Ponte Vedra Beach woman honors brother, New York firefighter who died on 9/11

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Family said a jumper from a operation landed connected her brother, Daniel Suhr, making him the archetypal firefighter killed connected 9/11.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Jean Suhr Ryan said her brother, Daniel Suhr, was the archetypal firefighter killed portion responding to the attacks connected the Twin Towers.

As fume and flames took implicit the gathering located successful the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, 37-year-old Suhr and his chap firefighters with Engine 216 rushed towards information connected Sept. 11, 2001.

“They got to the World Trade Center rapidly due to the fact that they were close adjacent to the Williamsburg bridge,” Ryan said.

Suhr’s sister, Jean Suhr Ryan, said a jumper from a operation landed connected her member and killed him.

“When helium was down, his co-workers, different firefighters from his location and different houses, helped effort to resuscitate him. When they closed the ambulance doors, the operation came down. The men from his firehouse would person been successful determination if helium didn’t dice first,” said Ryan.

Ryan was moving arsenic a detective successful Coney Island astatine that time. While besides coordinating the effect to the attack, she learned astir her brother’s death.

“I recovered retired astir 1:00 that afternoon. I called my sister-in-law successful lawsuit she heard from Daniel and she told maine what had happened,” said Ryan.

Jean Suhr Ryan (middle) said her brother, Daniel Suhr, was the archetypal firefighter killed portion responding to the attacks connected the Twin Towers. (Copyright 2021 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.)

Ryan said her member was known arsenic “Captain America.” A loving hubby who had a 2-year-old girl astatine the time.

“Daniel was everybody’s favourite friend, brother, sister. Everybody loved Daniel. He was the airy of the story. A bully man, with a large bosom and a large personality,” said Ryan.

In the 20 years since the attacks, Ryan continues sharing his story. Even dropping by the St. Johns County Fire Department to convey the firefighters and share the publication astir her brother.

“Daniel Suhr. A communicative of September 11th” was written by Paul Conlon, Suhr’s occurrence skipper who was with him connected 9/11.

Ryan said her brother’s decease saved his chap firefighters and his courageous psyche volition ne'er beryllium forgotten.