Never forget the heroes of 9/11

Posted by TAG3 5 years ago.
Posted in RutLife

Today we honor all of the lives lost in these horrendous attacks, and this post is dedicated to the 343 firefighters that selflessly gave their lives on 9/11…

At 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001, hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six minutes later, the first contingent of New York City firefighters—two ladder and two engine companies—had arrived at the stricken building. They had just begun to climb a stairwell in an effort to reach people trapped on the upper floors, when another hijacked airliner, United Airlines Flight 175, struck the south tower at 9:03 a.m. The 9/11 attacks not only became the single deadliest terrorist attack in human history, they were also the deadliest incident ever for firefighters, as well as for law enforcement officers in the United States. The New York City Fire Department lost 343 among their ranks, while 23 New York City police officers and 37 Port Authority officers lost their lives.

NEVER FORGET.

BY PATRICK J. KIGER