Chief Richard Picciotto

Battalion Commander Richard Picciotto was the highest-ranking firefighter to survive the collapse of the World Trade Center. He is a twenty-eight year veteran of the New York City Fire Department. For the past nine years, he has presided over FDNY's Battalion 11, covering Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Books
	Last Man Down: A New York City Fire Chief and the Collapse of the World Trade Center A Firefighter's Story of Survival and Escape from the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, FDNY Battalion Chief Richard 'Pitch' Picciotto answered the call heard around the world. In minutes he was at Ground Zero of the worst terrorist attack