Firefighter Thomas Casoria
Engine 22
Member
Laid to Rest
on Friday, August 9th, 2002
On
the Verge of Marriage
Thomas A. Casoria waited almost five years, after taking his
exam, to be called to his job at the Fire Department. After
almost three years on the job he was with Engine 22 on East
85th Street. Firefighter Casoria was last heard from, according
to his father, Carlo, when he radioed his captain to say that
he and two other firefighters were helping a paraplegic down
the stairs from the fifth floor of 1 World Trade Center and,
a little later, when he radioed that a fireman was down. Firefighter
Casoria, 29, grew up in Whitestone, Queens. At Holy Cross High
School in Flushing, Queens, he played second base and was captain
of his baseball team and was an all-city football player. Once
in the Fire Department, he switched to softball and played second
base on the department team. He "made plays they can't
believe he made," his father said. Tommy's brother, Carlo,
who is also a firefighter, was in the same class at the academy.
"He was my go-to guy," Carlo said. "He would
be there for me." With his firefighting career under way,
Thomas Casoria had time to think of his future and make his
mother, Judy, happy. He was engaged on Oct. 22 a year ago and
was set to be married on Oct. 13.
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