Ladder Company 21 & Engine Company 34 Memorials - New York, NY
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Ladder Company 21 & Engine Company 34 memorials are located in front of the fire station on West 38th Street in Manhattan.
Waymark Code: WME806
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2012
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The Ladder Company 21 & Engine Company 34 memorials consists of three elements. Between the doors separating these units of the New York Fire Department are the original bronze plaque for firefighters who died in service between 1892 and 1932, a series of seven newer bronze plaques in memory of firefighters from Ladder Company 21 who died responding to the World Trade Center alarm on September 11, 2001, and a 9/11 memorial near the ground.
The upper plaque is inscribed:
DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREMAN THOMAS R. GODFREY - MAY 25, 1892
LADDER COMPANY 21
FIREMAN JAMES F. CALNAN - DECEMBER 25, 1897
ENGINE COMPANY 34
FIREMAN THOMAS BEHAN - SEPTEMBER 12, 1921
LADDER COMPANY 21
FIREMAN HENRY R. REIHHARDT - MARCH 25, 1922
LADDER COMPANY 21
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM KOSTINEC, JR. - MARCH 22,1932
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES
PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY
IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK
The seven plaques for the firefighters who died at the World Trade Center are inscribed:
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
LIEUTENANT
MICHAEL N. FODOR
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREFIGHTER
GERALD J. DUFFY
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREFIGHTER
GERALD T. ATWOOD
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREFIGHTER
KEITH A. GLASCOE
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREFIGHTER
WILLIAM E. KRUKOW
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREFIGHTER
JOSEPH P. HENRY
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FIREFIGHTER
BENJAMIN SUAREZ
LADDER COMPANY 21
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
OPERATING AT MANHATTAN BOX 5-5-8087
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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The 9/11 memorial contains a piece of re-bar in the form of a cross mounted on a piece of steel beam, both salvaged from the World Trade Center. A plaque on the beam is inscribed:
THIS WORLD TRADE CENTER STEEL
WAS ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR FALLEN BROTHERS WHO WERE LOST ON
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
"NEVER FORGET"