Twelve Black firefighters of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) were lost during rescue and recovery efforts on 9/11.
Black FDNY firefighters lost on Sept. 11: Gerard Baptiste, Vernon Cherry, Tarel Coleman, Andre Fletcher, Keith Glascoe, Ronnie Henderson, William Henry, Karl Joseph, Keithroy Maynard, Vernon Richard, Shawn Powell, and Leon Smith Jr.
Of the 343 firefighters who sacrificed their lives as first responders to the attack, 12 members of the Black Vulcan Society of the New York City Fire Department were lost during rescue and recovery efforts. The firefighters’ names were Gerard Baptiste, Vernon Cherry, Tarel Coleman, Andre Fletcher, Keith Glascoe, Ronnie Henderson, William Henry, Karl Joseph, Keithroy Maynard, Vernon Richard, Shawn Powell, and Leon Smith Jr.
“When we got to the other side, you [almost] couldn’t see anything. [There were] abandoned rigs, we ran into people that were in distress, a number of women had an asthma attack and charcoal was on their face,” said Wilson. Once the building fires had been put out, Wilson needed to inform her family she was okay in a pre-smartphone era. She spied a payphone.
Keithroy Maynard became one of the 12 Black firefighters who died during 9/11. He was in the Vulcan Society. She also recalls their sibling fascination with “Mission Impossible” and subsequent attempts to remake gadgets and keys from the spy movie. It was just the two of them, so they did everything together.
Through the FF. Karl Henri Joseph Educational Fund, Leila Joseph was able to start a school offering courses from kindergarten to grade four.
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