REMEMBERING 9/11
Ladder 52 remembers lives lost, 17 years later
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Firefighters with Ladder 52 stand for a moment of silence on the 17th anniversary of the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL
John McKeon stands in front of a memorial for Riverdale residents and firefighters Lt. Thomas O’Hagan, Capt. William McGinn, and Kenneth Kumpel who died on Sept. 11, 2001. McKeon, who owns John’s Botany Bay Florist, was good friends with O’Hagan.
JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL
Ladder 52 recently dedicated one of its trucks to Lt. Thomas O’Hagan, a Riverdale resident who got his start as a firefighter at the Hudson Hudson Parkway East company. O’Hagan died on Sept. 11, 2001.
JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL
Firefighters with Ladder 52 stood for six moments of silence marking the four planes that struck the twin towers, the Pentagon, and the field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, as well as the collapse of both World Trade Center towers.
JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL
John McKeon, owner of John’s Botany Bay Florist, laid a bouquet in front of a memorial for Lt. Thomas O’Hagan, who died on Sept. 11, 2001. McKeon and O’Hagan were good friends.
JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL
Ladder 52 firefighters stand for a moment of silence for those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, inside the firehouse while it rains heavily outside.
JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL
On a gray Tuesday morning filled with intermittent rain, firefighters with Ladder 52 gathered for six moments of silence to honor the 343 New York City Fire Department members who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
Each moment of silence marks the four collisions — the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, the Pentagon in Washington, and the field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania — as well as the collapse of both towers.
The reading of the names played on televisions inside the firehouse.
— Julius Constantine Motal
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FDNY, Ladder 52, Sept. 11 2001, 9/11, Julius Constantine Motal
