(PREFACE: Note to any of MY subscribers, if I have misinterpreted something, 
please correct me so that I can set the record straight.)

Your quote from "La Repubblica" which is in grevious error!!!!

There may perhaps have been 10 ITALIANS that were victims of the WTC 
Terrorist Attack, but the number of 23 ITALIAN AMERICANS is grossly 
absurd!!!!!

Approximately 1of every 4 of the 400 plus NYC Firefighters and Policemen that 
lost their lives on September 11 were of ITALIAN Surname!!!!! (that does not 
include Italian Americans with "Anglicized" surnames, or those who had 
Italian Mothers, and hence may have very well identified themselves as of 
Italian identity, but with a non Italian Surname. (The list is included below)

Furthermore, it can be assumed that of the approximately 4,500 "civilian" 
victims, that a high percentage, (maybe not quite 25%) were Italian American, 
because of the disproportionate Italian Americans residing in the NYC area. 
It therefore could be estimated that close to another 1,000 Italian American 
"civilians" lost their lives.

This was an American Tragedy, but a disproportionate Italian American 
Tragedy. 
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inews@italy-news.net writes:

MANHATTAN SETS MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ITS ITALIAN VICTIMS
 Rudolph Giuliani, Manhattan's mayor, announced to the families of the 
Italian victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the city's Twin 
Towers that there will be "a memorial service at the Ground Zero site to 
commemorate your loved ones on November 28." The completed list of victims 
includes eight Italians, two citizens with an Italian passport, and 23 
Italian-Americans. The Italian national daily "La Repubblica" published an 
article yesterday entitled, in which it published the life stories of some of 
the victims. >>
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MANHATTAN PIANGE GLI ITALIANI 
Sono 8 i morti delle Torri, oggi le prime commemorazioni

La Repubblica
Dal Nostro Inviato Leonardo Coen 
October 27, 2001 
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NEW YORK - East White Plans, East Lincoln 107, sobborgo della grande New 
York. Manhattan è lontana una ventina di miglia. La casa della famiglia Di 
Nardo è appoggiata sulla costa di una collina che annega in un bosco di 
aceri. E' una villetta da piccolo sogno americano, da emigranti che ce 
l'hanno fatta. Due teste di zucca affiancano i gradini e annunciano l'arrivo 
di Halloween. Le zucche pupazzo dei vicini brillano di luce, quelle dei Di 
Nardo sono buie, cupe, angoscianti: come fossero senza vita. Come la vita 
strappata della povera Marisa, morta l'11 settembre a Manhattan, mentre si 
trovava al 105esimo piano, e stava trattando con un cliente americano la 
compravendita di azioni per conto della Cantor Fitzgerald, la regina del 
brokeraggio di Wall Street.
Anche Gerard Rauzi stava lavorando nel suo ufficio, all'86esimo piano del 
secondo grattacielo: alle prese con una pratica fiscale da controllare, 
perché lui era lo 007 delle tasse. Era un uomo meticoloso e affabile. Una 
persona mite di carattere ma estremamente pignolo nel suo mestiere. Per 
questo era stato promosso al Wtc. Oggi padre George celebrerà la messa 
funebre in memoria di Gerry, alla chiesa di Sant'Anna, a Flushing, dove c'è 
la New York di chi continua a sperare, di chi crede che l'America non è il 
gendarme del mondo come sbraita Bin Laden, ma è il paese delle grandi libertà.
Marisa e Gerard sono i primi italiani ad essere dichiarati ufficialmente 
morti. Dopo ricerche e confronti estenuanti, e dopo un mese e mezzo di dubbi 
e polemiche, finalmente si sa quanti sono i nostri connazionali uccisi dai 
kamikaze. L'elenco delle nostre vittime è composto da 8 nomi di italiani al 
cento per cento, più altri due nomi di cittadini con passaporti italiani. Ad 
essi si aggiunge una lista di 23 italoamericani. A tutti è arrivato il mesto 
invito di Rudolph Giuliani: «Domenica 28 ottobre troviamoci al Ground Zero, 
per ricordare i vostri cari». 

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NYC WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK
FIREFIGHTER AND POLICE VICTIMS
Thanks to: Steve Antonuccio at anton1492@home.com

CONFIRMED DEAD

- Eric Allen, 41, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- James Amato, 43, Ronkonkoma, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- Joseph Angelini Sr., 63, Lindenhurst, N.Y., firefighter, New York
Fire Department
- Louis Arena, 32, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. Daniel Brethel, 40, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Andrew Brunn, 28, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Peter Carroll, 35, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Dennis Cross, 60, Islip Terrace, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- Robert Curatolo, 31, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Andrew Desperito, 44, Patchogue, N.Y., firefighter, New York
Fire Department
- Capt. Martin Egan Jr., 36, New York, N.Y., firefighter, New York
Fire Department
- William Feehan, 72, first deputy commissioner, New York Fire
Department
- Thomas Foley, 32, West Nyack, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- Peter J. Ganci Jr., 55, North Massapequa, N.Y., chief of
department, New York Fire Department
- Jose Guadalupe, 37, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Geoffrey E. Guja, 54, Lindenhurst, N.Y., firefighter, New York
Fire Department
- David Halderman, 40, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Sean Hanley, 35, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas Hannafin, 36, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Timothy Haskell, 34, Seaford, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- William Henry, 49, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas P. Holohan Jr., 36, Chester, N.Y., firefighter, New York
Fire Department
- Capt. Walter Hynes, 46, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- The Rev. Mychal Judge, 68, New York, N.Y., fire chaplain, New
York Fire Department
- Neil Leavy, 34, New York City, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- Joseph Maloney, 46, Farmingville, N.Y., firefighter, New York
Fire Department
- William J. McGovern, 49, Smithtown, N.Y., firefighter, New York
Fire Department
- Martin McWilliams, 35, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Dennis Mojica, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Manuel Mojica, 37, Bellmore, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- Patrick O'Keefe, 44, Oakdale, N.Y., New York Fire Department
- Capt. William O'Keefe, 49, firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- Kevin O'Rourke, 44, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Richard Prunty, 57, Sayville, N.Y., battalion chief, New York
Fire Department
- John Santore, 49, New York, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- Capt. Timothy Stackpole, 42, New York, N.Y., firefighter, New
York Fire Department
- Daniel Suhr, 37, Neponsit, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- Lawrence Virgilio, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Michael Warchola, 51, Middle Village, N.Y., firefighter, New
York Fire Department
- Michael Weinberg, 34, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Glenn Wilkinson, 46, Bayport, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- Lt. John Williamson, 46, battalion commander, New York Fire
Department
- Raymond York, 45, Valley Stream, N.Y., firefighter, New York
Fire Department

REPORTED DEAD

- Peter Brennan, 30, Ronkonkoma, N.Y., firefighter, New York
Fire Department
- Dennis Devlin, 51, Washingtonville, N.Y., battalion
commander, New York Fire Department
- Ray Downey, chief of special operations command, New York
Fire Department
- Robert Hamilton, 43, Washingtonville, N.Y., firefighter, New
York Fire Department
- Peter Langone, 41, Roslyn Heights, N.Y., firefighter, New York
Fire Department
- Thomas Langone, 39, police officer, New York City Police
Department
- Joseph Lovero, 60, Jersey City, N.J., dispatcher, Jersey City Fire
Department
- John McAvoy, New York, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- Dennis P. McHugh, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Montesi, 39, Highland Mills, N.Y., firefighter, New York
Fire Department

REPORTED MISSING

- Joseph Agnello, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Brian Ahearn, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Richard Allen, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Calixto Anaya Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Joseph Angelini Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Faustino Apostol Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- David Arce, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Carl Asaro, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Gregg Atlas, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Gerald Atwood, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Gerard Baptiste, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Gerard Barbara, New York Fire Department
- Matthew Barnes, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Arthur Barry, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Steven Bates, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Carl Bedigian, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Stephen Belson, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Bergin, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Paul Beyer, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Peter Bielfeld, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Brian Bilcher, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Carl Bini, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Christopher Blackwell, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Bocchino, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Frank Bonomo, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Gary Box, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Boyle, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Kevin Bracken, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Brennan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. Patrick Brown, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. Vincent Brunton, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Ronald Bucca, New York Fire Department
- Greg Buck, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. William Burke Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Donald Burns, New York Fire Department
- John Burnside, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas Butler, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Patrick Byrne, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- George Cain, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Salvatore Calabro, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. Frank Callahan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Cammarata, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Brian Cannizzaro, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Dennis Carey, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Carlo, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Carroll, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas Casoria, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Cawley, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Vernon Cherry, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Nicholas Chiofalo, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Chipura, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Clarke, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Steven Coakley, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Tarel Coleman, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Collins, 42, New York, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- Robert Cordice, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Ruben Correa, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- James Coyle, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Robert Crawford, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas Cullen III, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Edward Datri, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Dauria, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Scott Davidson, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Edward Day, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas Deangelis, battalion commander, New York Fire
Department
- Manuel Delvalle, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Martin Demeo, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- David Derubbio, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Gerard Dewan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- George Dipasquale, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Kevin Donnelly, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Kevin Dowdell, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Gerard Duffy, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Elferis, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Francis Esposito, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Michael Esposito, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Robert Evans, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Fanning, battalion commander, New York Fire
Department
- Capt. Thomas Farino, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Terrence Farrell, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. Joseph Farrelly, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lee Fehling, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Alan Feinberg, 48, Marlboro, N.J., firefighter, New York Fire
Department
- Michael Fiore, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. John Fischer, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Andre Fletcher, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Florio, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Michael Fodor, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- David Fontana, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Robert Foti, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Andrew Fredericks, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Peter Freund, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas Gambino Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Charles Garbarini, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas Gardner, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Matthew Garvey, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Bruce Gary, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Gary Geidel, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Edward Geraghty, battalion commander, New York Fire
Department
- Denis Germain, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Vincent Giammona, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- James Giberson, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Ronnie Gies, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Paul Gill, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. John Ginley, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Jeffrey Giordano, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Giordano, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Keith Glascoe, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- James Gray, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Joseph Grzelak, battalion commander, New York Fire
Department
- Lt. Joseph Gullickson, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Vincent Halloran, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Dana Hannon, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Daniel Harlin, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Harvey Harrell, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Stephen Harrell, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. Thomas Haskell Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. Terence Hatton, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Haub, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Michael Healey, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Heffernan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Ronnie Henderson, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Joseph Henry, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas Hetzel, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. Brian Hickey, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Timothy Higgins, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Jonathan Hohmann, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Joseph Hunter, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Jonathan Ielpi, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. Frederick Ill Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- William Johnston, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Andrew Jordan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Karl Joseph, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Anthony Jovic, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Angel Juarbe Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Vincent Kane, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Charles L. Kasper, battalion commander, New York Fire
Department
- Paul Keating, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Richard Kelly Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas R. Kelly, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas W. Kelly, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas Kennedy, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Ronald Kerwin, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Kiefer, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Robert King Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Scott Kopytko, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- William Krukowski, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Kenneth Kumpel, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas Kuveikis, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- David Laforge, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- William Lake, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Robert Lane, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Scott Larsen, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Joseph Leavey, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Daniel Libretti, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Carlos Lillo, New York Fire Department
- Robert Linnane, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Lyons, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Patrick Lyons, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Joseph Maffeo, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- William Mahoney, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Joseph Marchbanks Jr., battalion commander, New York Fire
Department
- Lt. Charles Margiotta, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Kenneth Marino, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Marshall, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Peter Martin, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Paul Martini, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Joseph Mascali, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Keithroy Maynard, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Brian McAleese, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas McCann, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. William McGinn, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Robert Mcmahon, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Robert McPadden, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Terence McShane, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Timothy McSweeney, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Raymond Meisenheimer, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Charles Mendez, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Steve Mercado, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Douglas Miller, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Henry Miller Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Robert Minara, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Thomas Mingione, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Paul Mitchell, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. Louis Modafferi, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Carl Molinaro, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. Thomas Moody, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Moran, battalion commander, New York Fire Department
- Vincent Morello, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Christopher Mozzillo, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Richard Muldowney Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Mullan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Dennis Mulligan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Raymond Murphy, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Robert Nagel, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Napolitano, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Peter Nelson, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Gerard Nevins, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Dennis Oberg, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Daniel O'Callaghan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Douglas Oelschlager, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Joseph Ogren, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Thomas O'Hagan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Samuel Oitice, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Eric Olsen, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Jeffrey Olsen, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Steven Olson, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Otten, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Jeffrey Palazzo, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Orio Palmer, battalion commander, New York Fire Department
- Frank Palombo, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Paul Pansini, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Paolillo, battalion commander, New York Fire Department

- James Pappageorge, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Robert Parro, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Durrell Pearsall, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Glenn Perry, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Philip Petti, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Kevin Pfeifer, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Kenneth Phelan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Christopher Pickford, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Shawn Powell, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Vincent Princiotta, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Kevin Prior, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lincoln Quappe, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Michael Quilty, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Ricardo Quinn, New York Fire Department
- Leonard Ragaglia, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Ragusa, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Edward Rall, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Adam Rand, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Donald Regan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Robert Regan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Christian Regenhard, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Kevin Reilly, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Vernon Richard, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- James Riches, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Joseph Rivelli Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Michael Roberts, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Anthony Rodriguez, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Matthew Rogan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Nicholas Rossomando, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Paul Ruback, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Stephen Russell, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Michael Russo, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Matthew Ryan, battalion commander, New York Fire
Department
- Thomas Sabella, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Christopher Santora, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Gregory Saucedo, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Dennis Scauso, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Schardt, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Fred Scheffold, battalion commander, New York Fire
Department
- Thomas Schoales, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Gregory Sikorsky, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Stephen Siller, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Stanley Smagala Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Kevin Smith, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Leon Smith Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Robert Spear Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Joseph Spor, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lawrence Stack, battalion commander, New York Fire
Department
- Gregory Stajk, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Jeffrey Stark, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Benjamin Suarez, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Christopher Sullivan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Sean Tallon, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Allan Tarasiewicz, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Paul Tegtmeier, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Tierney, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Tipping II, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Hector Tirado Jr., firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Richard Vanhine, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Peter Vega, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lawrence Veling, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- John Vigiano II, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Sergio Villanueva, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Lt. Robert Wallace, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Jeffrey Walz, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. Patrick Waters, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Kenneth Watson, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Timothy Welty, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Eugene Whelan, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Edward White, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Mark Whitford, firefighter, New York Fire Department
- Capt. David Wooley, firefighter, New York Fire Department