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Year Honored
2003
Honoree
Glenn J. Winuk
Title
Firefighter/EMT
Agency
Jericho Fire Department
Agency City
Jericho
Agency State
New York
Last Call
9/11/2001
Cause of Death
Terrorist Attack
Biography
As a boy, his dream was to become a firefighter and he did; he became one of the best. Then he studied law and became one of the best. His brother stated, "even though he became a lawyer, my brother always saw himself as a firefighter. It was a passion to him, the chance to help someone. He was always sprinting toward danger." Glenn Jonathan Winuk, age 40, of the Jericho Fire Department, Jericho, New York, died in the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He led the evacuation of the lower Manhattan office where he worked, then offered his assistance to NYPD and FDNY members who were evacuating the South Tower. Glenn had done this evacuation procedure in the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. He was one of many emergency crew members responding to the South Tower climbing stairs to reach the injured on higher floors when it collapsed trapping him inside. Firefighter Winuk was a decorated former-Lieutenant of guardian Engine Company No.2, a Firefighter/EMT for 24 years and the former Fire Commissioner in Jericho. He was seen wearing his mask and gloves outside the evacuated New York offices, going to help someplace else. "He knew most of the police and firemen and went to help them after he got us all out," stated a worker. He had helped back in the evacuation the last time it was bombed. He had a calm, firm way that assured you he knew what he was doing. "Mr. Winuk was a partner in the law firm of Holland and Knight in Manhattan, New York. There his law practice focused on construction law. On June 22, 2002 "Spider Park" in Jericho was renamed the "Glenn J. Winuk Memorial Park" and a stone monument was dedicated in his memory.