Reminiscences of Donald F. Hayde : oral history, 2001.

Biographical Note

Firefighter.

Scope and Contents

Born Oceanside, New York; family: paternal grandfather volunteer firefighter in Uniondale; education: New York Community College, Nassau Community College, A.A., B.A.; career: Marine Corps, New York City Fire Department: lieutenant, captain, and battalion chief of Special Operations Command; 9/11: captain of Squad 1 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, radio transmissions, evacuation effort, leadership challenges, arrival at World Trade Center [WTC] site, recovery effort; post-9/11: counseling services for fire fighters, family strain, remembering lost colleagues; public image of fire department.

Subjects

• Fire fighters--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.
• Hayde, Donald F.--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Thompson, Ed, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

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