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9-11 Responders Show Their True Valor A supplement by the editors of & JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES MAGAZINE Copyright 2002 by PennWell Corporation Contents 9 EMS Untold: The World Trade Center Disaster The first 24 hours of EMS response on Sept. 11 By Lisa Dionne 10 Fire Personnel in Memoriam A remembrance of firefighters lost in the line of duty 26 Live to Tell 25 eyewitness accounts of the Sept. 11 EMS response Interviews by Lisa Dionne & A.J. Heightman 27 Glenn Asaeda, MD, FDNY EMS 27 Jennifer Beckham, Flushing Medical Center 28 Scott Beloten, Maimonides Hospital Ambulance Dept. 32 Rene Davila, FDNY EMS 36 Jack Delaney, New York Presbyterian Hospital 38 Tamara Drummond, NYU Downtown Hospital EMS Dept. 39 Louis Garcia, St. Vincent’s Manhattan 40 Zachary Goldfarb, FDNY EMS 46 Jerry Z. Gombo, FDNY EMS 49 Cosmo Jackson, MetroCare Ambulance 50 Al Kim, MetroCare Ambulance 50 Walter Kowalczyk, FDNY EMS 53 Juana Lomi, NYU Downtown Hospital EMS Dept. 55 Alexander Loutsky, FDNY EMS 57 Orlando Martinez, FDNY EMS 59 Robert A. McCracken, FDNY EMS 63 Amy Monroe, FDNY EMS 64 Jonathan Moritz, FDNY EMS 65 Ernestina Nyquist, St. Vincent’s Manhattan 66 Janice Olszewski, FDNY EMS 67 John Peruggia, FDNY 57 Frank Puma, FDNY EMS 69 Ben Shelton, St. Vincent’s Manhattan 69 Charlie Wells, FDNY EMS 71 Robert Wick, Flushing Hospital Medical Center 72 EMS Personnel in Memoriam Those who made the ultimate sacrifice, not for family or friends, but for strangers By Keri Losavio Unsung Heroes 74 Responders who tended their home fronts kept the New York 9-1-1 system running smoothly By Blaine Dionne After the Fall 76 How local, state & federal responders searched for survivors amid the rubble By Nancy J. Rigg About the Cover From the Ashes Top: FDNY EMT Moussa Diaz renders care to a severely 82 burned female patient on Sept. 11 near the World Trade Center complex. FDNY resurrects its apparatus fleet Photo Jennifer S. Altman By Bob Vaccaro Bottom: After the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, an FDNY engine transports an extra complement of firefighters to Ground Zero. A Little Help from Friends Photo Willie Cirone 89 Emergency manufacturers donate money, This Page equipment & apparatus to New York agencies Ground Troops: FDNY firefighters prepare for fire battle By Jeff Berend following the World Trade Center collapses. Photo Doug Kanter Testaments 96 Reflections on Sept. 11, plus stories of hope Complete Rescue System The JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES MAGAZINE PUBLISHER EMERITUS SKED-EVAC JAMES O. PAGE TRIPOD PUBLISHER/GENERAL MANAGER Jeff Berend AND [email protected] EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lisa Dionne SKEDCO 4:1 [email protected] EDITOR A.J. 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    ID NAME: Nxxx,2004-07-04,A,024,Bs-BW,E2 3 7 15 25 50 75 85 93 97 24 Ø N THE NEW YORK TIMES METRO SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2004 CITY A Status Report: As Lower Manhattan Rebuilds, a New Map Takes Shape By DAVID W. DUNLAP and GLENN COLLINS Below are projects in and around ground DEVELOPMENT PLAN zero and where they stood as of Friday. Embassy Goldman Suites Hotel/ Sachs Bank of New York BUILDINGS UA Battery Park Building Technology and On the World Trade Center site City theater site 125 Operations Center PARKS GREENWICH ST. 75 Park Place Barclay St. 101 Barclay St. (A) FREEDOM TOWER / TOWER 1 2 MURRAY ST. Former site of 6 World Trade Center, the 6 United States Custom House 0Feet 200 Today, the cornerstone will be laid for this WEST BROADWAY skyscraper, with about 60,000 square feet of retail space at its base, followed by 2.6 mil- Fiterman Hall, lion square feet of office space on 70 stories, 9 Borough of topped by three stories including an obser- Verizon Building Manhattan PARK PL. vation deck and restaurants. Above the en- 4 World 140 West St. Community College closed portion will be an open-air structure Financial 3 5 with wind turbines and television antennas. Center 7 World The governor’s office is a prospective ten- VESEY ST. BRIDGE Trade Center 100 Church St. ant. Occupancy is expected in late 2008. The WASHINGTON ST. 7 cost of the tower, apart from the infrastruc- 3 World 8 BARCLAY ST. ture below, is estimated at $1 billion to $1.3 Financial Center billion.
  • Bits & Pieces of the Big Apple

    Bits & Pieces of the Big Apple

    Bits & Pieces of The Big Apple Fascinating facts, frivolities Awful events & witty ditties Cliff Strome 1 Cover Photo The Statue of Liberty’s arms were raised and the tablet was put under lock and key during the soaring rate of crime from the 1970’s through the ‘90’s. It served as a warning that the city should take the crime surge seriously. The tablet is embossed: July IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4th 1776) the date of the signing of The Declaration of Independence. She is the enduring symbol our nation. “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Photo by Cliff Strome Photoshop by Evan Kimia Custom & Private New York Tours, Inc. www.customandprivate.com [email protected] 212-222-1441 “Providing fun, memorable and informative New York City experiences, targeting your interests, preferences and whims!” That’s my mission. 2 Welcome to Bits & Pieces of The Big Apple Bits & Pieces is an assortment of humorous snippets, amusing info, offbeat tales, tragedies, folklore, obscure historic facts and hilarities happenings in New York. Bits and Pieces This tour through “the city” will entertain, educate and amuse you. A table of contents is not provided to encourage you to read every Bit and Piece. What’s the difference between a bit and apiece? I don’t have a clue I just like the name! I’m not a writer however I like to tell stories. Throughout the book I provide my opinions and others may include my participation. Please don’t take everything too seriously, it’s intended to amuse, entertain and in form.