Orio Palmer
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Orio Joseph Palmer was a Battalion Chief of the New York City Fire Department who died while rescuing civilians trapped inside the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Palmer led the team of fire
United Airlines Flight 175 strikes the South Tower.
Remnants of the South Tower after its collapse in the September 11 attacks
Palmer's name and those of other first responders on Panel S-17 of the National September 11 Memorial's South Pool
Communication problems and successes played an important role during the September 11 attacks in 2001 and their aftermath. Systems were variously destroyed or overwhelmed by loads greater than they we
Orio Palmer
…Commission Report, audio and video recordings prominently featuring Orio Palmer have played an important role in the ongoing analysis of problems with radio communications during the September 11 attacks. Orio Palmer was born in the Bronx, New York City, on March 2, 1956. Palmer graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx, in 1974. He held…
U.S. President George W. Bush talks on a STU-III secure telephone while in the Emma E. Booker Elementary School.
Screencap of the frozen WPIX image
The complete 9/11 Commission Report available from the archived version of the 9/11 Commission website