FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker adds 39 names to the World Trade Center Memorial Wall

September 9, 2025

On Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, the FDNY added to the World Trade Center Memorial Wall the names of 39 members who died of illnesses related to their work in the rescue and recovery efforts following September 11th.

"This year, we add 39 names to our World Trade Center Memorial Wall. These losses continue to mount, and our heartbreak continues to grow," FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker said during Tuesday's remembrance ceremony. "To the families here today, I say: Thank you for coming. Thank you for letting us support you. Thank you, as well, for letting us have your loved ones for so long. Something we hear at the FDNY a lot is that we are a family. This means we share losses and pain. Everyone here today understands the agony of the sacrifice your loved ones made, and they mourn with you. They vow-as we all do-to never forget."

To date, the Department has lost more than 400 members to World Trade Center-related illnesses.

"The names we add to the wall today are not just names on a plaque. They were parents, children, friends and colleagues," Chief of Department John Esposito said. "World Trade Center illness has touched every corner of this Department-firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, fire marshals, officers, chiefs and our civilian workforce. For all of you gathered here, these names represent the people you loved. To each of you, we continue to make this promise: We will never forget them. Their courage, sacrifice and their bravery will always be a part of the history and spirit of this Department."

Mayor Eric Adams said: "These were parents, these were sons. These were brothers, these were sisters. We need to humanize what happened those 24 years ago and not allow time to erode how significant it was-the countless number of men and women who ran toward danger, and we're still losing lives every day."

The inscription on the Memorial Wall reads: "Dedicated to the memory of those who bravely served this department protecting life and property in the City of New York in the rescue and recovery effort at Manhattan Box 5-5-8087 World Trade Center."

The names of the members added to the wall are as follows:

• Firefighter Peter A. Quinn
• Firefighter Arill Nyquist
• Firefighter Stephen E. Russack
• Firefighter Jose L. Hickson
• Firefighter Joseph J. Scaramuzzino
• Firefighter Joseph F. Tumulty
• Firefighter Michael A. Wallace
• Firefighter Edward D. Thompson
• Firefighter James B. Johnsen
• Firefighter John Tyrrell, Jr.
• Captain Thomas S. LaBarbiera
• EMS Lt Anthony S. Cozzino
• Deputy Chief Nicholas J. Visconti
• Lieutenant James S. Cooney, Sr.
• Firefighter Thomas E. Ryan
• Lieutenant Patrick J. Ward
• Firefighter Christopher W. McCormack
• EMS Division Chief Mark E. Steffens
• Firefighter John F. Connolly
• Firefighter Anthony F. Mastrelli
• Firefighter Christopher J. Bach
• Firefighter Lawrence T. Murphy
• Auto Mechanic Richard O. Sarnes, Jr.
• Firefighter Thomas H. Gavitt
• Firefighter Neil G. Gimpel
• Firefighter Michael A. DeBenedetto
• Battalion Chief Dennis J. Collopy
• Firefighter Thomas L. Dunn
• Carpenter Frank T. Leanza
• EMS Lieutenant Pamela Hehn
• Lieutenant James T. Sweeney
• Firefighter Brian T. Fitzgerald
• Firefighter Edwin J. Steffens
• Battalion Chief Eugene T. Kelty, Jr.
• Firefighter Daniel J. McCauley
• Firefighter Christopher J. Revere
• Fire Marshal Ronald A. Mitchell
• Lieutenant Vincent C. McMahon, Jr.
• Firefighter Robert S. Okorn