Ronald P. Bucca

Inscribed

National September 11 Memorial South Pool · Panel S-14 Ronald Bucca

Fire Marshal

Also kept at

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In memory of

Ronald P. Bucca

1954 – 2001

Born in
New York City, New York
Killed that day
September 11, 2001, aged 47
Lived in
Tuckahoe, New York
Worked
Fire Marshal, Bureau of Fire Investigation, New York City Fire Department

Their life

Fire Marshal Ronald Bucca was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.

He and several other members of the fire department had made it all the way to the 78th floor of the South Tower, one floor below the point of impact, before the building collapsed.

Marshal Bucca and all New York City Fire Marshals are considered law enforcement officers in the State of New York and have full power of arrest.

Marshal Bucca served as a military police staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve during the Gulf War. During the ensuing War on Terror, a U.S. Army camp in Iraq was named Camp Bucca in his honor.

Survived by

He had served with the New York City Fire Department for 23 years, and is survived by his wife, daughter, and son.

South Pool · Panel S-14, 19 namesENGINE 216ENGINE 23ENGINE 65LADDER 11ENGINE 226ENGINE 238RESCUE 3Ronald BuccaDaniel Thomas SuhrJames Nicholas PappageorgeJeffrey P. WalzGerard BaptisteThomas Joseph McCannMatthew RoganBrian Eugene BilcherKeithroy Marcellus MaynardKevin J. PfeiferRobert King, Jr.William R. JohnstonPaul Michael BeyerThomas P. HolohanDavid Paul DeRubbioGlenn E. WilkinsonDonald J. ReganGerard Patrick SchrangRaymond Meisenheimer

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