Kerik: 23 Missing from NYPD

September 15, 2001

To all commands

Hello, this is Police Department Commissioner Bernard Kerik. I wanted to take a moment to express the pride and gratitude I feel for what you have done over the past two days and give you some information on what is happening at the World Trade Center. The city of New York, the New York Police Department and our brothers and sisters in the city have suffered a tremendous loss. Our nation has never been hit harder and it is going to take days and perhaps even weeks to know the full magnitude of this cowardly and despicable act. I know you are concerned about the heroes that went into the attack site and still haven't been found. I don't know all the answers yet but I can tell you that a total of 23 members of the New York Police Department remain missing from the attack. The names are:

Personnel bureau:

P.O. Glenn Pettit, Police Academy

Transit bureau, Manhattan:

P.O. Mark Ellis

P.O. Ramon Suarez

Patrol Services bureau, Manhattan South:

P.O. James Leahy, Sixth Precinct

P.O. Moria Smith, 13th Precinct

P.O. Robert Fazio, 13th Precinct

Patrol Services bureau, the Bronx:

P.O. John Perry, 40th Precinct

Special Operations division, Emergency Services unit:

Sgt. Rodney Gillis

Sgt. Michael Curtin

Sgt. John Coughlin

Det. Claude Richards

Det. Joseph Vigiano

P.O. Walter Weaver