Firefighter
David Fontana
Squad 1
Memorial
Service was held
on October 17, 2001.
Man
Among Men, and Boys
The
memorial for Dave Fontana is scheduled for Oct. 17, which
would have been his 38th birthday. He died at
the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, on his eighth wedding anniversary.
Mr. Fontana was a firefighter with the elite Squad 1 unit, stationed
in Park
Slope, Brooklyn, where he lived with his wife, Marian, and 5-year-old son,
Aidan. Neighbors were shocked by the news that 12 men from the small firehouse
on Union Street had died, but they took his loss especially hard. Dave
Fontana was a man's man. He volunteered his time for the Boy Scouts.
He read to children.
He worked tirelessly to find the names of firefighters who had fallen in
World War II so that dedication plaques could be hung in the firehouses
where they had served. A trained sculptor, Mr. Fontana was known for
the elaborate
Halloween costumes he and his son wore in the annual neighborhood parade. "You
know Dave Fontana?" Aidan asked the other day. "I love Dave Fontana." (Legacy.com
Article)
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