The story of the Foley brothers is yet another heartbreaking tragedy of the 9/11 attacks.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – In the painful aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, New York City firefighter Dan Foley carried the body of his firefighter brother, Tom, from the smoky rubble of ground zero.– a victim of ground zero’s toxic air, which brought on the pancreatic cancer that took his life last week.
That double dose of tragedy – and how it continues to haunt the New York City Fire Department and our nation – seemed to permeate Dan Foley’s funeral."On average every two weeks we lose a member to World Trade Center Illness," FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said in an interview before Foley's funeral."The fact that it’s all these years later doesn’t make it any easier.
In a eulogy, Mark Fenton, who met Foley when the two played football at Iona College, described Foley as a humble hero with a"passion for making a difference."Then, turning to the pew with Foley's wife, Carrie, and their children – Erin, 17; Kiera, 15; Brianne, 14; Kendall, 7, and Thomas “T.J”, 6 – Fenton added:"Remember that your dad was a real life hero."
Days before that diagnosis, however, Dan Foley rushed to another emergency with Rescue 3 – a burning apartment building in the Bronx where he carried four children to safety, fire officials said.For his funeral on Thursday, Foley's Rescue 3 fire helmet sat on a wooden stand in front of his coffin. Several feet away, a poster-sized photo of Dan in his FDNY uniform smiled at the congregation.
Weeks after finding his brother's body, Dan Foley, with a shovel still in hand and with his uniform covered with harmful dust that would eventually bring on his fatal cancer, was one of dozens of 9/11 first responders photographed by Life Magazine's Joe McNally for a project that came to be known as"Faces of Ground Zero."
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