A series of caches commemorating the 343 firefighters that passed on September 11th, 2001. This is going to be a series where one cache is dedicated to every firefighter that fell that day. With each cache, a biography of the firefighter who gave his last act of valor will be placed in the summary. Please take the time to look through some of these biographies.

Matthew E. Barnes

Firefighter

Fire Department of New York

New York

Age: 37

Matt grew up in Maspeth‚ Queens. He graduated from Grover Cleveland High School. He met his wife Sue in 1986 and was married in January 1988. He was blessed with three sons- He became a fireman in March 1990 and he was a natural‚ he loved his job. He received the Honor Legion Medal in 2000.