Christopher Mozzillo He Enjoyed the Pride and the Brotherhood September 22, 2001 Christopher Mozzillo had just climbed off his motorcycle when the alarm sounded, summoning Engine 55 in Little Italy to the Twin Towers. Mozzillo, 27, had been stationed there for most of his two years as a firefighter. He was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Staten Island, where he graduated from Monsignor Farrell High School. He earned a degree in environmental science from St. John's University. "He loved life," said his girlfriend, Alison Osmer, and he always seized the moment. The husky 6-footer had a silly side, she said, but he was serious about his life and had his plans for the future mapped out. The pride and the challenge and the brotherhood and being in a position to help people are what intrigued him about being a firefighter. He is survived by his parents, Lydia and Michael, a retired firefighter at Engine 318 in Coney Island, Brooklyn; sister Pamela, and brother Daniel. --Collin Nash (Newsday)

Christopher Mozzillo was fearless, said his sister, Pamela Mozzillo. Whenhe scuba dived, he fed sharks by hand and it wasn’t long after he learned to ski that he wastrying out the toughest slopes. “He wasn’t afraid of anything,” she said. A firefighter, herbrother was nicknamed “The Bull,” because he was strong, fierce and courageous. Mozzillo’scompany was among the first to respond to the World Trade Center. He was a 1999 graduate ofthe fire academy. --The Associated Press

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