
Previously, hydrogen bombs had only been tested on the ground. tested the first hydrogen bomb dropped from a plane over Bikini Atoll. In 1956, by the time he was 39 years old, on May 20th, the U.S. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. In 1939, by the time he was 22 years old, in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. This led to hyperinflation in Germany and created the political and social atmosphere in which Hitler was able to rise to power. In 1922, when he was just 5 years old, the Reparations Commission assessed German liability for World War 1 at 132 billion gold marks (over $32 billion U.S. There is still controversy about her guilt although her name has become synonymous with a seductive female spy. Her travels (and her romantic entanglements) raised suspicion and she was arrested by the French and found guilty. Since Mata Hari, born Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod, was a citizen of the Netherlands (which remained neutral in World War 1), she could travel freely in Europe. In 1917, in the year that Frank Panzarella was born, Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari was convicted and executed as a German spy. Additionally, we would like to thank Lynn Sedler, Cliff Chiesa and Greg Jones in the Art Department for their endless time and cre- ativity to make this a very special edition.Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Frank's lifetime. Thank you to Gary Joyce, Dennis Whittam, Barbara Connolly, Marie Trotta and Bryan Lopez in the Editorial and Advertising departments.


Without hesitation, we thank the Fire News staff who worked around the clock to meet the deadline for this pub- lication. They include: The Terry Farrell Firefighter Fund, Lieutenant Joseph DiBernardo Memorial Foundation, Ray Pfeifer Foundation, Firefighter Cancer Support Network-NY Chapter and the FealGood Foundation. Through their generosity we will make contributions to five charities who are contributing in a positive way to families affect- ed by the devastating effects of 9/11. We would also like to recognize all of the advertisers and Fire and EMS departments which have made this Special 20th Anniversary Edition possible. It is the duty of each of us to keep this memory alive for generations to follow and we hope that this special edition helps to assist in this goal in the years to come. We hope that as you look at what has been compiled by the photographers, editors and staff at Fire News that we as a country and we as a nation never forget but always remember September 11, 2001.

It has been 20 years since attacks on our country took place in New York City, Washington, DC, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

We also wish to recog- nize those that are still seeing the effects of 9/11 and those that have passed away from 9/11 related cancers and res- piratory illnesses. It is our honor to be able to serve the Fire and EMS com- munity through Fire News and to be able to compile this 20th Anniversary Tribute Issue honoring those that died and those that saved count- less lives on September 2001.
