The St. Charles County Ambulance District Honor Guard honors those who lost their lives on Sept 11, 2001, and those who have died after that dreadful day with illnesses acquired from working at the World Trade Center site.

We wanted to pay tribute to all the EMS professionals who responded to the WTC site and paid the ultimate price.

Americans are aware of the huge sacrifice paid by the NYFD, NYPD, and Port Authority Police on Sept 11, 2001. However, not much is said on the sacrifices paid by EMT's and Paramedics who were not from those departments who responded and untimely lost their lives that dreadful day. These EMS responders are heros and are listed below:

Roll of Heroes

Keith Fairben, EMT-P

New York Presbyterian Hospital

Yamel J. Merino, EMT

MetroCare Ambulance Corp

Richard A. Pearlman, EMT

Forest Hill Ambulance Corp

Mario Santoro, EMT-P

New York Presbyterian Hospital

Mark Schwartz, EMT-P

Hunter Ambulance Company

Jeff L. Simpson, EMT

Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad

David M. Sullins, EMT-P

Cabrini Medical Center

Mitchel S. Wallace, EMT

Bayside Volunteer Ambulance

Glenn J. Winuk, EMT

Jericho Fire Department

Zhe Zeng, EMT

Brighton Volunteer Ambulance

Frank Spinelli, EMT

Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad

Je Jung, EMT

No Known Department Affiliation

Thomas Jurgens, EMT

No Known Department Affiliation

New York Fire Department

343 Responders

This number includes 2 FDNY-EMS Paramedics who were not Firefighters, as well as a Fire Chaplain.

Fallen FDNY-EMS Paramedics

Carlos Lillo, EMT-P

Ricardo Quinn, EMT-P

The correct number of fallen Firefighters is 340.

New York Police Department

   23 Responders

Port Authority Police   

38 Responders

This numbers includes 7 Police Officers who were also Paramedics, as well as 1 K9 Officer.

Maurice Barry, EMT-P

Robert Cirri, EMT-P

George Howard, EMT-P

Stephen Huczko, EMT-P

David Lemagne, EMT-P

Capt Kathy Mazza, EMT-P

John Skala, EMT-P

Sirrus, K9 Officer

 Just months after Sept 11, 2001 many responders started to have health problems and developed cancers and breathing disorders. Unfortunately as a result of these illnesses, the death toll did not end that day, and many of those brave responders who participated in the rescue and later salvage of the WTC site have succumbed to their afflictions. These personnel are heroes and are listed below.

Deborah Reeve, EMT-P

Brian Ellicott, EMT-P

Lt. Kevin Pfeifer, EMT-P

Timothy Keller, EMT-P

Cynthia Mahoney, EMT

Felix Hernandez, EMT-P

Daniel Stewart, EMT

The following personnel responded to the WTC site, participated in rescue and salvage and are now listed as permanently disabled due to the many cancerous and respiratory aliments now affecting these responders. These personnel are heroes and are listed below.

Bonnie Giebfried, EMT

Scott Beloten, EMT-P

Marvin Bethea, EMT-P

James Dobson, EMT-P

Michael Roberts, EMT-P

There are many more that are not listed here. It is estimated that as many as 50% of the tens of thousands of people who participated at Ground Zero have some type of aliment.

 On September 9, 2005, on the South Lawn of the White House, President George W. Bush presented the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor to surviving families of the fallen firefighters, police officers, and other public safety officers who were killed in the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia on September 11. The President thanked the families on behalf of the nation for their sacrifice. "A proud America will always stand in the shadow of their service and sacrifice," President Bush told a crowd of about 1,400 family members and friends, each of who wore a name badge honoring their fallen hero.