It's been 18 years since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks and the current FDNY Academy class, set to graduate in two weeks, includes 13 members whose firefighter fathers died on 9/11.
The 12 men and one woman includes siblings who are two sons of one fallen firefighter, and the son and daughter of another fallen firefighter.
This will be the most FDNY “legacy” members to join in a single induction since 9/11, but, dozens of other sons and one daughter have joined FDNY in the past. Watch this touching NBC News interview with a widow and proud mother whose children honor their fallen father by serving as a firefighter.