Michael Roberts - Memorial card
Michael Roberts - Memorial card
Michael Roberts - Memorial card
Michael Roberts - Memorial card
Business card
Nuthouse memorial t-shirt Engine 214 ladder 111
Irish Cap
Firefighter memorial ribbon with photo
Flower with memorial ribbon
Michael Roberts - Daily News article
Veronica Roberts Key West trip email
Veronica Roberts Key West trip email
Michael's journal entry to Sumner family no date
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
Freehold Township 9/11 Living Memorial Tree Grove
Crescent Beach Park - Flagpole/Memorial for 9/11 Victims
Garrison Elementary School American Patriot Garden
Firefighter Michael Edward Roberts from Engine 214 in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ wanted to become a firefighter since he was a young boy. He practically grew up in a firehouse in Brooklyn!
He was driven to follow in his father’s footsteps. Michael’s dad‚ John‚ and his uncle‚ Bob‚ were both firefighters before him. Michael was honored to receive the badge that they passed on to him- # 6611. He was energetic‚ inquisitive and determined to learn as much as he could about firefighting. He often said to his mother with a huge smile on his face‚ ‘Ma‚ don’t worry. I’m going to be a hero and I’m not going to die.’ To his father he said‚ ‘Dad‚ if I have to die‚ I want to go in The Big One.’
And he did‚ at the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11‚ 2001.
Michael was a happy‚ athletic‚ social and caring young man He was an altruistic human being. This man was the pivotal person in our family‚ community‚ social circles‚ work sites‚ etc. He was responsible and respectful and he always had a smile on his face. Joy has left our lives. (source)
New York Times Portraits of Grief
6611. That was the number of Firefighter Robert Roberts's badge. When he left the job, the badge was assigned to his brother, John. When Firefighter John Roberts left the job, No. 6611 was passed on again, this time to John Roberts's son, Michael Edward.
No. 6611 was a Roberts family heirloom by then, but Michael Edward Roberts had a habit of misplacing things. So his mother, Veronica, urged him to think about putting the badge in a vault and getting "one of those fake ones" for everyday use.
She need not have worried. In nearly four years as a firefighter, Michael Edward Roberts never lost track of that badge. He was as conscientious a recruit as Lt. Michael Bell, an officer of Engine Company 214 in Brooklyn, had ever seen.
Although Firefighter Roberts had transferred there only in March, Lieutenant Bell said, "We could tell he was going to be a star."
Being a fireman was the center of his life, but Firefighter Roberts, 31, was more than that, said his uncle, Assistant Police Chief Joseph Fox. "He had a way of popping into and out of people's lives," Chief Fox said. At times it seemed he was in two places at once because there was another firefighter — same name, same age, same background. The only time their families met was at their funerals.
Firefighter Roberts routinely volunteered to work holidays for colleagues at the firehouse who had families. And he watched out for his younger sister, Karen, always pushing her to finish college.
She will. Next month.
Dear Roberts family,
Dear Roberts family,
I am writing this because I look up to people like your loved one who passed on that tragic day in September 2001. He is a hero to all of us. When ever one ran out he ran in. He was a brave courageous soul. I can only wish to be as big of a man as he was.
Posted by Malachy Roberts
I recently relocated to North
I recently relocated to North Carolina. I wanted you to know that I ran a 9/11 5k memorial this morning in Mooresville NC carrying a picture of Michael Ladder 35. I didn't know Michael or your family but I wanted you to know his memory was honored again today. We will never forget.
Published by Eileen McGuire
Your face had a kindness to
Your face had a kindness to it and I felt compelled to write a brief message. I cannot thank you enough for your bravery that day. I never knew you but my eyes are full of tears...
Be at peace.
Posted by Sandra Morris
On duty in our firehouse
On duty in our firehouse tonight 11/9/11. In Cork, Ireland. Remembering the bravest of the brave. Especially Michael Roberts, his mom sent us some memorial t-shirts & I still have it & wear it to this day & I think of him & his brothers from the Nuthouse. God bless & protect your families.
Posted by Ger Mallen
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