On the Cover
Both towers of the 110-story World Trade Center are on fire after being struck by two hijacked jets. Between 20 and 30 alarms were dispatched within the first few hours plus a full department recall. The collapse of both towers claimed 343 firefighters, along with police officers, other emergency workers and several thousand civilians on Sept. 11, 2001.
Dedication
This month's Firehouse® also is dedicated to Firefighter Kirk Schafer, 36, of the North Central Fire District in Kerman, CA, and Firefighter Lazaro Martinez, 70, of the Fisher's Peak Fire Protection District in Trinidad, CO, who died in the line of duty, July 2001; and to Firefighter Ralph Blackmar, 66, of the South Foster, RI, Volunteer Fire Department, who died in the line of duty, August 2001.
