09/11/2026
SCOUT โข YOUNGEST FIRST RESPONDER โข 9/11 HERO
๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ป โ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฒ (๐ญ๐ต๐ด๐ฏโ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ญ)
On the morning of September 11, 2001, 18-year-old Richard Allen Pearlman was working for a law office in Queens when he was sent to 1 Police Plaza in Manhattan to deliver documents. While there, he learned that the first plane had struck the World Trade Center.
Richard was told to return to work. Instead, he went toward the towers.
A volunteer with the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps since age 14, Richard had already devoted years to learning emergency response. He began in the Junior Corps, became a dispatcher, and at 18 joined the Senior Corps, where he was preparing for EMT training.
At Ground Zero, Richard immediately put his experience to work, treating people who had been injured and burned. Richard was last seen entering the South Tower, where he was helping a man suffering cardiac arrest. At 9:59 a.m., the tower collapsed.
At just 18 years old, Richard was the youngest first responder killed on 9/11.
His courage has inspired an enduring legacy. In 2016, the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the NYC Punishers Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club established the โRun for Richieโ 9/11 Memorial Motorcycle Parade in his honor. What began as a memorial ride has grown into a major annual event, attracting thousands of motorcycles in some years.
Richard once told his mother, โIโm going to be a famous person one day. Iโm going to help save the world.โ
On September 11, he went toward the danger when others were fleeing.
Assistant Scoutmaster Richard Pearlman was posthumously awarded the Honor Medal with Crossed Palms, Scoutingโs highest recognition for heroism.
From Queens Troop 106 to Ground Zero, Richard Pearlmanโs life was tragically briefโbut his courage, compassion, and commitment to helping others remain an enduring legacy.
#9/11
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