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Article: Vulcan Society to memorialize lost Black firefighters

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November 14, 2001
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Carrillo, Karen Juanita
New York Amsterdam News
11-14-2001
Vulcan Society to memorialize lost Black firefighters

The Vulcan Society, the official organization of the New York City Fire
Department's African-American firefighters, will hold a memorial for the
Black firefighters - 11 missing and one confirmed dead - who responded to
the collapse of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.

This Sunday, Nov. 11, the Vulcan's annual memorial to fallen Black
firefighters will be especially geared toward remembering the 12
firefighters who lost their lives this year - and the families they are
leaving behind.

Capt. Vernon Richard of Ladder 7, Manhattan; Leon Smith Jr. of Ladder 118,
Brooklyn; ...

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