The Forgotten 344th: A Father's Decades-Long Fight to Recognize a Fire Patrol Hero
Arnold Roma has spent 25 years demanding that his son, Keith, be recognized as a 9/11 hero. Keith died at the World Trade Center as a New York Fire Patrolman, a separate entity from the FDNY, and was excluded from the official count of 343 firefighters killed. Roma argues Keith deserves inclusion in the national memorial, despite official records limiting the count to active FDNY members.
