President Peter Gorman's statement regarding listing of names at WTC Memorial
"The Uniformed Fire Officers Association appreciates the decision to list the names of the 343 members of the FDNY who died at the World Trade Center together. But would it spoil some vast eternal plan if the rank of those members appears before their names? The names will be etched in stone long after we are all gone, and people reading a list of names wouldn't know that Peter Ganci was the highest ranking uniformed member of the Department. They wouldn't know William Feehan was First Deputy Commissioner. They wouldn't know Mychal Judge was the Catholic chaplain of the FDNY. And they woudn't know the culture of the Fire Department demands that fire officers lead their firefighters into the buildings, with a responsibility for the safe return of the men and women they command. The names on the WTC Memorial should mirror the way the Wall of Honor at FDNY headquarters lists the names of all those who died in the line of duty---by rank and command." |
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