# Does anyone know if this firefighter at the WTC was among those killed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 11, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-firefighter-at-the-wtc-was-among-those-killed/485316 "2009-02-11T03:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-firefighter-at-the-wtc-was-among-those-killed/485316/1 "2009-02-11T03:00:39Z")
[http://www.estatevaults.com/lm/images/fireman\_stairs\_WTC.jpg](http://www.estatevaults.com/lm/images/fireman_stairs_WTC.jpg) This picture is one that has always stuck in my head from that day. Was he ever identified? Was he among those killed? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-firefighter-at-the-wtc-was-among-those-killed/485316/2 "2009-02-11T03:11:52Z")
Famous picture that got a lot of press at the time. He did get out. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-firefighter-at-the-wtc-was-among-those-killed/485316/3 "2009-02-11T03:43:26Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Famous picture that got a lot of press at the time. He did get out. I’m relieved and thrilled. Cite? I hope you have one, I really do! Why didn’t you just automatically post one? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-firefighter-at-the-wtc-was-among-those-killed/485316/4 "2009-02-11T03:49:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Cite? I hope you have one, I really do! Why didn’t you just automatically post one? I couldn’t find one but I definitely remember it at the time. For a day or two there was buzz about the mystery fireman and then it came out that he got out alive. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-firefighter-at-the-wtc-was-among-those-killed/485316/5 "2009-02-11T04:02:31Z")
A little Google found [this.](http://www.angelfire.com/realm/police-scanner/kehoe.html) Not the best cite but apparently his name is Mike Kehoe. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-firefighter-at-the-wtc-was-among-those-killed/485316/6 "2009-02-11T04:04:26Z")
Time Magazine: [http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/kehoe/1.html](http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/kehoe/1.html) L.A. Times: [http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/22/news/mn-48541](http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/22/news/mn-48541) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-firefighter-at-the-wtc-was-among-those-killed/485316/7 "2009-02-13T04:08:14Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Time Magazine: [http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/kehoe/1.html](http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/kehoe/1.html) > > L.A. Times: [Heroic Firefighter Is Alive--and Still on the Job](http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/22/news/mn-48541) Whew. I’m so glad to read these articles. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-firefighter-at-the-wtc-was-among-those-killed/485316/8 "2009-02-13T15:41:52Z")
God bless him. Sounds like a burden he’d really, really rather not bear.