Firefighter Michael Fiore
Rescue 5

Memorial Service was held
on October 27, 2001.

Firefighter Michael Fiore

Michael Fiore was a city firefighter known for his calm composure in everything hedid. “No matter what the job was, Mike never got excited,” said fellow New York firefighterDon Dillon. “He took everything the same way — never changed his composure.” Fiore was workinga 24-hour shift on Sept. 11 when he responded to the World Trade Center attacks. His threechildren remember him fondly. “He was very quiet, very low-key, but always there foreveryone,” said his mother Madeline Fiore. --The Associated Press

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