Former New York Governor Pataki pays visit to FDNY Station House on 20th Anniversary of 9/11

By Emilio Valerio
EBC New York Bureau

NEW YORK (Eagle News) — Former New York Governor George E. Pataki honored the memory of fallen 9/11 heroes by visiting the FDNY Ten House station yesterday, two days before the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Mr. Pataki was the New York governor at the time when terrorists hijacked and crashed two planes into the World Trade Center towers in 2001.

Former New York Governor George E. Pataki during his visit to FDNY Ten House near Ground Zero. (Photo by Emilio Valerio, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)

FDNY Ten House is the nearest fire station to the World Trade Center, just across the street from ground zero on Liberty Street. It is home to two FDNY units — Engine Company 10 and Ladder Company 10 — and now the site of the FDNY Memorial Wall.

Some members of FDNY Ten House. (Photo by Emilio Valerio, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)

On their firehouse wall along Greenwich Street is a 56-foot bronze bas-relief sculpture in memory of FDNY members who lost their lives on that day.

No one is too young to appreciate the FDNY Memorial Wall. (Photo by Emilio Valerio, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
May We Never Forget. Closeup of part of the FDNY Memorial Wall. (Photo by Emilio Valerio, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
The Dedication. Closeup of part of the FDNY Memorial Wall. (Photo by Emilio Valerio, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)

The FDNY Ten House station lost six of their members on September 11, 2001. The names of members they lost can be found on their website, fdnytenhouse.com: 

    Lieutenant Gregg A. Atlas        Engine 10, Age 44
Firefighter Paul Pansini        Engine 10, Age 36
Lieutenant Stephen G. Harrell    Battalion 7, Age 44
Firefighter Sean P. Tallon        Ladder 10, Age 26
Firefighter Jeffrey J. Olsen        Engine 10, Age 31    
Captain (Ret.) James J. Corrigan    Ladder 10, Age 60

Memorial for the six fallen members of FDNY Ten House. (Photo by Emilio Valerio, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)

(Eagle News Service)