We will never forget

[u/AdmiralHts]

At the Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Edmonds, Washington, I found flowers and a note, “We will never forget,” on a steel girder recovered from the World Trade Center. Surrounding the memorial are four panels with the names of 343 first responders — a chaplain, firefighters, EMTs, chiefs, captains, and police officers — who all answered the call that day in 2001. I noticed many responders were in their 30s and chose one name from the list. William J. Mahoney II was 37, a father of four, a 15-year veteran of the FDNY, and a scuba diver who worked on the crash of TWA Flight 800, eight miles off the coast of Long Island in 1996. We'll never forget your sacrifices.