Portrait of Francis Esposito in firefighting gear.

A photograph of Frank with his wife, Dawn.

A photograph of Frank in his firefighting gear.
Page 1 of a tribute to Francis Esposito.

Page 2 of a tribute to Francis Esposito.

Page 3 of a tribute to Francis Esposito.

Page 4 of a tribute to Francis Esposito.
A photograph of Francis with his beloved wife, Dawn, and midnight blue Harley-Davidson he'd always dreamed of owning.

A photograph of Francis at his wedding with his wife, Dawn, and parents.

A photograph of Francis and his friend celebrating.

A photograph of Francis dancing with his mom at his wedding.

A photograph of Francis with his best men at his wedding.

A photograph of Francis celebrating with friends.

A photograph of Francis with his wife, Dawn.

A photograph of Frank with a friend.

A photograph of Frank with his friend on his boat, the "Dawn Marie."

A photograph of Frank and his friends riding their motorcycles.
A photograph of Frank's boat, the "Dawn Marie."

A photograph of Frank's car.
A memorial for The Monroe Six.
A photograph of Frank standing in front of a firefighting monument.

A photograph of Frank on vacation.
Frank Esposito's firefighting helmet.

Frank Esposito's firefighting helmet.

Francis' firefighting badge

Francis' firefighting badge

Francis' firefighting badge

An item of remembrance of Frank.

Long Island 9/11 Memorial
Staten Island 9/11 Postcards Memorial
Wings of a Monument, Memories Soar
Queen Elizabeth II September 11 Memorial Garden
Conseleya 9/11 Memorial
Dewitt 9/11 Memorial
Montclair State University 9/11 Memorial
East Newark 9/11 Memorial
Fair Haven 9/11 Memorial
Francis Esposito was a rookie firefighter with a passion for playing pool with his brothers and father, taking his boat out for a spin and riding his meticulously-kept midnight-blue Harley-Davidson with the fringe and saddlebags, said his cousin Catherine McKeever.
Before joining the Fire Department, he was a taper, putting up wallboard, and excelled at that job, she said.
Firefighter Esposito, 32, of Tottenville, Staten Island, went by Frankie, and his older brother decided to name his first child that. It didn't matter that his first child was a girl. "She loves it," said Ms. McKeever, who knows young Frankie idolized her uncle. "She loved him so much. The name just fits her," she said.
She remembers family gatherings when she and her cousins were younger. "Frankie would be like a little rascal, always in the midst of trouble with his brothers," said Ms. McKeever, who lost another cousin, Lt. Michael Esposito, at the trade center. "Wherever there was trouble, they were there." She remembers them throwing clothes out the window, and throwing their little brother down the laundry chute.
"They grew up, but they never changed," she said. "They were too much; they were all comedians."
Profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on March 8, 2003.
r i p sweetheart
r i p sweetheart
Published by Sammy
thank you for all your hard
thank you for all your hard work for trying to help others even though you knew your life was on the line and went in any ways i wish there were more people like you
Published by Johnathan .D Emerson
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