9/11 legacy: A Staten Island firefighter fights forgetting, one classroom at a time
- by Casper Lockwood
- Sep, 12 2025
Twenty-four years after 9/11, FDNY firefighter Bill Spade, the last firefighter to escape the North Tower and the sole survivor of Rescue 5, is pushing schools to teach more than a moment of silence. He shares his story with students and teachers to keep the memory alive as nearly a third of Americans were born after 2001.
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