Firefighters plant ground zero tree at Cork 9/11 memorial

Some 90 NY and Irish firefighters also raised funds for a charity named in honour of a Waterford girl during their cycle from Dublin on the 23rd anniversary of the attacks

Almost one hundred firefighters from New York and Ireland cycled into Kinsale's 9/11 memorial at Ringfinnan Garden of Remembrance on the anniversary of the attacks. Picture: Dan Linehan

Firefighters from New York, some of whom were there when the twin towers fell, planted a tree from ‘ground zero’ in a 9/11 memorial garden in Kinsale on Wednesday night to remember their fallen comrades on the 23rd anniversary of the world’s deadliest terrorist attacks.

The poignant ceremony marked the end of an emotional charity fundraising cycle from Dublin to Cork by up to 40 firefighters from New York Fire Department (FDNY) and 50 Irish firefighters, members of the National Retained Firefighters Association of Ireland, to remember the more than 300 firefighters who died in an instant that tragic day in 2001.