FDNY Adds 32 Names to Memorial Wall for Deaths Related to World Trade Center Illnesses

September 3, 2024

The FDNY will add the names of 32 members who died of illnesses related to their work in the rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center to the FDNY World Trade Center Memorial Wall. The outdoor ceremony will take place on Wednesday, September 4, at 4 p.m. at FDNY Headquarters - 9 MetroTech Center in Brooklyn.The ceremony can be viewed live on the Department's website at www.nyc.gov/FDNY or HERE.

The Department has lost more than 360 members to World Trade Center illnesses.

Those to be added to the memorial wall are:

Lieutenant James K. Donohue
Firefighter Thomas W. Anderson, Jr.
Firefighter Kevin R. Kelly
Firefighter Robert M. Hughes
Firefighter Edward R. Pecoroni
Electrician John Fiorentino
Firefighter Robert E. Welsh III
Firefighter John Tiska, Jr.
Firefighter Albert A. Filosa
Paramedic Andrew J. Enderes
EMT Hilda L. Vannata
Firefighter Robert V. Fulco
Firefighter Mark R. Senno
Battalion Chief Christopher D. Scalone
Chaplain Rev. Monsignor John E. Delendick
Firefighter Michael W. Daly
Captain Luke M. Lynch
Lieutenant Michael J. Higgins
Firefighter Harold J. Johnston
Electrician Joseph Berardi
Lieutenant Stephen A. Asaro
Firefighter William R. Bartholomew
Captain Steven Berube
Firefighter Michael J. Cioffi
Firefighter Robert M. Kelly
Firefighter Frank A. Caputo
EMS Captain Robert R. DeLeon, Jr.
Battalion Chief Kevin S. Blaine
Lieutenant Michael J. Shanley
Firefighter Steven G. Radich
EMT Christopher Swierkowski
Lieutenant Charles J. Maniscalco

The inscription on the Memorial Wall reads:

"Dedicated to the memory of those who bravely served this department protecting life and property in the City of New York in the rescue and recovery effort at Manhattan Box 5-5-8087 World Trade Center"

WHO: Fire Commissioner Robert S. Tucker; Acting Chief of Department John Esposito; FDNY members and families

WHERE: FDNY Headquarters - 9 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn

WHEN: Wednesday, September 4 - 4:00 p.m.

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