Twenty-three years on, as the brutal attacks of 9/11 slowly fade from memory to history, I still deeply believe: "We don't live in America ... America lives in us."
Remembering our neighborhood heroes from FDNY Engine Co. 16 Ladder 7 who, like so many other brave first responders, rushed to protect us and never came home.
Capt. Vernon Allan Richard, 53
George Cain, 35
Robert Joseph Foti, 42
Charles Mendez, 38
Richard Muldowney Jr, 40
Vincent Princiotta, 39
May they, and all whose lives were taken in the name of terror, Rest in Peace. -s
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