Gregory Thomas Saucedo Age-31 Brooklyn NY Firefighter, FDNY Still missing, WTC Gregory Had been with Ladder Co. 5 in Greenwich Village from 1/98 to11/01 He previously served nine years with Engine Co.321 Brooklyn. 6/91 to 1/98 Gregory Graduated from South Shore High School With Aspirations to teach,  he earned a bachelor's degree in Education from Brooklyn College. Gregory did not have to be Firefighter, His cousin Mark told me that Greg was offered a job as a teacher at the same time the job came up for the FDNY. Greg is a true hero from the start,  He chose to serve and to save and that is exactly what he did. I did not know Greg, I was just asked to write the poem below for a friends website, to which I will leave a link.  From everything that I have read, and from what his cousin has told me,  Greg was an energenic person, always smiling, always laughing and always making someone else laugh. As of today Gregs body has not been recovered from the wtc and I would like to ask that everyone pray  for the families sake he is recoverd. News article: Written by Natalie Pompillo All they have of Gregs is a flash light,a crumpled yellow hunk his name is on in black marker. Recovery workers found it about a month after the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed. For some Americans the events of Sept 11, and the over whelming emotions they caused are fading into memory.  There are debates about when to take down the flags that went on the houses and the cars immediately after the tragedy.  Tabloids again are filled with gossip after turning more sober in the months after the attacks.  Hollywood is releasing several terrorist films put on hold after the stuff of movies played out in real life. The underlying message maybe:  We have survived, and its time to put this behind us.  To families like the Saucedo's, that message means, little. "It doesn't seem like six months to me. It seems like six weeks, six days," Christopher Saucedo said. "We want to make sure Greg is not a second class hero," Saucedo said. The four Saucedo brothers--Paul, Christopher, Stephen, Gregory--were born and raised in Brooklyn. Gregory Saucedo became a firefighter when he was 20.  So did three of his closest friends, a group with ties going back to elementry school.  After a few years as an electrician, Stephen Saucedo joined the department too.  It seemed only natural.  When four brothers were growing up, it was always "Stephen- and -Greg," one word for the two born 18 months apart.  Before Sept 11, the pair had never spent more than a vacation's worth of time apart, of course, they would work together, of course, Greg would be best man at Stephen's wedding last October. But on Stephen's big day, Christopher Saucedo had to fill in for his little brother, and instead of working with Gregory, Stephen Saucedo and his brother's childhood friends spend their day and nights searching for him. Unwavering mission. Survivors said they saw Gregory Saucedo and his close friend, Vinny Giammona, moving quickly up the stairs, getting at least to the 40th floor.  Wittnessess saw the pair administer CPR to someone and help carry a woman in a wheel chair down the steps. Recovery workers at Ground Zero say they're ahead of schedule and should finish their work before summer.  To that end Saucedo purchased a new black suit to wear to his brother's funeral.  Although services where held for Gregory in late September, the family needs another goodbye, one that brings some part of Gregory home to brooklyn. This was a story written by Natalie Pompilio.  I have taken bits and peices from the entire story but its her words.  She can be reached at. npompilio@timespicayune.com

I have set this eternal flame here so we can always be reminded that you, Greg,  will always remain  alive As long as we keep your memory alive, in our hearts and in our minds.  You will never be gone from us or forgotten, you live within our hearts.  Even for those of us who have not met you.  Just reading about your life has left a piece of your heart in mine.

These are the  memorial lights from  where the twin towers once stood.  They not only represent to me the towers but more.  They represent a light pointing towards Heaven.  Let your light shine as each of our hero's did that day.  They gave the ultimate sacrifice, to save a friend,  a loved one possibly and a total stranger they had never met before.  God Bless our great hero's.

OUR HERO Dear Greg you are our hero: We shout it out so loud: We cherish every memory: You gave us from the start: You will always be our hero: You live within our hearts: We miss your smile: Your tender ways: We appreciate your life: Your gone but not forgotten: We will keep your love alive: You've left a lasting memory: In our hearts,you will abide. You're one of many servants. That gave their life that day: Saving many lives from death; doing what you trained to do: We know your not alone now: You're with your mom and dad; You've gotten a hero's welcome: As you reached the promised land. We miss you and we love you; Your life has touched us all: God bless you our dear hero: From your family and your friends. Written in loving memory of Gregory Saucedo Lost on that tragic day of 911 Written by Diane Huggins

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CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS Washington (AP) --The house on Tuesday approved the presentation of congressional gold metals on behalf of the hundreds of firefighters, police officers, emergency and rescue workers and others who perished after responding to the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 The medals, Congress'highest civilian honor,would also be awarded on behalf of those people aboard United Flight 93 who resisted the hijackers, stopping them from a possible attack on the Washington.  That plane crashed in Pennsylvania. "Todays bill commemorates and honors in the most significant way that congress honor those men and women who laid down their lives on Sept 11, said Rep.Peter King, R-N.Y. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said bronze reproductions would also be sold to the general public, with proceeds going to a proposed memorial at the World Trade Center site The bill passed 292-2, is expected to win quick approval in the Senate .  The no votes were cast by Republicians Ron Paul of Texas and Amo houghton of New York The bill is H.R.3054

Presidential Medal of Valor SHOWING THEIR MEDAL By VINCENT MORRIS April 19,2002--Washington- A resolution honoring 9/11 heroes with valor medals was approved last night by the Senate after Sen. Patrick Leahy relented and permitted a vote on the measure.  The action came amid word that Attorney General John Ashcroft has begun laying the groundwork to award medals before the one year anniversary of the terror attacks. The wildly popular legislation, which authorizes the awarding of medals to families of firefighters, police, EMS workers who died saving others during the World Trade Center collapse, passed the House 409-0 last fall. Yet it became gummed up in the Senate because leahy shelved the bill for nearly 7 months until last week, when the post revealed his opposition. Aides to Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, told the Post he opposed the bill because he felt it undercut an 11 member board that had been created to review valor nominations. yesterday, Leahy's Committee gave unanimous approval to three versions of the medal resoloution, although most members of the committee did not bother to attend the meeting and no- roll call was taken. Hours later it was approved by Senate. During the hearing, Leahy declared his support for the 9/11 heroes, as did Sen. Charles Shumer (D-N.Y.) who says the outpouring of support "Makes your heart swell." Meanwhile, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens) says aides to Ashcroft are hard at work on the medal issue, with the goal of minting and engraving medals and possibly presenting them to surviving families before the one-year anniversary of Sept 11.  Designs for the medal will be announced soon and the post has learned they will show and image of an American Eagle, surrounded by a cluster and a large "V." Each heroes name will be engraved on the back side of of the gold -plated medallions. which will hang from broad ribbons. Medals will also be presented to five yet-to-be-named public safety workers who had no role in the WTC rescue efforts. The Post has learned that the 11 member board supposed to sign off on Valor medals includes New York's Edward Cardinal Egan.

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