ANOTHER WAR YEARS VET PASSES.

In the early morning of Sept 12 ( after 911 ) , I was at Vesey St Command Post . It was about 2 AM I think . It was apparent we had lost many FFs and we were not likely to recover them. Chief S. Sansone ( Safety ) and Chief Tom Schoales ( B15 ) came by. We were talking a long time. There was a calmness and serenity with them both. The next day, the missing FF list came out. Both their sons were on it. ( FF Schoales E 4, FF Sansone E 54 ) I didn't know it at the time. Both chiefs never said a word about their sons. It is a memory burnt into my brain .
 
I would see Chief Sal at the various breakfasts and would usually BS for a period of time reminiscing about the good old times . He never mentioned his son being a victim of 911. Another case in point as a retiree and going to as many funerals possible, I would hear a name and never associate with someone I worked with. Some names were fairly common in FDNY and I was devastated when at FF Sweeney's funeral I learned it was Lt. Sweeney from 227's son.
 
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