Reminiscences of Kevin James : oral history, 2001-2002.

Biographical Note

Fire Marshal, Fire Department of New York.

Scope and Contents

Born Connecticut; childhood: Brooklyn; initiation into Islam 1977; career: military service, camera grip, firefighter since 1981, fire marshal since 1985; founder of Islamic Society of Fire Department Personnel in 1997; 9/11: witnessing events at World Trade Center [WTC] site: dust, fire, debris, fear; command post; post-9/11: temporary morgues, firefighter heroism, changes in firehouses, writing article for Newsday; anti-Muslim sentiment: work with civil rights organizations, fire department's Muslim chaplain, need for understanding within international community.

Subjects

• Albarelli, Gerry, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Fire marshals--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• James, Kevin, 1954---Interviews.
• New York (N.Y.). Fire Department--Officials and employees--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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