Photograph of firefighter at Ground Zero by Gilles Peress/Magnum.
"He was basically scalped," said one firefighter at St . Vincents.
Mr. Sullivan, 39, was a firefighter at Ladder 11 and Engine 214 in Brooklyn.
Michael Mason, a firefighter at Engine Company 226, said: "He was a real sweetheart, Stan.
Mr. Tarasiewicz, 45, became a firefighter at 33, already having traveled widely and honed many skills.
That's what Tina Bilcher called her husband, Brian, a firefighter at Squad Company 1 in Brooklyn.
Firefighter Beddia was there longer than most, 23 years, making him the senior firefighter at his last fire.
A firefighter at Rescue Company 4 in Elmhurst, Queens, he was sentimental in his approach to the game.
"Everything he did, he did it over the top," said Chris Flatley, a firefighter at Ladder Company 2 in Manhattan.
Several times a summer, ambulances or fire trucks are summoned, said a veteran firefighter at nearby Engine 45, Ladder 58.
Steve Wojciechowski, a firefighter at Ladder 24, said the truck would probably be pressed back into service soon., however.
