William FeehanW 13th St between 9th Ave and Hudson StHeart Two · Location 214 · Drawn October 2002123Select a number to open a drawing state.The published 2006 collage is shown above. The numbered links open archival images. Use your browser’s Back button to return here.PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Video podcast0:00This drawing was done on the southeast corner of 13th Street and 9th Avenue.0:06Originally the drawing was done on a blue construction wall,0:09shielding the sidewalk from a building in progress.0:13As of spring 2006, the new 10-story building has sprung up0:18an impressive little number between Hudson and 9th Avenue0:23and occupies most of the block.0:26This is Deputy Commissioner William Feehan.0:30He was drawn in October of 2002.0:34His drawing is counting one person.0:36William Feehan was New York City's first deputy fire commissioner.0:41He had been fighting fires for over 42 years and died that day at age 71.0:46He is counting one person from the World Trade Center, Farah Jeudy.0:52Each person that passed away is listed on a variety of memorial websites.0:57sites. For almost all, there are short biographies that give some insight into that person's life.1:03For Farrah, all we know is that she was 31, from the city, and was an employee at the Aon Corporation.1:11A friend of his told me about a synagogue fire in Midtown a couple years ago, said David.1:16There was a collapse inside the synagogue and a huge plume of smoke came up, and there was a1:20thunderous roar, and everyone was getting out of the way, and here was Bill, running into the smoke1:24and he was 70 years old. That was Bill. Born in Long Island City, Fian grew up in Jackson Heights, earned a degree in education from St. John's University.← Location 213Heart Two · Location 214Location 215 →
