Bob Beckwith was born on September 21,1933 and is a former member of the New York City Fire Department.
11 Facts About Bob Beckwith
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Bob Beckwith became well known to the United States' public after he stood next to President George W Bush as the president gave a speech at the ruins of the World Trade Center after the attacks of September 11,2001.
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Bob Beckwith has met several times with President Bush since then, spoken extensively in public, and acted as a fundraiser for charities.
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Bob Beckwith has lived for more than 50 years with his wife Barbara in the same house in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York.
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Bob Beckwith is a veteran of the New York City Fire Department with 30 years of service from 1964 to 1994.
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Bob Beckwith handed Bush a megaphone with which to address the crowd of responders and workers and was told to climb down by the Secret Service and Karl Rove, but Bush insisted that Bob Beckwith stay with him.
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An image of Bush with Bob Beckwith was featured the next day on the front page of the New York Daily News.
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Bob Beckwith continues to be bashful about his fame, though an enlarged version of the Time magazine cover that made him famous hangs in his den.
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Bob Beckwith has already donated the clothes and helmet that he was wearing that day to the memorial.
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Bob Beckwith has visited 11 times with President Bush, traveled and spoken extensively, and dedicated much of his activity to fundraising for the New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation.
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On February 25,2002, in a White House ceremony together with Governor George Pataki of New York state, Bob Beckwith presented to Bush the bullhorn the president had used to address workers at the World Trade Center site just days after the attacks.