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Captain Brian C. Hickey of Rescue Company 4, Fire Department, City of New York, was among 343 firefighters who made the supreme sacrifice defending the City of New York during the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center terrorist attacks. A lifelong resident of Bethpage, he was an active member of the Bethpage Fire Department, a former Fire Commissioner of the Bethpage Fire District, and Deputy Fire Chief Instructor at the Nassau County Fire Service Academy. He was posthumously promoted to Battalion Chief. The attacks claimed 2792 innocent lives, and Brian Hickey and his 342 fellow firefighters gave their lives in the performance of duty.
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