Firefighter Nicholas Chiofalo
Engine 235

Memorial Service was held
on November 3, 2001.

Nicholas Paul Chiofalo Jr., A Serious Firefighter Who Loved a Joke Too - October 16, 2001

Since 1979, when Nick Chiofalo started dating Jerry Nardello's sister, the two men have been fast friends. And after Chiofalo married Joan Nardello in 1981, they never bothered saying "in-law" when they called each other brother. "I'd call on the phone and say, 'Hey, Joan, is Nick there?'" said Nardello, 38. "She'd say, 'Oh, you don't care about me, as long as Nick's there.' She got a real kick out of that one." Chiofalo, 39, a firefighter in Bedford-Stuyvesant and a fire chief in Selden, responded with his Brooklyn unit, Engine Co. 235, to the World Trade Center attack Sept. 11. He was last seen going into Tower Two to help evacuate people. His engine company, except for the driver, was lost. Joan Chiofalo said her husband was her "best friend." cont'd

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