| Year Honored | |
|---|---|
| 2016 | |
| Honoree | |
| Linda Ohlson | |
| Agency | |
| Fire Department of New York - Bureau of EMS | |
| Agency City | |
| New York | |
| Agency State | |
| New York | |
| Last Call | |
| 2/17/2014 | |
| Cause of Death | |
| 9/11 Illness | |
| Biography | |
| On the morning of September 11, 2001, Linda Ohlson and her husband Rudy, also a first responder, were on the site of the worst terror attacks on American soil at New York City’s World Trade Center. Neither knew at the time that the events that unfolded would affect them for the rest of their lives, eventually taking both. In 2008 Rudy succumbed to years of suffering severe PTSD. Linda died of complications of illness directly related to exposure of toxins at the World Trade Center site on February 17, 2014. |
The United States Official National EMS Memorial Service
