'Murder in Small Town X' Winner and September 11 Hero Angel Juarbe to Have Street Named After Him
by Susan Schechter & David Bloomberg
-- 09/28/2002
Even if you didn't know somebody who was killed in the September 11 attacks, if you watched reality TV -- Murder in Small Town X in particular -- you may have felt like you lost somebody you knew. The show's winner, Angel Juarbe, was killed while performing his firefighter duties. Now his name is one of 81 that will be placed on New York streets to honor the heroes of that day.
Friday, September 27, a rainy overcast day in the Big Apple. Mayor Mike Bloomberg (no relation to RNO's editor) signs a bill into law. But this law is special. 81 streets will be named after 81 heroes who died on September 11, 2001.
Said Mayor Mike at the public hearing, "The Bill before me today, Introductory Number 252-A, will rename various public thoroughfares and public places throughout the City after 81 firefighters, police officers, and civilians who died on September 11, 2001." He continued, "While no actions that we may take can ever adequately convey the appreciation that the entire City has for these heroes, erecting these signs throughout the five boroughs [Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island] will at least express the City's desire to permanently remember their sacrifices and to rebuild our City in their memory. Without the courage and sacrifice of those firefighters, police officers and civilians who bravely gave their lives to rescue others, many more lives would have certainly been lost. Our actions today will show the world that our City and its people will never forget those who were lost on that terrible day."
And thus with this somber statement read, the Mayor started to read the names. By this point you may be wondering why we are writing about this issue on a reality television website. Well, one of the names on the list was that of Angel Luis Juarbe, Jr., the winner of Fox's Murder in A Small Town X. As reported last year on RealityNewsOnline, Angel was killed when he exhibited courage and heroism beyond the call of duty during the World Trade Center attacks. He was first reported missing on the day of the attacks, and confirmation of that fear arrived quickly. His body was not found until late November, which confirmed the mourning by his family, friends, and viewers of the show who may not have otherwise known someone who died that day, but felt touched by the tragedy as well.
Angel, of course, is only one of those who are named in this list. All 81 are reproduced below, and were taken from the official press release issued by the Mayor's Office with new street names and boroughs.
Martin J. Egan, Jr. Corner Staten Island Lt. Steven J. Bates Street Queens Lt. Michael P. Warchola Way Queens Lt. Kevin Pfeifer Place Queens Lt. Kenneth J. Phelan Way Queens Firefighter Vincent S. Morello Street Queens Firefighters Boulevard The Bronx Deputy Chief Orio J. Palmer Way The Bronx Firefighter Gregory Saucedo Triangle Brooklyn Jimmy Quinn Way Brooklyn J Jason DeFazio Way Staten Island P.O. Moira Smith Way Brooklyn Michael D. Mullan Way Queens Firefighter Jimmy Riches Way Brooklyn AnnMarie Riccoboni Way Queens Lawrence Virgilio Street Queens Firefighter Salvatore Calabro Place Staten Island Donald DiFranco Staten Island Debra Ann DiMarino Way Staten Island Joseph Di Pilato Place Staten Island Steven M. Hagis Way Staten Island Michele B. Lanza Way Staten Island Lorraine Lee Way Staten Island Michael Massaroli Way Staten Island Charles A. Mauro, Jr. Place Staten Island Lt. Paul T. Mitchell Place Staten Island Salvatore T. Papasso Way Staten Island Cira Marie Patti Way Staten Island Mark Petrocelli Way Staten Island Joseph Plumitallo Way Staten Island Patricia Puma Way Staten Island Peter Raimondi Way Staten Island Joseph Reina, Jr. Way Staten Island Adele Sessa Way Staten Island Michael Stabile Way Staten Island Firefighter John P. Tierney Place Staten Island Joseph G. Visciano Place Staten Island Frank Thomas "F.T." Aquilino Way Staten Island Adam P. Arias Way Staten Island Louis F. Aversano, Jr. Way Staten Island Michael E. Beekman Way Staten Island Firefighter Greg J. Buck Place Staten Island Milton Gilberto Bustillo Way Staten Island Monica Goldstein Way Staten Island Vincent Laieta Jr., Way Staten Island Jeannine LaVerde Way Staten Island Stephanie McKenna Way Staten Island Richard Miuccio Way Staten Island Lt. Philip S. Petti Place Staten Island Shawn E. Bowman, Jr. Way Staten Island Firefighter Thomas P. Hannafin Place Staten Island Robert J. Shay, Jr. Way Staten Island Firefighter Manuel Del Valle, Jr. Street-Manhattan Benjamin Keefe Clark Way Brooklyn Firefighter John Heffernan Street Queens Firefighter Scott A. Larsen Boulevard Queens Capt. Patrick Waters Road Queens Firefighter John J. Florio Place Queens Firefighter Daniel T. Suhr Place Brooklyn Firefighter Joseph Patrick Henry Lane Brooklyn Firefighter Sergio Gabriel Villanueva Way-Queens Calvin Gooding, Jr. Place Queens Firefighter Michael Cammarata Place Staten Island Firefighter William Henry Avenue Queens Detective Claude "Danny" Richards Way Manhattan Firefighter Angel Luis Juarbe, Jr. Avenue-The Bronx Captain Vincent E. Brunton Way Brooklyn Lt. Joseph Gullickson Way Staten Island Carl A. DeFranco Avenue Staten Island Brian Nunez Way Staten Island Firefighter Michael Weinberg Way Queens William M. Feehan Triangle Queens Captain James J. Corrigan Way Queens Anne Marie Martino-Cramer Way Staten Island Kristen L. Montanaro Way Staten Island Firefighter Lenny Ragaglia Way Staten Island Lt. Chuck Margiotta Way Staten Island Michael A. Marti Street Queens Lt. Michael T. Quilty Way Staten Island Assistant Chief Gerard A. Barbara Way Staten Island E.M.T. David Marc Sullins Place Queens
Angel Juarbe was known to so many of us only in his role on Murder in Small Town X. While on that show, he talked several times about courage - he was discussing courage in the face of a make-believe murderer. That particular courage earned him a prize of $250,000 plus a car - neither of which he actually had a chance to enjoy. But when it really counted, he proved that same courage in the face of all-too-real murderers. For that, he lost his life, but he may have saved countless others.
Heroes all. May we never forget.
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