Chaplain Monsignor John E. Delendick was appointed as FDNY Chaplain in May 1996. Five years later, he would face the unimaginable when he arrived at the World Trade Center after the second plane struck during the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
While he survived when the towers collapsed that fateful day, Delendick would succumb to cancer related to the World Trade Center (WTC) toxic contaminants. The chaplain died last year at the age of 74, and the FDNY announced he will be honored on Nov. 22 in a WTC plaque dedication.
The dedication will occur one day short of a year after the chaplain died on Nov. 23, 2023. …