Two days before the nation marks the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the FDNY added the names of 39 members who died of World Trade Center-related illnesses to its Memorial Wall during a dedication ceremony at its headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn.

The wall, inscribed with the words, “Dedicated to the memory of those who bravely served this department protecting life and property in the City of New York in the rescue and recovery effort at Manhattan Box 5-5-8087 World Trade Center,” now bears the names of 402 FDNY personnel who died from illnesses linked to exposure to toxic dust at Ground Zero during rescue, recovery and cleanup operations in the months after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.

Before the reading of the names and the laying of flowers at th

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