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NYC Firefighter in 9/11 Killed in Iraq

AP

By ERIN McCLAM, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK - A New York City firefighter who had responded to the World Trade Center attack was killed in Iraq (news - web sites) while serving with the Army National Guard, city officials said.

Sgt. Christian P. Engeldrum, 39, is the first FDNY firefighter to die in Iraq since the U.S.-led war began, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Engeldrum was killed Monday when his vehicle came under attack outside Baghdad.

"I join all New Yorkers in mourning his loss and pray that his family finds comfort in the innumerable ways he touched so many lives," Bloomberg said in a statement.

Another New York firefighter, Daniel J. Swift, 24, was riding in the same vehicle and suffered shrapnel wounds, Bloomberg said. Swift was in Germany for treatment and was expected to recover.

Both Engeldrum and Swift spent months digging through the rubble of the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Engeldrum was a five-year fire veteran who previously served as a police officer. He was on active duty in the Army from 1986 to 1991.

"He was a great fireman," fire Lt. Brian Horton said at the Bronx firehouse where Engeldrum served. "He was 100 percent soldier. He loved his country, and he loved being a fireman. He was a lucky man — he got to do what he loved."

Engeldrum is survived by a wife and two sons.

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~ Tecumseh of the Shawnees Indian Tribe</b>

Let us never forget our heros so that their legend may never die.

"One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly."
~ Friedrich Nietzsche

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God Bless.

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will plow for those who do not.\"
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the object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his

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It looks like they forgot what it means to fuck with New York. Hope they like the refresher.

NO BLOOD FOR COCOA!

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By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson

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