Ladder Company 21 & Engine Company 34 Memorial - New York, NY[edit]
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The Ladder Company 21 & Engine Company 34 9/11 memorial is located in front of the fire station on West 38th Street in Manhattan.
Waymark Code: WME80E
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2012
Views: 18
The Ladder Company 21 & Engine Company 34 share a fire station on West 38th Street in Manhattan. A 9/11 memorial is located between the doors separating these units of the New York Fire Department. Of the 343 firefighters who lost their lives that day seven were from Ladder Company 21. Seven bronze plaques in memory of these firefighters who died responding to the World Trade Center alarm on September 11, 2001 are attached to the wall above a 9/11 memorial for all fallen firefighters.
The seven plaques for the firefighters who died at the World Trade Center are inscribed:
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
LIEUTENANT
MICHAEL N. FODOR
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREFIGHTER
GERALD J. DUFFY
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREFIGHTER
GERALD T. ATWOOD
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREFIGHTER
KEITH A. GLASCOE
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREFIGHTER
WILLIAM E. KRUKOW
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREFIGHTER
JOSEPH P. HENRY
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREFIGHTER
BENJAMIN SUAREZ
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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The 9/11 memorial contains a piece of re-bar in the form of a cross mounted on a piece of steel beam, both salvaged from the World Trade Center. A plaque on the beam is inscribed:
THIS WORLD TRADE CENTER STEEL
WAS ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR FALLEN BROTHERS WHO WERE LOST ON
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
"NEVER FORGET"