Michael Paul Ragusa

Inscribed

National September 11 Memorial South Pool · Panel S-23

Also kept at

ladder.nw ↗ Engine Co. 279

In memory of

Michael Paul Ragusa

1972 – 2001

Born in
Brooklyn, New York
Killed that day
September 11, 2001, aged 29
Lived in
Brooklyn, New York
Worked
Firefighter, Engine 279, New York City Fire Department

Their life

Killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of 11 September 2001. The first aircraft struck the north tower at 8:46 and the second the south tower at 9:03; the south tower came down at 9:59 and the north at 10:28. Two thousand seven hundred and fifty-three people were killed there.

South Pool · Panel S-23, 14 namesLADDER 131Ronnie Lee HendersonMichael Paul RagusaChristian Michael Otto RegenhardJohn G. CoughlinPatrick John LyonsTarel ColemanPeter J. LangoneThomas Michael LangoneSergio Gabriel VillanuevaJohn T. Vigiano IIJoseph Vincent VigianoRichard P. FitzsimonsRobert J. MayoLawrence Francis Boisseau

← S-22 · South Pool · Panel S-23 · S-24 → the bronze itself

Died together

Engine 279, FDNY · 3 lost together

Anthony Rodriguez
Ronnie Lee Henderson

What people have said 1

I did not know you, but I know what was taken that day. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

S. Vincent Anthony 11 September 2026

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