Eighteen years after the devastating event that was 9/11 in Manhattan, 301 men and women graduated from the New York City Fire Department’s class of September 2019. Twenty-one among them are the sons and daughters of first responders who lost their lives while responding or as a direct result of illness relating to the attack.
Presiding over the ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, was Daniel A. Nigro, New York City’s Fire Department Commissioner. He commended the sons and daughters of fallen heroes:
“Many of their fathers were killed on September 11, several others died of World Trade Center illnesses, and others lost their lives in the course of their duty, bravely working to save and protect others,” per news release by the New York City Fire Department.
