Steven Coakley
New York City firefighter assigned to Engine 217, killed in the line of duty on September 11, 2001. One of 343 FDNY firefighters who died that day. A Charlotte-area foundation carries his name.
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Two Thousand First Responders Get Friday Night at Truist Field. The Jerseys Are for a Firefighter Who Died at the Towers.
Jack Beckett·
The Knights gave away more than 2,000 tickets for Friday, the twenty-fifth September 11. The game-worn jerseys go to a foundation named for an FDNY firefighter from Engine 217, run out of Waxhaw for twenty-four years by people who are not paid to do it.