Thursday, September 10, 2015

Geoffrey E. Guja


As we come to the fourteenth anniversary of the attacks of 9/11 I think it is important to take a moment to remember all of the heroes that we lost that day. 

I am concerned the my freshmen college students are too young to truly remember that day. 

I recently asked my college freshmen if they remembered 9/11 and some they said that they did, but they were only about 4 years old at the time. 

Soon we will have a generation who does not remember the world before that day and it is important for those of us who do remember the pre-9/11 world to tell them what really happened that day.  


I found out a few years ago that I had once met one of those heroes almost forty years ago while I was still in college.


He was the twin brother of one of my friends and I enjoyed a few beers and some laughs with him during a visit to Buffalo.


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Please take a minute to remember him and all of those who we lost on 9/11.



Geoffrey E. Guja

Age: 47

Hometown: Lindenhurst, N.Y., USA

Occupation: Firefighter, New York Fire Department

Location: Ground, World Trade Center





Original 9/11 memorial in Brockport, NY




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