Fran Riccardelli and his Family
Francis Riccardelli was the manager of vertical transportation at the World Trade Center. He had responsibility for the the elevators and escalators at the towers, and he had worked there since graduating from college at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1984. Fran, as he was known to friends and colleagues, was there in 1993 during the first attack on the WTC. He had an office on one of the lower floors, so he walked out the towers after the planes hit.
But as a Port Authority employee he was part of the emergency response team, so he grabbed his hard hat, flashlight and walkie-talkie and assisted the firemen and rescue personnel as they tried to get people out of the towers. Fran was an incident commander in the South Tower, which was the first to collapse.
Fran never made it home to his family, as pictured here, on the night of September 11th, 2001.
Please take a moment to view my 2,996 Tribute to this fallen hero on my journal pages.
But as a Port Authority employee he was part of the emergency response team, so he grabbed his hard hat, flashlight and walkie-talkie and assisted the firemen and rescue personnel as they tried to get people out of the towers. Fran was an incident commander in the South Tower, which was the first to collapse.
Fran never made it home to his family, as pictured here, on the night of September 11th, 2001.
Please take a moment to view my 2,996 Tribute to this fallen hero on my journal pages.
