First Deputy Commissioner William Feehan: Viewing today from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. at Martin A. Gleason Funeral Home, 149-20 Northern Blvd., Flushing. Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, Sept. 15, 9 a.m. at St. Mel’s church, 26th Ave. and 154th St., Flushing.
Chief of Department Peter Ganci: Viewing will be 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Farmingdale Fire Department, 361 Main St. Funeral mass will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at St. Kilian Roman Catholic Church in Farmingdale. Entombment will be at Holy Rood Cemetery in Farmingdale.
Chief, Special Operations Command Ray Downey. Arrangements: Not yet available.
FDNY Chaplain Rev. Mychal Judge. Viewing today St. Francis of Assisi Church. Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, Sept. 15, 10:30 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Church.
Lieutenant Glenn E. Wilkinson, Engine 238. Viewing at Raynor & D’Andrea Funeral Home, 245 Montauk Hwy., W. Sayville, LI, Saturday, Sept. 15, 7 to 9:30 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 16, 2 to 4:30 p.m. and 7 to 9:30 p.m. Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Snow R.C. Church, Monday, Sept. 17.
Firefighter Daniel Suhr, Engine 216. Viewing at Marine Park Funeral Home, Quentin Road and E.31 Street, Brooklyn, NY, Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m., and Sunday from 2 to – 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral Mass on Monday, Sept. 24, at St. Edmunds Church, Avenue T & E, 19 Street, Brooklyn, NY.
Firefighter Raymond R. York, Jr., Engine 286. Leahy-McDonald Funeral Home, Atlantic Avenue and 111 St., Richmond Hill, NY, 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14. Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Holy Name of Mary RC Church, 55 E. Jamaica Avenue, Valley Stream, NY, at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15.
William Feehan: ‘…. We are the guardians and custodians of a 100-year tradition’
(Source: The New York Times, Sept.13, 2001)
FDNY Deputy Fire commissioner William Feehan was the son of a firefighter. He joined FDNY in 1959.
He was killed in the collapse of the South Tower of the World Trade Center on Tuesday. John Feehan, his son, also a firefighter expressed consolation in the fact that his father did not have to deal with the realization that 200 of his firefighters had also been killed.
He was first assigned to Ladder Company 3 and then to Ladder Companies 18 and 6 and also served with Engine Company 59 and Rescue Company 1.
Feehan was named chief of department in 1991 …. In a speech to firefighters celebrating the 100th anniversary of their Queens fire station, he said, ‘We are only passing through…We are the guardians and custodians of a 100-year tradition.’
He is survived by his sons, John and William, and his daughters, Elizabeth Feehan and Tara Davan, and six grandchildren. His wife, Elizabeth, died five years ago.”
Peter Ganci, “One of the Guys “
Selected excerpts from article by Dionne Searcey, Long Island Newsday, Sept. 13, 2001
“[FDNY Chief of Department] Peter Ganci died as he lived, working side by side with his troops as they dug out survivors of the blast at the World Trade Center.
“‘He was in the war zone,’ said his son, Christopher Ganci, 25. ‘He wanted to be with the guys.’ . . . ‘He loved the brotherhood and the camaraderie,’ said Ganci’s son, Peter III, 27. ‘It got in his blood, and he wouldn’t leave.’ … Immediately after a jet struck the first tower, Ganci, 54, rushed to the scene from his command post in downtown Brooklyn and started the rescue effort. He was in the basement of Tower One when it collapsed. Rubble caved in on him, but he dug himself out.
“Ganci directed the mayor, the fire commissioners, and others to clear out of the area because it was apparent the second tower would fall. But, he ignored his own order–along with the Rev. Mychal Judge, the city fire department chaplain, and William Feehan, first deputy commissioner of the fire department. ‘I’m not leaving my men,’ Ganci said, according to firefighters on the scene.
“Then the tower collapsed. Ganci’s fire team pulled his lifeless body from the rubble. Judge and Feehan also perished ….”
[Ganci left behind his wife, Kathleen; another son, Peter, a New York City firefighter; and a daughter, Danielle, 22; as well as two sisters and two brothers.]
