Thomas Von Essen

head of NYC Fire Department at the time of the World Trade Center attack

• was head of the Fire Labor Union before that

criticized for Radio mess and other things.

May'2004 panel examination of World Trade Center response-quality

wrote a book Strong Of Heart ISBN:006050949X in 2002

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