FDNY to Honor Chaplain on Nov. 22 Who Helped Bravest Through 9/11 Horrors and After

The FDNY will honor Chaplain Monsignor John E. Delendick, who died from 9/11-related cancer, in a WTC plaque ceremony.

Policemen and firemen run away from the huge dust cloud caused by the World Trade Center's Tower One collapsing after terrorists crashed two hijacked planes into the twin towers, in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images

Chaplain Monsignor John E. Delendick was appointed as FDNY Chaplain in May 1996. Five years later, he would face the unimaginable when he arrived at the World Trade Center after the second plane struck during the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. 

While he survived when the towers collapsed that fateful day, Delendick would succumb to cancer related to the World Trade Center (WTC) toxic contaminants. The chaplain died last year at the age of 74, and the FDNY announced he will be honored on Nov. 22 in a WTC plaque dedication.