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FDNY Fathers and Sons: Interview, Part 1

Loss unites these FDNY firefighters whose fathers or sons were killed on 9/11 - but so, too, does hope for the FDNY's future

The FDNY has a long history of multiple generations of the same family serving at the same time. On 9/11, this tradition took a tragic turn; many FDNY firefighters lost family members who also responded to the incident. To mark the 10-year anniversary of September 11, FireRescue Editor-in-Chief Tim Sendelbach interviewed FDNY firefighters whose sons or fathers were killed on 9/11. In Part 1 of this four-part series, we meet the "Band of Dads" and discuss the sacrifices they made.

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