Alan David Feinberg - Asst. Battalion Chief
Battalion 9 FDNY - End of Watch September 11, 2001
Alan David Feinberg was a New York City firefighter for nineteen years. Approximately three years after he joined the FDNY, Feinberg - born in Brooklyn - moved to Marlboro, New Jersey with his wife Wendy and the couple's infant daughter, Tara. It was in Marlboro where the family would remain - and would grow - adding son Michael to complete the quartet. He loved his job, he loved his family, and he loved his life.
Asst. Battalion Chief Feinberg gave his life in the service of the people of New York City while working with his brother firefighters and other first responders to save people from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He was just forty-eight years old. Wendy Feinberg, widowed far too young, said lovingly of her husband after his death, "He was very happy. Everyone should have such a happy life. He was the little boy who never grew up."
He did not live long enough to see his oldest child, Tara, begin college. However, then-seventeeen-year-old Tara honored her dad in the college essay she wrote when she was applying to the University of Florida. Tara wrote, "My father has taught me the true meaning of a hero. It amazes me how someone can have such an unyielding desire to help others, even when there is a constant risk of the danger involved."
It turns out Tara Feinberg was an excellent a student as her dad was a teacher.
-AK
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