Secretary of Homeland Security

Visits Manhattan Firehouse

FDNY Insider 7/29/09

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano with the members of Engine 39 and Ladder 16.

 

Firefighters from Engine 39 and Ladder 16 greeted Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano when she stopped by their Upper East Side firehouse on July 29.

The members did a roll call and gave Secretary Napolitano a tour of their 9/11 memorial wall.

She asked the firefighters their motivations for joining the Department and how they saw the FDNY change after the attacks of Sept. 11.

Firefighter Cesar Perez meets Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (L to R) Rich Rattazzi, Victor Leoncavallo and Capt. George Ambrosini.

 

“Thank you for what you do every day and congratulations for being a member of this fine department,” she said. “I’m very impressed with you all.”

The firefighters gave her a firehouse t-shirt and baseball cap as a token of thanks for her visit.

“I will wear them with pride,” she said.