Around 8:30 this morning I saw high school students being hurried east along Houston Street. I figured they must be heading to a September 11′th memorial of some sort. The most likely local spot, I thought, would be the local firehouse on East Second Street. I hurried out, but they were out of sight by the time I hit the street. Well they weren’t headed to the firehouse. The only memorial I saw there at 8:46 was one guy testing a loud powerful saw, the kind used to cut through metal. I took it as a tribute of sorts, a wake-up-call perhaps.
- Lieutenant Michael T. Quilty
- Firefighter Richard J. Kelly Jr.
- Firefighter John F. Heffernan
- Edward J. Day
- Michael F. Cammarata
- Matthew S. Rogan
“5-5-8087″ is what comes in on the teletype, it indicates a fifth alarm assignment at box 8087” – the World Trade Center.
