FDNY - New York City Fire Department
09/08/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/08/2025 15:11
FDNY Adds 39 Names to Memorial Wall for Deaths Related to World Trade Center Illnesses
September 8, 2025
The FDNY will add the names of 39 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 Tuesday, September 9, at 4 p.m. at FDNY Headquarters - 9 MetroTech Center in Brooklyn. The ceremony can be viewed live on the Department's website at https://www.nyc.gov/FDNY or HERE.
The Department has lost more than 400 members to World Trade Center illnesses.
Those to be added to the memorial wall are:
Firefighter Peter A. Quinn
Firefighter Arill Nyquist
Firefighter Stephen E. Russack
Firefighter Jose L. Hickson
Firefighter Joseph J. Scaramuzzino
Firefighter Joseph F. Tumulty
Firefighter Michael A. Wallace
Firefighter Edward D. Thompson
Firefighter James B. Johnsen
Firefighter John Tyrrell, Jr.
Captain Thomas S. LaBarbiera
EMS Lt Anthony S. Cozzino
Deputy Chief Nicholas J. Visconti
Lieutenant James S. Cooney, Sr.
Firefighter Thomas E. Ryan
Lieutenant Patrick J. Ward
Firefighter Christopher W. McCormack
EMS Division Chief Mark E. Steffens
Firefighter John F. Connolly
Firefighter Anthony F. Mastrelli
Firefighter Christopher J. Bach
Firefighter Lawrence T. Murphy
Auto Mechanic Richard O. Sarnes, Jr.
Firefighter Thomas H. Gavitt
Firefighter Neil G. Gimpel
Firefighter Michael A. DeBenedetto
Battalion Chief Dennis J. Collopy
Firefighter Thomas L. Dunn
Carpenter Frank T. Leanza
EMS Lieutenant Pamela Hehn
Lieutenant James T. Sweeney
Firefighter Brian T. Fitzgerald
Firefighter Edwin J. Steffens
Battalion Chief Eugene T. Kelty, Jr.
Firefighter Daniel J. McCauley
Firefighter Christopher J. Revere
Fire Marshal Ronald A. Mitchell
Lieutenant Vincent C. McMahon, Jr.
Firefighter Robert S. Okorn
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: FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker; Chief of Department John Esposito; FDNY members and families
WHERE: FDNY Headquarters - 9 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn
WHEN: Tuesday, September 9 - 4:00 p.m.
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