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Health Care Community
 Establishes Fund for the Families
 of Emergency Service Workers
 Missing in the World Trade
 Center Attack
 

New York, New York - 
September 24, 2001. The health  care community has come together
 to establish a
dedicated fund that  will provide assistance to the
 surviving families of the emergency medical service (EMS) workers  missing in the attack on the World Trade Center. This fund will be administered by the Greater New York Hospital Foundation (GNYHF). 

To donate to this special fund,
 please make checks payable to
 "Greater New York Hospital
 Foundation, Inc.
" and send to:

EMS Fund
Greater New York
Hospital Foundation
P.O. Box 32422
Hartford, CT 06150-2422 

The Federal tax I.D.
number is 13-2954140.

 

List of EMS Killed at WTC

All EMS killed in the line of duty deserve special pages, but due in part to the initial lack of coverage about these special folks,  I felt these individuals who gave their lives at the WTC disaster deserved special remembrance pages. 

related:
Ambulance Crash Tracking at EMSNetwork News

 see also
 THE SPECIAL EMS REMEMBRANCE PAGE



While there are many places on the Internet to post condolence messages, those most in need of comfort will never see these. Whenever available we have included an address where you can send a real card to those left behind.


Yamel Merino, EMT-P Metrocare/Montefiore Medical Center  
Merino, of Yonkers, N.Y.,
won the company's "EMT of the Year" award in 1999.
"Oh, she was the sweetest thing," Ramirez said.
 "She had the sweetest voice."

Yamel Merino, EMT-P Metrocare/Montefiore Medical Center  
see WEB PAGE on Yamel


Ricardo Quinn,EMT-P FDNY 

Ricardo Quinn,EMT-P FDNY 
see WEB PAGE Ricardo


Carlos Lillo,EMT-P FDNY 

Carlos Lillo,EMT-P FDNY 
see WEB PAGE Carlos


Partners: Quinn and Lillo
see WEB PAGE on Carlos and Ricardo from their wives


David P. Lemagne, EMT-P, Port Authority of NY & NJ Police

 

see WEB PAGE on David


Keith Fairben,EMT-P New York Presbyterian Hospital  

Keith Fairben,EMT-P New York Presbyterian Hospital
see WEB PAGE on Keith


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Mario Santoro,EMT-P New York Presbyterian Hospital

see WEB PAGE Mario

 


Marc Sullins, Cabrini Medical Center

Marc Sullins, Cabrini Medical Center
see WEB PAGE on Marc


Mark Schwartz, EMT, Hunter Ambulance


see WEB PAGE on Mark


Richard Pearlman, EMT, Forest Hills VAC

Richard Pearlman, EMT, Forest Hills VAC  
see WEB PAGE on Richie

Forest Hills VAC
/Hatzolah VAC


Mitch Wallace, EMT, Bayside Volunteer Ambulance
Mitch Wallace, EMT, Bayside Volunteer Ambulance
see WEB PAGE on Mitch

Bayside Volunteer Ambulance


There were also dozens of paramedics and EMTs killed who were either working their full-time jobs at WTC or working as cops and firemen.  Two examples are Kevin Peifer, a fire LT. and paramedic at St Vincent's for years and Bob Cirri, a PAPD LT and paramedic at JCMC for about 2 decades. Info supplied by Scot Phelps

We have added Lt. Robert D. Cirri and Lt. Kevin Pfeifer to this section


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Lt. Robert D. Cirri page

 



Lt. Kevin Pfeifer page

 


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