Mayor Bill De Blasio and Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro Honor Ten Members of The Fire Department Who Have Died in The Past Year at FDNY Memorial Day

October 5, 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro will honor 10 FDNY members who have died in the past year at the 114th Annual FDNY Memorial Service on Wednesday, October 6th at 11 a.m. at The Firemen’s Memorial at West 100th Street and Riverside Drive, Manhattan. The ceremony can be viewed live on the Department’s website at www.nyc.gov/FDNY.

Those who will be honored include:

Firefighter James J. Marshall
EMT Evelyn Ford
Firefighter Joseph A. Ferrugia
EMT Thomas C. Akerberg
Firefighter Carmine J. Barresi
EMT Azzedin M. Ahmed
Firefighter Norman A. Zuniga
EMT Steven Acevedo
Lieutenant Danielle G. Connell
Firefighter Michael J. Katz

WHO: Mayor Bill de Blasio; Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro; First Deputy Commissioner Laura Kavanagh; Chief of Department Thomas Richardson; Chief of Fire Operations John Hodgens; Chief of EMS Lillian Bonsignore; and families of the 10 deceased FDNY members

WHERE: The Fireman’s Memorial, West 100th Street and Riverside Drive, Manhattan

WHEN: Wednesday, October 6th – 11 a.m.

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