A second wake and memorial service were set for an FDNY firefighter killed on 9/11 after the medical examiner recently identified additional Ground Zero remains as belonging to the hero victim, authorities confirmed Thursday.
The event once again honoring Firefighter Michael Haub, 34, was set for Sept. 10 — one day before the 18th anniversary of his death inside the south tower of the World Trade Center. Haub will be remembered again at the Krauss Funeral Home in Franklin Square, L.I., where Mayor Bloomberg and FDNY Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta were among the mourners at his March 2002 wake.
The city Medical Examiner’s office confirmed Thursday that it was recently able to identify additional remains found at the site as belonging to Haub. Back in March 2002, about six months after his death, the ME previously identified remains recovered from the trade center ruins.
Haub, who was on the job for two years on Sept. 11, 2001, had long aspired to joining the FDNY, starting his time as a probationary firefight at age 31. He was one of eight members of Ladder Co. 4 killed after responding to the Twin Towers from their Midtown firehouse just north of Times Square.
Haub previously served as the chief of the Roslyn Heights Highlands volunteer fire department before receiving a letter from the FDNY about joining the ranks of city firefighters.
He left behind two children, a son Michael and a daughter Kiersten – who first said the word “Dada” on Sept. 11, 2001.
In July, the city Medical Examiner identified its 1,644th victim of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The woman’s name was withheld at the request of her family after DNA testing of remains from 2002 positively identified her. One month earlier, the remains of a man whose name was also kept under wraps were positively identified as well.
At this point, 1,109 victims — roughly 40% of the 2,753 people reported missing after two hijacked planes slammed into the Twin Towers — remain unidentified.
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