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Firefighters who remember 9/11 and those born afterward reflect on how the sacrifice of 343 FDNY members influenced their decision to join the fire service

Former FDNY Chief Dispatcher Lloyd Moskowitz recalls sending crews to the World Trade Center, answering calls from trapped victims and learning 343 firefighters never returned

John G. Chipura served as a Marine and NYPD detective before joining the FDNY and dying while responding to the World Trade Center on 9/11

Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with memorial ceremonies, moments of silence, tributes to first responders and volunteer projects nationwide

Hosted by Steve Buscemi, FDNY Lt. Dennis Gordon and Marian Fontana, the podcast’s first show features former FDNY Commissioner Dan Nigro

Chicago Fire Department Battalion Chief Sean Kevin had served as battalion chief since 2023

FDNY honored the 343 members killed on 9/11 and 453 more who have since died from World Trade Center-related cancers and respiratory illnesses

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum is adding a permanent seventh moment of silence to honor first responders, recovery workers and survivors who died from 9/11-related illnesses

Seattle officials are considering tracking ambulance wait times after concerns over an out-of-state nurse line and AI-assisted triage of 911 medical calls

Dr. John Howard receives another six-year term overseeing NIOSH and a health program serving more than 140,000 9/11 responders and survivors

Flint firefighters have been reassigned while Stations 6 and 8 undergo $164,000 in kitchen renovations to address mold and asbestos issues

Sal Argano is the last firefighter still serving at Ten House who was assigned there on 9/11, carrying its history forward for younger firefighters and visitors

Nebraska Task Force 1 members deployed to the Pentagon and Ground Zero after 9/11, confronting collapsed buildings, toxic smoke and an unprecedented search-and-rescue mission

Folsom Fire Department returned Engine 39 to service after hiring 14 single-role EMTs and paramedics, restoring response capacity cut during last year’s budget reductions

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation's #ForThe343 campaign has logged more than 550,000 flights of stairs to honor the 343 FDNY firefighters killed on 9/11

President Donald Trump joined first responders and families at a Tunnel to Towers ceremony featuring a World Trade Center steel beam and tributes to fallen FDNY members

New York City opened a public portal containing 170,000 pages of 9/11 records sought for years by first responders, survivors and families concerned about Ground Zero health risks

A Wellston firefighter died after being critically injured while battling a Lincoln County wildfire that burned more than 260 acres near Carney

Shanetta Bossell, charged with fatally stabbing Kansas City Firefighter/Paramedic Graham Hoffman in an ambulance, will undergo an evaluation to determine her competency to stand trial

Six recruits were hospitalized with dehydration and illness symptoms; the Montour Falls facility was also the site of the training death of Firefighter Peyton Morse in 2021