Firefighter Andre Fletcher
Rescue 5
Memorial Service was held
on October 13, 2001
Andre
and Zackary Fletcher were the only African-American twins in
the Fire Department. Both rushed to the World Trade Center;
Andre Fletcher never returned. "We both have Type A-plus personalities,"
said Zackary Fletcher, who works at Engine Company 4 in Manhattan.
"Anything that reeks of excitement, adventure and danger. That
was us." Andre Fletcher, 37, was a member of Rescue Company
5 in Staten Island. The son of Jamaican immigrants, Andre Fletcher
attended the Bronx High School of Science, but later transferred
to Brooklyn Technical High School to be near his brother and
to play on the sports teams, which Bronx Science did not have.
In 1994, both brothers joined the Fire Department. When he learned
that the department had no baseball team, Andre Fletcher organized
one. On the department football team, both played the same positions:
wide receiver and defensive back. Today, Zackary Fletcher is
watching out for Andre's son, Blair, 12. He also talks of dreams,
now dashed,
that the two brothers had of modeling in tandem for TV commercials.
The two had located an agent and were planning a trip to California
to sell themselves. Zackary Fletcher said his parents, Lunsford
and Monica, were having a hard time, but it was especially difficult
for him: "I miss him more than anyone else." Profile published
in THE NEW YORK TIMES on December 26, 2001.
Photo
of Zack Fletcher, Andre's brother
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