NEW YORK – A New York Army National Guard from Company C, 1st Battalion, 105th Infantry assists with local security operations at ground zero here following the 9/11 terror attacks on September 19, 2001. Following the attack, New York Governor George Pataki mobilized the entire New York National Guard for state active duty, with many Guardsmen and women responding to their armories or ground zero as they learned of the terror attack. In the city alone, approximately 1,500 Citizen-Soldiers would be on duty by the end of the night of September 11, 2001 with another 1,500 preparing to move the
NEW YORK – A New York Army National Guard from Company C, 1st Battalion, 105th Infantry assists with local security operations at ground zero here following the 9/11 terror attacks on September 19, 2001. Following the attack, New York Governor George Pataki mobilized the entire New York National Guard for state active duty, with many Guardsmen and women responding to their armories or ground zero as they learned of the terror attack. In the city alone, approximately 1,500 Citizen-Soldiers would be on duty by the end of the night of September 11, 2001 with another 1,500 preparing to move the next day. Joining the New York National Guard’s 2nd Civil Support Team were elements of the 42nd Infantry Division, 53rd Troop Command and 27th Infantry Brigade. Photo courtesy the New York National Guard (Released).
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