Names of 8 fallen firefighters added to NY memorial wall
ALBANY, N.Y.
(AP) — The names of eight New York firefighters who died in the line of duty have been added to a memorial near the state Capitol.
Half of the eight honored at a ceremony Tuesday died last year. One of them, Arthur Stickney of Malone, died in 1942.
The others are Jack Rose of Mt.
Marion; Barry Miller of Bergen; Lawrence Sesso Chat Gratis and Robert Knight of Sayville; Charles Wallace of Montgomery; Richard Weisse of St. James; and Michael Esposito, Baldwin.
Christopher Taylor of the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control holds a pike pole during a ceremony at the New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial at the Empire State Plaza on Tuesday, Oct.
11, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. The names of eight firefighters who died in the line of duty were added to the memorial. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul (HOH'-kuhl) says their stories are testaments to everyday heroism.
There are 2,406 names on the memorial wall at Empire State Plaza.
The earliest is from 1811.
State officials say more than 100,000 firefighters across New York and their departments responded to almost 1.5 million incidents last year.
Firefighters roll up a flag after a ceremony at the New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial at the Empire State Plaza on Tuesday, Oct.
11, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. The names of eight firefighters who died in the line of duty were added to the memorial Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Firefighters salute during a ceremony at the New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial at the Empire State Plaza on Tuesday, Oct.
11, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. The names of eight firefighters who died in the line of duty were added to the memorial. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
New York Lt.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, left, talks with Loretta Miller, mother of fallen firefighter Barry Miller, during a ceremony at the New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. Miller, a firefighter from the Bergen Fire Department, was one of eight firefighters who died in the line of duty whose name was added to the memorial.
(AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Lt.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, left, talks with the family of fallen firefighter Jack Rose during a ceremony at the New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. Rose, a firefighter from the Mt. Marion Fire Department, was one of eight firefighters who died in the line of duty whose name was added to the memorial.
(AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Lt.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, left, embraces Theresa Weisse, wife of deceased firefighter Richard Weisse Sr., during a ceremony at the New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial at the Empire State Plaza on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. Weiss, of the St. James Fire Department, was one of eight firefighters who died in the line of duty whose name was added to the memorial.
(AP Photo/Mike Groll)