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Carlos Lillo Way

Photo courtesy of J. Faye Yuan, 2023.

Carlos Lillo (1963-2001), a paramedic, was killed while assisting in rescue operations on September 11, 2001, following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

Sources:

Gil Tauber, "NYC Honorary Street Names," accessed June 15, 2022, http://www.nycstreets.info/

9/11 Memorial Staff, "A Promise Kept on 9-11," 9/11 Memorial Museum, https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/promise-kept-911

"Carlos Lillo," National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, accessed September 30, 2022, https://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/carlos-lillo/

Paul Menchaca, "Astoria Honors EMS Worker Who Died On September 11th," Queens Chronicle, May 22, 2003, https://www.qchron.com/editions/western/astoria-honors-ems-worker-who-died-on-september-11th/article_d8a25090-0dac-5527-89b5-ad258d0fe759.html

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