wall dedication ceremony, on the FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn, is pictured Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Every day Information)
“It’s difficult to believe that those losses didn’t end there,” mentioned Fireplace Commissioner Robert Tucker, talking on the annual outside commemoration ceremony. “These losses continue to mount, and our heartbreak continues to grow. We are a family. This means we share losses and pain. Everyone here today, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, fire marshals, fire-protection inspectors, dispatchers and the great civilian staff of the FDNY, understand the agony of the sacrifice your loved ones made, and they mourn with you.”
Fireplace Commissioner Robert Tucker speaks in the course of the World Commerce Middle Memorial Wall Dedication Ceremony, on the FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Every day Information)
The primary responders honored have been amongst those that flocked to Floor Zero within the days, weeks and months after the assault to rescue and recuperate victims from the poisonous particles. They suffered respiratory and cancer-related sicknesses on account of their sacrifice.
“Countless numbers of men and women ran toward danger, and we’re still losing lives every day,” mentioned Mayor Adams. “On Sept. 12, we got up. Teachers taught, builders built and retailers sold their goods. Because we got up, America got up.”
The World Commerce Middle Memorial Wall dedication ceremony, on the FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn, is pictured Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Every day Information)
A bell was rung and flowers have been stacked for every of the the members on the record.
The newly honored firefighters embody Joseph Tumulty, 69, who died on July 3, 2024. Tumulty, of Lindenhurst, Lengthy Island, served the FDNY for greater than 30 years, assigned to Engine 55 after which later to Engine 294.
The World Commerce Middle Memorial Wall dedication ceremony, on the FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn, is pictured Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Every day Information)
Additionally honored was Richie Sarnes Jr., 53, of Tottenville, Staten Island, a retired FDNY emergency crew auto mechanic who labored as a part of the Floor Zero cleanup and restoration effort. He died Nov. 22, 2024.
“We are reminded that the tragedy of that day has not and does not end,” mentioned FDNY Chief of Division John Esposito. “The names we add to the wall today are not just names on a plaque. They were parents, children, friends and colleagues.”
The World Commerce Middle Memorial Wall dedication ceremony on the FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn, is pictured Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Every day Information)
The World Commerce Middle Memorial Wall dedication ceremony on the FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn, is pictured Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Every day Information)
The World Commerce Middle Memorial Wall dedication ceremony on the FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn, is pictured Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Every day Information)
The World Commerce Middle Memorial Wall dedication ceremony on the FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn, is pictured Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Every day Information)
