RIP to all the fallen 343 FDNY, you guys will always be remembered and never forgotten.
The numbers speak for themselves - 343 killed; 91 vehicles destroyed; 213 members of the senior command lost to retirement; $104 million paid out in death benefits; as many as 500 firefighters at risk of leaving the force because of lung damage suffered at ground zero; 4,971 applicants for the department, a fraction of the 25,000 or so who typically apply in a given year; 4,400 years of collective experience vaporized in the span of some 30 minutes.
