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The Islamic extremist attack on the United States and the brutal
murder of three thousand and fifty six men, women and children was
an unprecedented event in American history. Equally
unprecedented in American history was the unbelievable heroism of
hundreds of New York Firemen, Policemen, Port Authority personnel
and numerous other heroes, now know only to God, who charged into the burning
World Trade Center for the sole purpose of rescuing other peoples
lives.
Equally unprecedented again has been the response of people from all
around the world. Immediately after
the attack thousands of people, many of them rescue workers
themselves, descended upon the disaster site in New York to help
with the rescue. Thousands more came to attend funerals and
memorials and just to show support. Millions of people from
around the world raised money for the families of the
victims. This event has become a world event.
The
Los Angeles Fire Department, like so many other departments across
the land responded to the disaster in New York. The incident
has become part or our history.
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Los Angeles Fire
Department
SPECIAL
NOTICE 09/12/01 SUBJECT:
NEW YORK
CITY TERRORIST ATTACK
SPECIAL NOTICE 09/19/01
SUBJECT: UPDATE
ON MEMBERS DEPLOYED TO NEW YORK
From the Office of
the Fire Chief 09/19/01 SUBJECT: THE WAR
AGAINST TERRORISM
INFORMATION NOTICE 10/10/01 SUBJECT: THANK YOU FROM
THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK (FDNY):
RESPONSE
TO TERROR L.A's Firefighters Reach Out to Their New
York Comrades
Los Angeles Times, November 18, 2001
The LAFD
Response to New York City
by Pat McOsker,
Director UFLAC, The Los Angeles Firefighter, November/December 2001
SPECIAL
NOTICE 05/30/02 SUBJECT: IN
HONOR OF FDNY FIREFIGHTERS
LOS ANGELES
FIREFIGHTERS GO TO NEW YORK CITY
TO HONOR FDNY'S FALLEN HEROES
Grapevine, March 2002
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* Editorials *
Courage Under Fire
The 21st century's first war
heroes.
Peggy Noonan
October 5, 2001
Looking
for Mr. Goodheart in the Firehouse
John Balzar,
Los Angeles
Times, January 4, 2002
Reflected
in the Smoky Rubble Was the Image of True Courage
By ANNE NELSON
Los Angeles Times, September 11, 2002
* Articles *
The University of Sydney - Department of Civil Engineering
World
Trade Center - New York - Some Engineering Aspects
October 8, 2001
Why the World Trade Center Buildings
Collapsed
By: Deputy Chief Vincent
Dunn ret.
'Tough,
Sad Day' in New York
By Josh Getlin
Los Angeles Times, April 31, 2002
In
Data Trove, a Graphic Look at Towers' Fall
By JAMES GLANZ
and ERIC LIPTON
The New York Times, October 29, 2002
Heroes ALL
Los Angeles
Firefighter, July/August 2002
LAFD TRAINING ALERT: 01-10
The World Trade Center Building Collapse
October 2002 *
Fire Department New York *
F. D. N.
Y.
The Unofficial Home Page of the FDNY
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The Heroes of Eleven-September
This is a saga about heroes,
written one infamous day.
About the heroes of Eleven-September.
This tribute to them I pay.
The
rode into smoke and fire,
sounding siren and bell.
They arrived at "ground zero"
and charged into the flames of hell.
Hundreds of honored heroes,
the bravest of the brave.
On a perilous mission,
attempting to rescue and save.
Determined and eager they entered,
the towers of death and doom.
For anyone lacking courage,
there wasn't one bit of room.
It was a furnace of flames and fury.
Thousands feeing and running away.
But they entered the crumbling inferno,
and held their ground and stayed.
So
dedicated and so valiant.
Standing so fearless and tall.
Sons, brothers, husbands and fathers,
all of them sacrificed all.
Duty,
honor and courage,
a valued lesson we learned.
The respect of and entire nation,
These sainted-souls have earned.
From
the ashes of death and destruction,
rose a nation united and proud,
saluting her fallen heroes,
and applauding them long and loud.
Tearful prayers rise up to the heaven.
In churches eulogies said.
Their names are called by God Himself-
In paradise - the honor roll read.
The Heroes of Eleven-September,
the world will remember them well.
Now near to their God in heaven,
now far from the flames of hell.
By
Francis X. Carillo
Father-In-Law of
Firefighter Salvatore Calabro
Ladder Company 101, FDNY
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