THE ATTACK

September 11, 2001 was a day that has been seared into the memory of anyone who was old enough to understand what had happened to our Nation.

During the September 11, 2001 attacks, 2,996 people were killed: 2,977 victims and 19 of the perpetrators. These immediate deaths included 246 victims on the four planes, 2,606 victims inside the World Trade Center and in the surrounding area, and 125 victims at the Pentagon.

All of the victims killed were civilians except for 71 law enforcement officers, including NYPD and Port Authority, and 343 members of the FDNY who died in the World Trade Center and on the ground in New York City. The civilian count includes ambulance personnel who had responded to the tragedy to help the injured and were killed when the towers collapsed.

55 military personnel died at the Pentagon.. Overall, 2,605 U.S. citizens, including 2,135 civilians, died in the attacks but an additional 372 non-U.S. citizens (excluding the 19 perpetrators) also perished, which represented about 12% of the total. More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks.

2,974 victims were confirmed to have died during the initial attacks.

In 2007, the New York City medical examiner's office began to add people who died of illnesses caused by exposure to dust from the site to the official death toll. This raises the number of victims at the World Trade Center site to 2,753 and the overall 9/11 victim death toll to 2,977.

As of August 2013, medical authorities concluded that 1,140 people who worked, lived, or studied in Lower Manhattan at the time of the attack have been diagnosed with cancer as a result of "exposure to toxins at Ground Zero".Over 1,400 9/11 rescue workers who responded to the scene in the days and months after the attacks have since died.

THE MUTUAL AID RESPONSE

What was the largest mutual aid response in the history of NYC and the Tri-State Area took place on 9/11/01. Fire departments and ambulance companies were moved to staging areas and from there they were assigned to various parts of the City. Some units went to Ground Zero to help with the recovery effort and others were assigned to firehouses throughout the City of New York in order to provide routine fire protection while the FDNY put it's efforts into the disaster in lower Manhattan.

HAUPPAUGE'S RESPONSE

The Hauppauge Fire Department was asked to provide their Heavy Rescue Truck, 3-8-9, for the mutual aid effort. The unit and the manpower were assigned to work the recovery effort. For days the Hauppauge Fire Department shuttled crews back and forth from  the scene of the disaster.

OUR PERSONAL LOSS

The losses on September 11, 2001 became very personal for the members of the Hauppauge Fire Department with the loss of two of our own. Peter Brennan, a member of Hauppauge Engine Co 1 and  member of FDNY Rescue Company 4, as well as Ray Meisenheimer of the Hauppauge Fire Department Truck Company and a member of FDNY Rescue 3 were both killed during the collapse of the towers. Both gave their lives trying to save others. There is more information about these brave men on the In Memoriam page.

ADDITIONAL LOSSES

In the years since the attacks of 9/11/01, many individuals who worked the recovery effort have developed fatal diseases directly related to their work at the WTC. Two of our members who have passed are Ex-Captain Michael Tufarella of Engine Company 4 and FF Jack Hough of Engine Company 1. Mike was among the crew members from Hauppauge who responded to Ground Zero as part of the mutual aid crew. Jack worked at the scene as a member of the Suffolk County Police Department.

IMAGES OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001