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The Story behind the Photos:
(24 photos)
 This
album contains photos that were published in the Appleton (Wisconsin)
Post Crescent on the one year anniversary of 9-11. Ed Culhane,
Post-Crescent staff writer, and Mike De Sisti, Post-Crescent
photographer were guests of FDNY Ladder 10 at their temporary quarters
at Engine 4 - Ladder 15, a few block from the damaged Ten House.
These pictures and the resulting story "Amazing
Grace" were one of the inspirations for the website and a powerful
chronicle of life for Ladder 10 members from the time of the first
attack on 9-11 through the first year.
The
pictures document and tell the story of the new Ten Truck which was
built by the Seagrave factory in Clintonville, Wisconsin. Ladder
10 is a rear-mount aerial fire truck designed by Seagrave Fire
Apparatus to FDNY specifications. It cost about $550,000. It has two
rear down-and-out stabilizers, an 8kw hydraulic generator to provide
A/C power to lights or tools, a 370 horsepower Detroit Series 60
engine and a cab and body of corrosion-resistant steel. It's equipped
with FDNY recessed door handles. Length: 448 inches; Height: 130
inches; Width: 94; inches; Weight: (without firefighter gear) 60,000
pounds; Ladder length: 100 feet; Tip load: (safe weight at ladder end)
250 pounds.
Unless
otherwise noted, all photos
in this album are by
Post-Crescent photographer Mike De Sisti. Copyright © 2002 Appleton
Post-Crescent, Wisconsin. |
