Children of 9/11, Following Their Fathers’ Last Footsteps

Leonard Ragaglia Jr., as a child, with his firefighter father who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
"They were just children when their fathers ran toward the twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001. They grew up revering parents — firefighters and police officers — who were killed that day, or died years later from the toxic dust. When a reporter starts to ask them 'How old?' — wanting to know their current age — many reflexively answer '7' or '5' or '10,' their age when their families were upended by a terrorist attack that remains painfully etched in the city’s collective memory. On Tuesday, a record number of these children of slain rescuers will take an oath, like their fathers did, to serve New York City. ..."
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Mike Florio, 24. Son of John J. Florio from Engine 214, Brooklyn.

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