Fr Mychal Judge 911 Memorial
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Father Mychal F. Judge, OFM, Chaplain to the New York City Fire Department, died Tuesday, September 11, 2001 in a hail of falling debris near the World Trade Center. He became the first officially recorded fatality following the attack.
Waymark Code: WM3CJY
Location: Connacht, Ireland
Date Posted: 03/15/2008
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Born in Brooklyn, NY on May 11, 1933, Robert Emmett Judge was the son of two Irish immigrants from County Leitrim. As a young boy, he watched his father die after a long illness.
To help his mother and two sister’s make ends meet, he shined shoes in Manhattan, ran errands and did odd jobs, before being called to his Franciscan vocation at age 16. He then entered St. Joseph’s Seraphic Seminary, Callicoon, NY, and graduated in 1954 after completing the first two years of college
This memorial is in a peace garden which has been constructed on land once owned by his father's family in Keshcarrigan.
It was unveiled on the fourth anniversary of his death September 11 2005.
Date of Dedication: 09/11/2005
Name of organization that built the memorial: Local County Council
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Text on the memorial:
See Photo for text
Physical address of memorial:
Toomans Road
Keshcarrigan, Co Leitrim Ireland
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Website for more information: [Web Link]
Additional coordinates: Not Listed
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