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‘Each day I say a little prayer because of the kids that didn’t make it,’ he said, ‘343 firemen, 227 cops. All gone’
Former New York firefighter Robert Beckwith has died at the age of 91. Beckwith became famous for a photo taken with then US President George W. Bush after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York. The photo shows the then-president with a megaphone in his right hand, his left arm draped over firefighter Beckwith's shoulders. Former President Bush said he was "proud" to have had Beckwith at his side back then. "His courage represented the bold, resilient spirit of New Yorkers and Americans after 9/11," Bush said.
A New York firefighter who was working in the World Trade Center wreckage when George W Bush first visited after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and who stood next to the then-president during his historic remarks, has died at 91.
Beckwith died Sunday night in hospice care after dealing with cancer in recent years, his wife, Barbara Beckwith, said Monday.
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