The fourth graders at Our Lady of Mercy School held their annual Biography Breakfast recently. All of the students picked one person significant to New York State and gave oral reports on them. The parents and students had to guess who the person was.
Kaitlyn Wawrzynski reported on NYC Fireman, Peter Ganci, a co-worker of her grandfather, Fire Fighter Bill Tracy. At the time of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Peter Ganci, held the rank of Chief of Department, the highest ranking uniformed fire officer in the department. He was among the 343 New York City firefighters and paramedics who were killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. He perished in the collapse of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Prior to joining the Fire Department, Ganci served in the 82nd Airborne Division in the war in Vietnam.
Other students reported on famous New Yorkers, Margaret Bourke-White, Elizabeth Blackwell, Norman Rockwell and more.
