New York, New York
A Loyal Practical Joker
Maybe you saw his face inside the firetruck racing through Midtown streets. Or maybe you saw him marching in his blue uniform in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. You'd remember that he was tall and broad-shouldered, with what Neil Skow, his lieutenant at Ladder Company 2, called "that fine Irish smile that he had." And then you'd know a little bit about Dennis M. Mulligan, 32.
He loved practical jokes but was also a loyal brother and son, a pal to his nieces and nephews, who called him "Superman." He liked to tell his sister, Patricia, that he was fireproof, though he once scorched his fingers on someone's birthday candles. He would visit the sick, including one woman who was severely depressed. "He would go to her hospital bed every day, and he wouldn't leave until she laughed," his sister said.
Off duty on the morning of Sept. 11, he jumped on the ladder truck to help. Another firefighter remembered seeing him with a couple of other men from Ladder Company 2, escorting frightened workers from the lobby of 1 World Trade Center. He still had "that Mugsy smile," the firefighter said, which seemed to reassure them.
My condolences on this day. I remember this day as if it was yesterday. I hope to visit site in 2026. I am a retired Assistant Fire Chief from Coquitlam , Canada. Gary Mulligan Age 62. My daughter has just also become a full time Firefighter.
Gary A Mulligan
September 11, 2025 | Other
you would of been 56 and soon it will be 24 years without you everyone still loves and misses you so much. i wish i could of met you, family isn’t the same without you. I’ve heard so many great stories about you.
July 23, 2025 | Family
I was a child when 9/11 happened, but always remember the day watching the news here in the UK. Many years ago I researched if there were any Mulligans that lost their lives that day, and since then Dennis and Peter have been in my thoughts. I never knew him, and it’s unlikely that we were related in any way but name, but Dennis is a hero to me. We are making our first ever visit to NYC this September, and I hope to make a point of looking for Dennis’ name on the memorial pool. I’m English,...
Andrew Mulligan
May 09, 2025 | Liverpool
2018 9/11 Stair Climb
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Never Forget.
September 25, 2018
Hey bud..think about u all the time! I was showing my kids your pics and telling them some funny stores! Keep watching over us! ❤
Amy
September 12, 2018
I wish I had the opportunity to have known you Dennis. But I get to know you a little more each year when I visit your guest book on this day. The small remembrance card I received with your name on it has and will always occupy a special place in my home. Sometimes I feel like closing the door and hiding on this day, but then I remember you and your sacrifice you made for all of us, and how important it is to keep going, keep living. That's why you did what you did as a firefighter. For...
Renee Radke
September 11, 2018 | Kirkland, WA
RIP Dennis .Your memory will live on.
Bernadette OHara
September 11, 2017 | Staatsburg, NY
Your sacrifice of that day will never be forgotten. Your name has been imprinted on my heart.
Renee Radke
September 11, 2017 | Kirkland, WA
Remembering you,Today Tomorrow and always...
September 10, 2017
