Cape Girardeau Fire Department with 9/11 Survivor, Richard Picciotto

September 16, 2014 Jessica Sexton Fire & Rescue, Public Safety Comments Off on Cape Girardeau Fire Department with 9/11 Survivor, Richard Picciotto

Cape Girardeau Fire Department and other personnel are pictured below with Richard Picciotto, the highest-ranking firefighter to survive the World Trade Center collapse on Sept. 11, 2001. Picciotto spoke last week at Academic Hall on the Southeast Missouri State University campus as a part of the 2014-2015 Speaker Series.

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