Captain Frank Leto
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‘We redesigned it’: How 9/11 transformed FDNY (opens the original)
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September 11, 2001, changed countless lives. For Sal Cassano — who was already a three-star chief with FDNY on the day of the attacks — it also set the course for the rest of his career. He made a commitment to help ensure the department was better prepared, better equipped and better trained, while continuing to attract strong people and care for the FDNY family. Over the next 13 years, including during his tenure as commissioner, that commitment helped guide his work as the department rebuilt,
The story of the list (opens the original)
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Sometime before midnight on September 11, I walked through the FDNY command post looking for water to flush the ash and dust from my burning eyes. On my way back, a cluster of floodlights caught my attention. Beneath them, a group of chiefs and officers gathered around folding tables. Spread across those tables were yellow legal pads covered with names. At the time, I didn’t think much about it. It looked like one more assignment among the hundreds unfolding around us. Only later did I understan
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