Tag Archives: Engine Co. 207

Firefighter Kevin Reilly

The third and final member of Engine 207 was Kevin Reilly, 28. Normally stationed with Ladder 40 in the Bronx – the same firehouse that had been his father’s – he was on rotation into Engine 207 on 9/11. Reilly … Continue reading

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Firefighter Shawn Powell

Shawn Powell, 32, was an artist and a woodcarver. He sometimes made props for local theatre productions. He was studying architecture. 
Powell married his high school sweetheart in 1989, joined the army and was stationed mainly in Germany for his … Continue reading

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Firefighter Karl Joseph

Firefighter Karl Joseph, 25, was still a probie. He’d joined the FDNY less than a year earlier, in October 2010. He was assigned to Engine 207 in Fort Green, Brooklyn. Born in Haiti, as a child Joseph came to the … Continue reading

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