(The Center Square) – Sept. 11, 2001, marked the largest loss of firefighter life in a single incident in recorded history.
The New York City Fire Department lost 340 firefighters and fire officers, two paramedics and Chaplain Father Mychal Judge on the day of the attacks.
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