Engine 202 / Ladder 101

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Many firehouses suffered losses in the WTC attack.
These are some of them.

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Engine 21 East 40 Street East Side		Engine 21 East 40 Street East Side
The beach front memorial to Captain William F. Burke of Engine 21. He spent 25 summers working as a lifeguard at Robert Moses State Park, and a friend, Stuart Kaplan, remembered how the oldest living Jones Beach lifeguard turned up one day. The man was sickly and in a wheelchair, but his dearest wish was to swim in the ocean one last time. Captain Burke put an arm around him and helped him into the waves. Afterward, they shared a cold beer and then another. Everybody went home happy.		The firehouse memorial to Captain William F. Burke of Engine 21. He knew that the south tower had collapsed, he could have gotten out of the north tower, but he chose to remain behind to assist Ed Beyea, a quadriplegic, and Mr. Beyea's friend Abe Zelmanowitz.

Engine 16 / Ladder 7 East 29th Street East Side		Engine 16 / Ladder 7 East 29th Street East Side
Engine 16 / Ladder 7 East 29th Street East Side		Engine 16 / Ladder 7 East 29th Street East Side

Engine 8 / Ladder 2
East 51 Street
Midtown

Engine 8 / Ladder 2 Memorial
in Dag Hammarskjold park
across from the U.N. building