Williston Park, New York
On the Job, Together
A neighboring volunteer fire company called the one in Roslyn, N.Y., for help on Thanksgiving 2000. A rescue specialist was needed to extricate a young man from a wrecked car. The company, and the driver, were lucky. Two rescue specialists, Peter and Thomas Langone, arrived and cut him loose.
In their time off, Firefighter Peter Langone and Police Officer Thomas Langone were leaders at the Roslyn Rescue Fire Company, training other volunteers in the skills they learned at work.
Peter Langone, 41, a driver with Engine Company 252 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, a specialty unit, was the "elder statesman" at the firehouse, according to Firefighter James O'Connor. He drove the truck and showed rookies the ropes, speaking bluntly at times. "He never beat around the bush," Firefighter O'Connor said. His wife, Terri, and his daughters Nikki, 9, and Karli, 5, were often seen around the firehouse, and they took weekend trips to the country. They were planning a family trip to Disney World this winter. He also liked to hunt, and in good years that meant venison stew in the firehouse.
Thomas Langone, 39, of Emergency Squad 10 in Brooklyn, went to Oklahoma City in 1995 to help with recovery efforts after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. "His entire day went at a million miles an hour," a fellow officer said. "He didn't wait to be called." He also taught firefighting techniques for Nassau County, and was working toward a bachelor's degree from Empire State College's distance learning program so he could teach when he retired from the department.
With his wife, JoAnn; his daughter, Caitlin, 12; and his son, Brian, 10, Thomas Langone took a trip to Rhode Island last summer, touring mansions and enjoying the cliff walk in Newport.
Their jobs brought the brothers together. In 1990, the Roslyn volunteers went to the scene of the Avianca crash in Oyster Bay. In 1993, working for New York City, the brothers went to the World Trade Center bombing. On Sept. 11, they arrived separately not long before the twin towers collapsed.
To the entire Langone Family. Thomas supervised garden work for us in Manhasset. I had no idea he was a firefighter. His crew told me a month after the attacks that he had perished. I will always keep him in our prayers
Karen Smaldone
September 05, 2021 | Friend
We will never forget! Thank you for your service, sir!
Chip Eckert
September 12, 2018
Well, Thomas, it has been 17 years since you gave so selflessly. You gave everything for what you stood for. I've only known you for 7 years now, I just wish I could have met you some other way than through your death. I pray for your family a lot. I hope they know how much love surrounds them and how thankful so many in our country are for the sacrifice the Langone family gave on that awful day. God bless you and all those who lost their lives on 9/11.
Kimberly
September 11, 2018 | Trophy Club, TX
Well, yesterday marked 15 years. I still think of you and your family since I was given your name 5 years ago in church to pray for you and the entire Langone family. Not just on the anniversary, but often. God bless your family, and thank you again for your sacrifice. This year, if your able to up there, can you talk to the big guy and let him know the rest of us down here are struggling to remember the unity, love, and solidarity we felt for and with one another after that awful day 15...
Kimberly Butler
September 12, 2016 | Lewisville, TX
Never Forget
Today, marks fifteen years since the attacks on 9/11! It is still, so vivid, in our memories! Each of my family members, can remember where they were, at that exact moment in time! That day, and on every Sept. 11th; we are all New Yorkers! To Mr. Thomas Langone, thank you, again, sir, for your love, of others, and your sacrifice! To the Langone family, my prayers, for your continued healing!
Chip Eckert
September 11, 2016 | Pleasant Shade, TN
Never forgotten ... May you and your brother rest in eternal peace.
LEO Wife
December 01, 2015 | NY
In Memory
With Honor & Respect.
S J. Friscia III
April 28, 2014 | Staten Island, NY
Tommy ,K9 Llangone and I serve in your honor.
Mayra Schultz
October 08, 2013 | New York, NY
To the family of Thomas Langone; I still have a bracelet with Mr. Langones name on it! I was a police officer, in Nashville Tennessee at the time; and can remember everything like it was yesterday! I just wanted you to know the respect that I have for such courage and selflessness! He will never be forgotten! I hope life has been good to you since! Prayers and best wishes with you always!
Chip Eckert
April 25, 2013 | Pleasant Shade, TN