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9/11 Firefighter Recounts Alarms, Community Support
10 Sep
Summary
- Firefighter heard hundreds of PASS alarms at Ground Zero.
- Community members provided essential support to firefighters.
- Nonprofit offers free mental health services for 25 years.
Retired firefighter John Sorrentino vividly recalls the nearly 25 years since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. He described heading to Ground Zero and the devastating loss of his firehouse truck. The sounds of hundreds of PASS alarms from fallen colleagues at the site remain a particularly haunting memory for him.
In the wake of the attacks, community members, including Nancy Carbone, rallied to support the first responders. Carbone's efforts to provide essential items evolved into founding the nonprofit Friends of Firefighters. This organization has been offering free mental health services to active and retired firefighters and their families for 25 years.
