When the dust settled on September 11, 343 firefighters were listed as missing, and later pronounced dead. In this excerpt from her upcoming book, Lynn Tierney, then a deputy commissioner at the Fire Department of New York, writes about the difficult task of eulogizing her colleagues. Image: A firefighter walks through the burning rubble at Ground Zero. Photo: … [Read more...] about “Be Not Afraid”
Bill Butler
Fathers & Sons
By Lynn Tierney, Contributor
October / November 2002
Amidst the hundreds of rescue workers searching at Ground Zero in the months after the 9/11 attacks, many were fathers looking for their sons. Some were firefighters still on the job, some retired, and some never officially with the Department, but all joined in the search for their boys. This is a story about five of them. ℘℘℘ As you approach the church, you see the fire … [Read more...] about Fathers & Sons