Former FDNY Commissioner Thomas Von Essen commemorates the 20th anniversary of 9/11

He spent more than two decades as a firefighter before he was at the helm of the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) from 1996 to 2002. Von Essen had planned to continue his role as commissioner under New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who asked him to stay on, he said. But after 9/11, “it was too much.” Von Essen, a married father of four, left the FDNY that January and

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