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Year Honored
2016
Honoree
Thomas Giammarino
Agency
Fire Department of New York - Bureau of EMS
Agency City
New York
Agency State
New York
Last Call
10/7/2014
Cause of Death
9/11 Illness
Biography
On the morning of 9/11 Tommy responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center and spent countless hours on the pile at ground zero searching for his fallen co-workers unaware that his efforts and exposure would be fatal. Tommy continued as a Lieutenant, working in Brooklyn’s Station 31 until he was too ill to continue working. He succumbed to illness on October 7, 2014.