NEW YORK, NY. (THECOUNT) — James ‘Jimmy’ Boyle, a former two-time president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association and “the face” of 9/11 parents, passed away over the weekend, according to reports. He was 80.
Boyle may be best remembered as the face of 9/11 parents who lost their sons and daughters in the rubble of the World Trade Center after the 2001 terror attacks led to the collapse of the Twin Towers.
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Boyle’s son Michael, a 37-year-old firefighter with Engine Company 33 on Great Jones Street, was killed in the collapse of the North Tower at 10:28 a.m. on September 11, 2001. He had been off from work that day, but he raced into lower Manhattan when he received news of the attacks, reports PIX11.
Boyle spent months at the site looking for his son’s remains with other firefighter dads, finally discovering his son’s turnout coat about four months later.
Murray Weiss, a former columnist with the New York Post, wrote a story in 2004 about Michael Boyle’s money clip being identified in the Ground Zero debris, thanks to DNA, with $74 in cash bound together by the clip. James Boyle retrieved the clip at Police Headquarters.
Geo quick facts: New York City comprises 5 boroughs sitting where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean. At its core is Manhattan, a densely populated borough that’s among the world’s major commercial, financial and cultural centers. Its iconic sites include skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building and sprawling Central Park. Broadway theater is staged in neon-lit Times Square – wikipedia.