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Those Who Gave All on September 11, 2001

The following is a list of the members to date for which we transmitted signal 5-5-5-5.

DATE	NAME	RANK	COMPANY	5-5-5-5 #
9/12/01	Peter J Ganci	Chief of Department	HQ	1
9/12/01	William M Feehan	1st Deputy Commissioner	HQ	2
9/12/01	Fr. Mychal Judge	Deputy Chief - Chaplain	HQ	3
9/13/01	Raymond R York	Fire Fighter	E285	4
9/13/01	Daniel T Suhr	Fire Fighter	E216	5
9/13/01	Daniel J Brethel	Captain	L024	6
9/14/01	Andrew J Desperito	Lieutenant	E001	7
9/14/01	Michael T Weinberg	Fire Fighter	E001	8
9/14/01	Martin E McWilliams	Fire Fighter	E022	9
9/14/01	Glen E Wilkinson	Lieutenant	E238	10
9/14/01	Peter J Carroll	Fire Fighter	Squad 1	11
9/15/01	Walter G Hynes	Captain	L013	12
9/15/01	Robert Curatolo	Fire Fighter	L016	13
9/16/01	John P Williamson	Battalion Chief	BC06	14
9/16/01	Martin J Egan, Jr.	Captain	DC15	15
9/16/01	William Henry	Fire Fighter	RS01	16
9/16/01	Eric T Allen	Fire Fighter	Squad 18	17
9/16/01	Manuel Mojica	Fire Fighter	Squad 18	18
9/16/01	Lawrence J Virgilio	Fire Fighter	Squad 18	19
9/16/01	Timothy Haskall	Fire Fighter	Squad 18	20
9/16/01	Thomas P Hannafin	Fire Fighter	L005	21
9/16/01	Loius Arena	Fire Fighter	L005	22
9/16/01	John A Santore	Fire Fighter	L005	23
9/16/01	Andrew C Brunn	Fire Fighter	L005	24
9/16/01	Sean S Hanley	Fire Fighter	L020	25
9/17/01	Richard A Prunty	Battalion Chief	BC02	26
9/17/01	Dennis Mojica	Lieutenant	RS01	27
9/17/01	Michael P Warchola	Lieutenant	L005	28
9/18/01	Geoffrey E Guja	Lieutenant	BC43	29
9/19/01	Timothy M Stackpole	Captain	DC11	30
9/19/01	Joseph J Angelini	Fire Fighter	RS01	31
9/20/01	Dennis A Cross	Battalion Chief	BC57	32
9/20/01	William J McGovern	Battalion Chief	BC02	33
9/20/01	Joseph E Maloney	Fire Fighter	L003	34
9/22/01	Gerard P Schrang	Fire Fighter	RS03	35
9/23/01	Patrick J O'Keefe	Fire Fighter	RS01	36
9/23/01	James Amato	Captain	Squad 1	37
9/24/01	John A Crisci	Lieutenant	Haz Mat 1	38
9/24/01	Lincoln Quappe	Fire Fighter	RS02	39
9/24/01	Thomas J Foley	Fire Fighter	RS03	40
9/25/01	Kevin M O'Rourke	Fire Fighter	RS02	41
9/26/01	William S O'Keefe	Captain	DC15	42
9/26/01	Thomas P Holohan	Fire Fighter	E006	43
11/28/01	Christopher Santora *	Fire Fighter	E054	44
9/26/01	David Halderman	Fire Fighter	Squad 18	45
9/28/01	William McGinn	Lieutenant	Squad 18	46
9/29/01	Terrence S Hatton	Captain	RS01	47
9/30/01	Michael G Montessi	Fire Fighter	RS01	48
10/1/01	Patrick J Waters	Captain	SOC	49
10/2/01	Timothy B Higgins	Lieutenant	SOC	50
10/2/01	Raymond E Murphy	Lieutenant	L016	51
10/2/01	Neil J Leavy	Fire Fighter	E217	52
10/2/01	John F Heffernan	Fire Fighter	L011	53
10/2/01	Thomas J Hetzel	Fire Fighter	L013	54
10/2/01	Kevin M Prior	Fire Fighter	Squad 252	55
10/2/01	Dennis M Carey	Fire Fighter	Haz Mat 1	56
10/3/01	Frederick Ill, Jr.	Captain	L002	57
10/3/01	Faustino Apostol, Jr.	Fire Fighter	BC02	58
10/3/01	Michael J Clarke	Fire Fighter	L002	59
10/3/01	Martin M DeMeo	Fire Fighter	Haz Mat 1	60
10/3/01	Andrew A Fredericks	Fire Fighter	Squad 18	61
10/3/01	Bruce H Gary	Fire Fighter	E040	62
10/3/01	William Johnston	Fire Fighter	E006	63
10/4/01	Michael J Quilty	Lieutenant	L011	64
10/4/01	Robert E Parro	Fire Fighter	E008	65
10/4/01	Dennis P McHugh	Fire Fighter	L013	66
10/9/01	John M Paolillo	Battalion Chief	BC11	67
10/9/01	Carl E Molinaro	Fire Fighter	L002	68
10/10/01	Michael D Mullan	Fire Fighter	L012	69
10/11/01	Manuel DelValle	Fire Fighter	E005	70
10/11/01	Daniel F Libretti	Fire Fighter	RS02	71
10/11/01	William D Lake	Fire Fighter	RS02	72
10/16/01	Gregory M Stajk	Fire Fighter	L013	73
10/17/01	Gerard Nevins	Fire Fighter	RS01	74
10/23/01	Stephen G Harrell	Lieutenant	BC07	75
10/23/01	Peter L Freund	Lieutenant	E055	76
10/23/01	Stephen Russell	Fire Fighter	E055	77
10/23/01	Jeffery J Olsen	Fire Fighter	E010	78
10/23/01	Sean P Tallon	Fire Fighter	L010	79
10/25/01	David LaForge	Fire Fighter	L020	80
10/25/01	John Giordano	Fire Fighter	Haz Mat 1	81
10/25/01	Matthew Garvey	Fire Fighter	Squad 1	82
10/27/01	Ronald Bucca	Fire Marshal	BFI	83
10/28/01	Michael E Roberts	Fire Fighter	E214	84
10/28/01	Terrence P Farrell	Fire Fighter	RS04	85
10/28/01	Peter A Nelson	Fire Fighter	RS04	86
10/28/01	Durrell V Pearsall	Fire Fighter	RS04	87
10/29/01	Joseph G Leavey	Lieutenant	RS04	88
10/29/01	John J Florio	Fire Fighter	E214	89
10/29/01	Allan Tarasiewicz	Fire Fighter	RS05	90
10/30/01	Carl Bedigian	Fire Fighter	E214	91
10/31/01	William J Mahoney	Fire Fighter	RS04	92
10/31/01	Kenneth T Watson	Fire Fighter	E214	93
11/2/01	Robert D McMahaon	Fire Fighter	L020	94
11/4/01	Scott M Davidson	Fire Fighter	L118	95
11/4/01	Thomas J Kennedy	Fire Fighter	L101	96
11/4/01	Terrence A McShane	Fire Fighter	L101	97
11/5/01	Michael J Cawley	Fire Fighter	L136	98
11/12/01	Brian Cannizzaro	Fire Fighter	L101	99
11/15/01	Matthew S Rogan	Fire Fighter	L011	100
11/18/01	Robert T Linnane	Fire Fighter	L020	101
11/19/01	Matthew L Ryan	Battalion Chief	BC04	102
11/19/01	Timothy P McSweeney	Fire Fighter	L003	103
11/21/01	James M Gray	Fire Fighter	L020	104
11/22/01	John P Burnside	Fire Fighter	L020	105
11/23/01	Robert J Crawford	Fire Fighter	SB01	106
11/23/01	Michael J Elferis	Fire Fighter	E022	107
11/23/01	Vincent D Kane	Fire Fighter	E022	108
11/27/01	Brian E Sweeney	Fire Fighter	RS01	109
11/29/01	Philip S Petti	Lieutenant	L148	110
11/29/01	Angel L Juarbe, Jr.	Fire Fighter	L012	111
12/8/01	Peter C Martin	Lieutenant	RS02	112
12/8/01	Ronald T Kerwin	Lieutenant	Squad 288	113
12/8/01	David J Fontana	Fire Fighter	Squad 1	114
12/8/01	Ronnie Gies	Fire Fighter	Squad 288	115
12/10/01	Gerard P Dewan	Fire Fighter	L003	116
12/12/01	Jonathon L Ielpi	Fire Fighter	Squad 288	117
12/15/01	Patrick Brown	Captain	L003	118
12/15/01	Michael Carroll	Fire Fighter	L003	119
12/17/01	Timothy M Welty	Fire Fighter	Squad 288	120
12/17/01	Robert T Lane	Fire Fighter	E055	121
12/19/01	Lee Fehling	Fire Fighter	E235	122
12/27/01	John A Schardt	Fire Fighter	E201	123
12/27/01	Keith Roma	Patrolman	FP02	**
12/28/01	Greg Buck	Fire Fighter	E201	124
12/28/01	Vincent Princiotta	Fire Fighter	L007	125
12/29/01	Paul R Martin	Lieutenant	E201	126
12/31/01	Steven Coakley	Fire Fighter	E217	127
1/2/02	Joseph Agnello	Fire Fighter	L118	128
1/2/02	George C Cain	Fire Fighter	L007	129
1/2/02	Peter A Vega	Fire Fighter	L118	130
1/2/02	Robert M Regan	Lieutenant	L118	131
1/2/02	Charles P Mendez	Fire Fighter	L118	132
1/2/02	Christopher J Pickford	Fire Fighter	E201	133
1/2/02	Michael D D'auria	Fire Fighter	E040	134
1/3/02	Joseph Rivelli	Fire Fighter	L025	135
1/12/02	Thomas Schoales	Fire Fighter	E004	136
1/14/02	Steven J Olson	Fire Fighter	L003	137
1/21/02	David P Derubbio	Fire Fighter	E226	138
1/21/02	Michael E Brennan	Fire Fighter	L004	139
1/24/02	Ricardo Quinn	EMS Lieutenant	EMS BTN 57	140
1/26/02	David G Arce	Fire Fighter	E033	141
1/28/02	Dennis M Mulligan	Fire Fighter	L002	142
1/28/02	Robert King, Jr	Fire Fighter	E033	143
1/28/02	Richard D Allen	Fire Fighter	L015	144
2/06/02	Kevin J Pfeiffer	Lieutenant	E033	145
2/06/02	John P Tierney	Fire Fighter	L009	146
2/08/02	Paul H Keating	Fire Fighter	L005	147
3/14/02	Kevin W Donnelly	Lieutenant	L003	148
3/14/02	Michael F Lynch	Fire Fighter	L004	149
3/14/02	Joseph J Angellini	Fire Fighter	L004	150
3/14/02	Michael H Haub	Fire Fighter	L004	151
3/15/02	Jeffrey J Giordano	Fire Fighter	L003	152
3/15/02	John M Collins	Fire Fighter	L025	153
3/15/02	Samuel T Oitice	Fire Fighter	L004	154
3/19/02	Matthew E Barnes	Fire Fighter	L025	155
3/20/02	John K McAvoy	Fire Fighter	L003	156
3/21/02	Robert Spear Jr	Fire Fighter	E050	157
3/22/02	Donald J Burns	Assistant Chief of Department	HQ	158
3/23/02	Paul G Ruback	Fire Fighter	L025	159
3/23/02	Vincent Morello	Fire Fighter	L035	160
3/23/02	Michael F Lynch	Fire Fighter	E040	161
3/23/02	John F Ginley	Lieutenant	E040	162
3/25/02	Joseph Grzelak	Battalion Chief	BC48	163
3/25/02	Glenn C Perry	Lieutenant	L034	164
3/25/02	Paul J Pansini	Fire Marshal	E010	165
3/25/02	Robert W McPadden	Fire Fighter	E023	166
3/26/02	James C Riches	Fire Fighter	E004	167
3/29/02	Paul M Beyer	Fire Fighter	E006	168
3/29/02	Michael Boyle	Fire Fighter	E033	169
3/30/02	John G Chipura	Fire Fighter	E219	170
4/02/02	Richard B Van Hine	Fire Fighter	Squad 41	171
4/05/02	James Pappageorge	Fire Fighter	E023	172
4/05/02	Mark P Whitford	Fire Fighter	E023	173
4/06/02	Joseph D Farrelly ***	Captain	E004	174
4/06/02	Arhtur T Barry	Fire Fighter	L015	175
4/06/02	James A Giberson	Fire Fighter	L035	176
4/09/02	Thomas A Casoria	Fire Fighter	E022	177
4/11/02	Denis P Germain	Fire Fighter	L002	178
4/12/02	Scott A Larsen	Fire Fighter	L015	179
4/13/02	Robert E Evans	Fire Fighter	E033	180
4/20/02	Calixto Anaya Jr	Fire Fighter	E004	181
4/27/02	Peter Bielfeld	Fire Fighter	L042	182
4/27/02	Daniel E Harlin	Fire Fighter	L002	183
5/08/02	Joseph A Mascali	Fire Fighter	Rescue 5	184
5/08/02	James R Coyle	Fire Fighter	L003	185
5/15/02	Raymond M Downey	Deputy Chief	Special Operations	186
5/17/02	Vernon P Cherry	Fire Fighter	L118	187
5/17/02	Dana R Hannon	Fire Fighter	E026	188
5/24/02	Eric T Olsen	Fire Fighter	L015	189
5/29/02	John J Tipping II	Fire Fighter	L004	190
6/2/02	Gregory R Sikorsky	Fire Fighter	Squad 41	191
6/19/02	Salvatore B Calabro	Fire Fighter	L101	192
6/27/02	Michael A Esposito	Captain ****	Squad 1	193
6/30/02	Robert W Hamilton	Fire Fighter	Squad 41	194
7/13/02	Kenneth B Kumpel	Fire Marshal	L025	195
7/19/02	Charles W Garbarini	Lieutenant	BC09	196
7/26/02	Carlos R Lillo	Paramedic	EMS BTN 49	197
7/30/02	Michael L Bocchino	Fire Fighter	BC48	198
8/10/02	Robert J Minara	Fire Fighter	L025	199
8/16/02	Thomas DeAngelis	Battalion Chief	BC08	200
8/20/02	Joseph P Spor	Fire Fighter	Rescue 3	201
9/10/02	Gerard Baptiste	Fire Fighter	L009	202
11/2/02	George DiPasquale	Fire Fighter	L002	203
6/11/03	Vernon A Richard	Captain	L007	204
6/8/16	Lawrence T Stack	Battalion Chief	Safety Battalion	205
9/5/19	Michael H Haub	Fire Fighter	L004	206

The 5-5-5-5 # is the order in which the names were read on the department radio, not necessarily the order in which they were found.

* The 44th 5-5-5-5 originally was identified as Jose A Guadalupe from E044. On November 28, 2001, they disinterred the body and discovered it to be that of Christopher Santora, also from E044. Jose Guadalupe's body has not been found as of yet. Back to Christopher Santora

** Keith Roma was a member of the Fire Patrol. Never before, in the department's history, has any member of the Patrol had the honor of being included in a 5-5-5-5 transmission. Notwithstanding that, since he is not a Department employee, his death is not included in the official count of 343 members. Back to Keith Roma

*** Promoted to Battalion Chief effective 9/10/01. Back to Joseph Farrelly

**** Promoted to Captain effective 9/10/01.Back to Michael Esposito