Members of AFSCME -- the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees -- raced to the front lines on September 11, 2001. One of the first of the first responder fatalities was Father Mychal Judge, the Fire Department Chaplain and member of AFSCME Local 299. We lost several members that day, and others have died in the ensuing years from illnesses contracted from breathing in toxins. They are at their best when things are at their absolute worst. From 1998 to 2002, he was based in New York City as administrator of AFSCME District Council 37.

Source: Huffington Post September 10, 2016 19:18 UTC