‘We Lost Another Giant’: Retired Fire Chief From Long Island Dies From 9/11-Tied Illness At 80

Brian O’Flaherty was just yards away from the World Trade Center, working at the New York City Fire Department’s command post inside the Marriott Hotel, when the South Tower collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, killing hundreds and leaving him seriously injured.More than two decades later, the retired battalion chief and US Navy veteran from Rockville Centre died Saturday, Dec.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Voice Suffolk