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.

Christopher J. Blackwell

Firefighter

Fire Department of New York

New York

Age: 42

Chris Blackwell was a 20 year veteran of the F.D.N.Y, with the last 12 as a member of “Big Blue” Rescue 3. He had been awarded several fire department medals for bravery. He also was a paramedic for 24 years and served in the Air Force for 4 years.

Chris was a key instructor in the F.D.N.Y. Technical Rescue School where he taught Collapse Void Search. Chris had also taught in many different states.

Chris is survived by a wife, two daughters and a son.