Feeling the emptiness at Ladder Company 3 The World Trade Center collapse took with it nearly half the roster of a legendary NYC fire company that was like a family
USA Today; Arlington, Va.; Sep 20, 2001; Donna Leinwand;

Abstract:
"It's a family, it's a brotherhood and a sisterhood," says Michael Dewan, a firefighter from Peabody, Mass., whose uncle, Gerard Dewan, is among Company 3's missing. The Dewan family has nine firefighters among four generations. Jerry Dewan always wanted to be a firefighter.

"Right now, we need to just stick together and somehow find a way to come out of this better," Lt. Steve Browne says. His brother, Capt. Danny Browne, also works at the station. Steve Browne says he half hopes they'll get a call out. "I want to get that first one out of the way," he says.

Flowers for heroes: [Deborah Berg-McCarthy], who lives near Ladder Company 3 in New York, arranges flowers left by people outside the firehouse. The company lost 12 firefighters in the attack on the World Trade center.

 

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