Bob Beckwith, from Baldwin, New York, was 69 years old and retired for seven years after serving with the FDNY for three decades when on Sept. 14, 2001, he raced to Ground Zero to help with the search and rescue efforts - and inadvertently became a part of history.
Former Long Island Rep. Peter King (R-NY) announced Beckwith's passing on Facebook Monday, hailing the veteran first responder as "an American icon who personified the best of the FDNY, New York and America at our most perilous moment."
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