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FIREFIGHTERS LOSE ANOTHER 9/11 HERO - THIS TIME IN THE IRAQ WAR
New York Post | December 1, 2004 | MICHAEL WARNER, MURRAY WEISS, DAN KADISON, and MARSHA KRANES


Posted on 12/01/2004 2:39:45 AM PST by Wiz


New York Post - A hero firefighter who risked his life rescuing his fellow New Yorkers at the World Trade Center has died fighting his country's enemies in Iraq.

Army National Guard Sgt. Chris Engeldrum Ea Gulf War veteran and former city cop Ewas killed by terrorists who detonated a car bomb as he rode in a convoy outside Baghdad on Monday.

Another FDNY firefighter was injured in the cowardly ambush.

Nicknamed "Drum" and known as "the go-to guy" at Ladder Co. 61 in Co-op City, Engeldrum was the first city firefighter to die in Iraq out of the 103 who have been activated since 9/11.

The 39-year-old married father of two gave his life for his country on the 16th birthday of his younger son, friends said.

Firefighter Dan Swift, 24, of Ladder Co. 43 in East Harlem, was in the same Humvee and hit by shrapnel. He was flown to an Army hospital in Germany last night.

 

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