As we remember all the people we lost on 9/11 18 years ago, the newest class of New York City firefighters is set to graduate later this month. And 13 of them are children of firefighters who lost their lives as a result of 9/11.
They're called "legacy" graduates and it's the most any one class has ever had.
In addition to those 13, there are at least three more legacy grads who are children of other first responders who died including the son of an NYPD officer, two sets being siblings.
If you want to know more about them,"The New York Post" did a big profile on the whole group. They're set to graduate on September 24th.
Here are some of the names of those graduates:
- Matthew Jovic, son of Lt. Anthony Jovic, of Engine Co. 279, Brooklyn
- Peter J. Carroll, son of Peter Carroll,FDNY Squad 1, Brooklyn
- Scott B. Larsen, son of Scott Andrew Larsen‚ Ladder 163, Queens
- Gregory Kumpel, son of Kenneth B. Kumpel, Ladder Co. 25, Manhattan
- Brendan Regan,son of Lt. Rober Regan, Engine 205/Ladder 118, Brooklyn
- John C. Fischer,son of Capt. John R. Fischer,Ladder 20, SoHo
- Manny Mojica, son of Manuel Mojica Jr.‚ Squad 18, Manhattan
- Michael Florio, sonofJohn Joseph Florio, Engine 214, Brooklyn
- John R. Leahy, son of NYPD Officer James P. Leahy, 6th Precinct, Greenwich Village
- Robert Tilearcio Jr., son of Robert Tilearcio Sr.,Engine 266, Far Rockaway,who diedof brain cancer in 2017