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.

Nicholas P. Chiofalo

Firefighter

Fire Department of New York

New York

Age: 39

Nicholas P. Chiofalo‚ 39‚ firefighter‚ FDNY‚ Engine 235. Chiofalo also served as the fire chief in Selden‚ N.Y. For a third job‚ he worked as a pyrotechnics engineer with Fireworks by Grucci‚ a company that sets off the Fourth of July fireworks display in New York City. The job resulted from a letter of condolence he sent to the company after an explosion killed several employees. Chiofalo married his wife in 1981 and they have a son‚ Nicholas Jr.