Utah Task Force 1

Happy Birthday Forrest!! 🐾🦴🎂

Thank you for your service!! 🙏🐾

Happy Birthday Cole! 🎂🐾

It is with great sadness that Missouri Task Force 1 announces the line of duty death of Heavy Rigging Specialist Larry Duncan.

On September 11, 2001, the FEMA National Operations Center issued activation orders for Missouri Task Force 1 to deploy to New York City in response to the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center towers. Sixty-two brave men and women of Missouri Task Force 1 left their homes, their work, their friends and their families to deploy to “Ground Zero”. Missouri Task Force 1 spent 10 days scouring the rubble that was once the World Trade Center complex for survivors. Larry Duncan was a member of that team. He was one of the many courageous responders who worked “the pile” day after day. The hazards were great and the loss of life from that day is still occurring due to the toxic materials responders encountered. Tragically, as a result of these exposures, Larry succumbed to a 9/11-related cancer on January 15, 2025.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Markland-Yeager Funeral Home in New Franklin, Missouri and will be announced on their completion.