Do
you remember what you were doing on Sept. 11th 2001?
It will be the day that
will go down in our memories as the most heart wrenching moment in our
lives. Watching TV that morning, seeing that airplane strike the
second tower, just doesn’t let you forget.
The important idea is not
to forget. The number 343 probably doesn’t mean much to most, but anyone
in the Fire business does. It was the number of FDNY firefighters that
died that day.
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We were fortunate to have
a connection to our fellow brothers dating back to 1989 when we met Lt.
Vic Navarra of Ladder 35. He was building a home in our area and
we immediately became friends. After several trips out to the city
and riding with them on 24 hour shifts we got to know some of those guys.
We also spent some summers at Vic’s lake house when he would host their
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Starting on August 31st we
will profile each day a member from Ladder 35 and Engine 40, were 11 men
lost there lives on that tragic day. On the final day which brings
us to Sept. 11th we will put on the web site a book that was dedicated
to these Firefighters of Manhattan Station written mostly by a very special
girl named Juliana Lee Hatkoff.
Trying to draw attention
to this was our goal, so that everyone still in this service of protecting
and serving, remembers the ultimate sacrifice that was made. May
God Bless everyone that continues in this profession and please what ever
you do, “Don’t ever forget.”
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Never forget...
Ladder
35 Engine 40
Ladder
35, Engine 40 is the true story of seven-year-old Juliana Lee Hatkoff's
attempt to cope with her feelings about September 11th. It contains as
much of the verbatim dialogue between Juliana and her father as could be
recalled.
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In
the book, Juliana deals with her anxiety by deciding to help out by bringing
her piggy bank to the local firehouse. There she meets a retired firefighter
who happens to be the official starter of the New York City Marathon. The
firefighter invites Juliana to join him on the Verrazano Bridge to help
him start this year's race, where she discovers that life after September
11th will, in fact, go on.
This
eBook was written in conjunction with the NYU Child Study Center and has
been reviewed and edited by renowned child psychiatrist Harold Koplewicz,
MD and includes his extensive Doctor's Foreword. Photo-impressionistic
illustrations by artist Joshua Scott. The authors and the illustrator are
donating their portion ofáthe profits from the sale of this eBook
to the 35-40 Family Relief Fund. More |
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