Photo by Greg Masters
Local firehouses across the city commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11 today.
Here's a scene from this morning outside Engine Company 5 on 14th Street, between First Avenue and Second Avenue, during a moment of silence.
On Sept. 11, 2001, the Company lost Manny DelValle Jr., a 7-year FDNY veteran who grew up in the Bronx. He was 32.
Here's more about him from his obituary in The New York Times:
On Sept. 11, 2001, the Company lost Manny DelValle Jr., a 7-year FDNY veteran who grew up in the Bronx. He was 32.
Here's more about him from his obituary in The New York Times:
At home in the Bronx, Mr. DelValle took advanced classes in salsa dancing. He loved Latin music but listened to everything. "Rap," said his brother Pete Moyer. "And R&B," added his sister Grace Nolly. "Old school," said his father, Manuel Del Valle, to be specific.According to reports, 26 firefighters from the neighborhood's four firehouses lost their lives on 9/11.
Mr. DelValle, who graduated from the University of Maryland, was also an accomplished moguls skier and roller skater, a traveler, a lover of war movies and, his family says, a lady's man. He also got Engine Company No. 5, where he was assigned, to participate in the Puerto Rican Day Parade. He was the one in the family who always sent a card and gift to siblings, half-siblings and cousins.
Never forget... But seems NYC forgot
ReplyDeleteWe always stayed at our friends building at 212 14th ,firehouse 5 rocks it 24 seven!!! Nice plaque out front of 5,RIP Gentleman we will never forget 👍😇
ReplyDeleteReally? You must be new to NYC or you are someone living in flyover country.
ReplyDeleteEvery year there is a remembrance.
Every year the towers of light are lit up on that day
Do you ever go downtown and see those two gaping holes in the ground with the water running down into the center? Have you never seen the names inscribed all around the periphery?
What do you want people to do; wear sackcloth and lament every day about a tragic event that occurred 25 years ago? An event that many of us lived through firsthand?
It's called getting through it and moving on. No one who lived in this city on that day will ever forget. So buzz off.