“They’re lucky the FBI got to them before I did,” Toledo said.
Many police wore black bands on their badges to signify respect for their fallen New York colleagues. Likewise, shaken Boston firefighters mourned the more than 300 missing New York firefighters but said they stood ready to offer any possible assistance.
As he laid a hose line outside of the hotel yesterday, firefighter Ed Kelly expressed his regret at Tuesday’s tragedy.
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“We’re ready to go if New York asks for help. We’ll do what we can,” he said.
—Material from the Associated Press was used in the compilation of this article.
—Staff writer Garrett M. Graff can be reached at ggraff@fas.harvard.edu.