09/11/2026
These are EMTs and Paramedics that were killed that day. The 2 FDNY medics are included in the 343 but the others deserve to be remembered also, as well as the thousands who have died since. FDNY sent 14,000 members to the pile that day and in the days to follow, of that 14,000 almost 5,000 have gotten cancer in the years since. They need to be remembered, and this year for the first time we are acknowledging their sacrifices also.
We say "never forget" but now the kids coming on the job were not alive then. It is not only about not forgetting but about teaching those who can't remember so they don't have to suffer like we did.