Lest We Forget!
Nineteen years ago today, at 08.46 EDT, the USA sustained its greatest loss of life from an enemy attack in its history. 2,977 people were killed, surpassing the death toll, both military and civilian, of the sneak attack by the Empire of Japan on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Included in the fatalities were 412 first responders. They comprised:
- 343 firefighters (including a chaplain and two paramedics) of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY);
- 37 police officers of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department (PAPD);
- 23 police officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD); and
- 8 emergency medical technicians and paramedics from private emergency medical services;
- 1 patrolman from the New York Fire Patrol
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