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MEDIA ADVISORY
FIRE COMMISSIONER NICHOLAS
SCOPPETTA TO ATTEND
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR CAPTAIN VERNON RICHARD
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta tomorrow will attend
a funeral service for Captain Vernon Richard, 53, of Ladder
Company 7. Captain Richard was a 23-year veteran of FDNY and
one of six members of Manhattan’s Ladder Company 7 lost
on 9-11. The funeral will be held at First Baptist Church
in Spring Valley, NY at 1 PM. His wife, Dorothy, and their
two grown children – Vernon Allen Richard II and Vernessa,
survive him. A memorial service was held in his memory on
December 8, 2001.
WHO: |
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, FDNY Officials,
hundreds of members of FDNY |
WHAT: |
Funeral Service for Captain Vernon Richard of Ladder
Company 7 |
WHERE: |
First Baptist Church – 6 Reverend Dr. McWilliams
Way (formerly Hoyt Street), Spring Valley, NY |
WHEN: |
Friday June 13, 2003 @ 1pm |
NO MEDIA RISERS AVAILABLE
Contact: Francis X. Gribbon/Mike Loughran
(FDNY) (718) 999-2056
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