Joseph V. Vigiano "JoeyVig"

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Age:
34
Place of Residence:
Medford, NY
Location on 9/11:
One WTC
Joseph V. Vigiano "JoeyVig"
Occupation:
New York Police Department | Detective 2nd Grade - Emergency Service Truck 2
Dedicated Memorial Sites:
New York City Police Memorial Wall
Joseph V. Vigiano Street Naming
Lakeland Fire Department Memorial
Long Island 9/11 Memorial
Town of Babylon September 11 Hometown Memorial
Brooklyn Wall of Rememberance
Queen Elizabeth II September 11 Memorial Garden
Conseleya 9/11 Memorial
Dewitt 9/11 Memorial
Suffolk County 9/11 Memorial
Personal Memorial Website:
www.vigiano.com
Reflections:
The New York Times Portraits of Grief
Education:
Deer Park High School
Biography:

Joseph V. Vigiano served on the police force as a detective. His older brother, John, was a New York City firefighter.

For some reason, perhaps a dozen men who came of age during the 1970's and 80's in Deer Park, N.Y., developed an appetite for civic duty. They became New York City police officers and firefighters in their professional lives, and volunteer firefighters with Engine Company No. 2 in Deer Park in their personal ones. They called it the Deer Park Connection, and Firefighter John Vigiano and Detective Joseph Vigiano, two of the tightest brothers you could ever find, were among the best-liked and most accomplished members.

Both followed the unwritten manual on growing up right in Deer Park, said their father, John Vigiano, a retired captain in the New York City Fire Department. They were active in sports. They became Eagle Scouts. They hatched pranks that were wicked in their creativity but gentle in their impact. "They never embarrassed me," said Captain Vigiano. "They were good fathers, good husbands and they were good men.

Joseph Vigiano, who was known as Joey, loved to mug for the cameras and played lacrosse on the Police Department team, said his wife, Kathy, a fellow police officer. On the job, he was commended for his bravery: he survived being shot on three different occasions. At home, he taught his two boys how to build derby cars of pine. Eventually, he was going to do the same with his youngest son, now 6 months old.