Strong of Heart
Life and Death in the Fire Department of New York
Published on 30. November 2010
292 pages
978-0-06-204148-7 (ISBN)
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The Site
May 30, 2002
"How will we ever get through this?" is the question I asked on the night of September 11.
"How?"
Maybe the answer is here, all around me. Not just in the cleanup, not just in the purpose demonstrated by all who came and labored in these months.
The answer is in the enduring spirits of all assembled here. That, for me, is the miracle in all of this: having looked horror in the face, we bear the pain without losing heart.
-- Thomas Von Essen
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Thomas Von Essen served as the Thirtieth Fire Commissioner of New York City from April 1996 to December 31, 2001. Before becoming fire commissioner, he spent nearly three years as president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, the largest firefighters union in the nation. Von Essen joined the fire department in 1970 and was assigned to Ladder 42 in the Bronx, where he spent most of his firefighting career. Currently, Von Essen is a senior vice president at Giuliani Partners LLC, a New York consulting firm headed by former mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, Rita.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- FOREWORD
- PROLOGUE
- PART ONE THIS IS WAR
- 1 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE LOSS?
- 2 IS THAT A CLOUD?
- 3 THESE BUILDINGS CAN COLLAPSE
- 4 THE WHOLE TOWER CAME DOWN
- 5 FROM BOX CUTTERS TO ALL THIS
- 6 THIS IS THE TASTE OF DEATH
- 7 COULD ANYONE REALLY BE ALIVE IN THERE?
- 8 WILL DETERMINATION BE ENOUGH?
- PART TWO A FIREFIGHTER AT HEART
- 9 TO THE FIREHOUSE DOOR
- 10 THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE
- 11 LA CASA DEL ELEFANTE
- 12 THE UNION POLITICS WERE A KILLER
- 13 A GAMBLE PAYS OFF
- 14 THE CITY'S THIRTIETH FIRE COMMISSIONER
- 15 SAINTS AND SINNERS
- 16 THE ATLANTIC AVENUE FIRE
- 17 DON'T YOU GIVE UP
- 18 IT'S EITHER OUTSTANDING OR UNACCEPTABLE
- 19 THE FATHER'S DAY FIRE
- PART THREE BE NOT AFRAID
- 20 SEPTEMBER 12
- 21 A LIFT FROM THE PRESIDENT
- 22 THIS ISN'T YOUR FAULT
- 23 AT ALL RANKS, WE ARE VULNERABLE
- 24 RECOVERY EFFORTS
- 25 EMOTIONS ARE VERY, VERY HIGH
- 26 DON'T SAY IT . THEY AREN'T READY .
- 27 YOU CAN ALWAYS BE CALLED
- EPILOGUE
- FROM THE PAGES OF MY NOTEBOOKS September 12-December 31, 2001
- A SILENT AND SOLEMN GOOD-BYE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Acclaim for THOMAS VON ESSEN and STRONG OF HEART
- About the Author
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
