Firefighter Edward Day
Ladder 11

Memorial Service was held
on October 6, 2001

Firefighter Was Black Belt in Karate
Nov. 27, 2001

Edward "Eddy" Day, 45, was good at a lot of things. One of them was karate. The third-degree black belt taught young children about the mental and physical benefits of karate. For him, it was a peaceful art.

Day was a firefighter with Ladder Co. 11 of Manhattan's Lower East Side when the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorist. His wife, Bridgitte, was in Frankfurt, Germany visiting her ill father at the time.

In addition to his wife, Day is survived by his mother, Grace, his father, Edward, brothers, Bill and Tim and a sister, Liz Mindlin.

--Compiled by Newsday


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