200th Firefighter Dies From 9/11 Related Illness.
Around 800 firefighters as well as family and friends came to pay their respects to Richard Driscoll as he was laid to rest Tuesday. Driscoll is the 200th FDNY member to die from a 9/11 related illness.
After 32 years, he retired from engine 91 in east Harlem back in 2002. He was also a Vietnam Veteran and his fellow fighter fighters say his leadership is his legacy.
"Richie like I said was a natural born leader and mentor. in a culture where there is fun spirited hazing and hijinks, Richie decided rather to be a teacher and mentor for the young guys coming on the job which carries on a tradition that has been going on for a couple hundred years", says retired FDNY member, Michael Murphy.
Kevin Grace, a former FDNY member and close friend to Driscoll, beat pancreatic cancer as a result of September 11 and he says Driscoll was there with him through it all.
"I'm very lucky. Thank God, Thank God, I wish he would have been that lucky. He was just a wonderful person and I think it was in his DNA to be that nice. You know he's just a great guy", Grace said.
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Firefighter Richard Driscoll is the 200th FDNY member to die of a 9/11-related illness. (FDNY)
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So glad the remaining heroes are being properly funded ... Thanks Jon!
Especially since they brought up the funding - which will help more heroes like Richard Driscoll! 
there's never enough thanks for what they do 
That it's too bad his name isn't on the wall of 9/11 heroes. The 200 who have died since deserve their own memorial, too.
“It is almost incomprehensible that after losing 343 members on September 11, we have now had 200 more FDNY members die due to World Trade Center illness," FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. "These heroes gave their lives bravely fighting to rescue and recover others. We will never forget them.”
