| Year Honored | |
|---|---|
| 2002 | |
| Honoree | |
| Mitchel S. Wallace | |
| Agency | |
| Bayside Volunteer Ambulance | |
| Agency City | |
| Ryland Heights | |
| Agency State | |
| New York | |
| Last Call | |
| 9/11/2001 | |
| Cause of Death | |
| Terrorist Attack | |
| Biography | |
| A small blue piece of dusty cloth beacons the massive machinery to a complete halt. New York workers and firemen come rushing over to the hill. Among the twisted steel and gray uneven blocks of concrete, another is found. The badge number indicates that it was Mitchel Wallace, and he is coming home from the twin towers for the last time. He did not have to be there, he went because he knew he could help people.Once inside the south tower he called his fiance and told her there had been a terrible accident. "It's not an accident," she told him. "Get out of there". "I can't," he said, "there are bodies everywhere, I've got to go." Eyewitness accounts tell of Wallace hurrying people out of the vast lobby of the south tower, checking injuries and telling them to keep moving - to get out of there.Mitchel S. Wallace, 34, lost his life when the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists who had turned jet planes into bombs. It was September 11, 2001, a date forever embedded in the minds of Americans. Mitch was an Emergency Medical Technician volunteer for Bayside Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. of Bayside, New York. He was a full-time Court Officer for the Queens Family Court.Mitch received the 2001 Merit Performance Award in August of the same year for his actions of heroism. While commuting home from work, Mr. Wallace was summoned to help a passenger who had fallen to the floor. Mitch found the man to be in full cardiac arrest. Without a safety mask or equipment he immediately started mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions, keeping this up until paramedics arrived with a defibrillator. Mitch took his job a step further by riding to the hospital with the patient, staying with him, and later speaking with his family. The hospital recounts that the actions taken by Wallace saved a man's life.Honored 2002 |
The United States Official National EMS Memorial Service
