NYPD’s Vigiano to Newsmax: Shield Number Links Me to Dad Who Died on 9/11

When the call came in 24 years ago that the World Trade Center was under attack, New York Police Department Detective Joseph V. Vigiano was one of the first to rush into the twin towers to try to get victims out, his son, NYPD Detective Joseph J. Vigiano, told Newsmax on Thursday.

On the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, the younger Vigiano told “The Record With Greta Van Susteren” that he shares more with his late father than just his name. He also shares his late father’s shield number.

“It’s incredibly humbling,” he said. “I mean, to be able to put on the same shield number as my father — 4511 — and work the same job that he worked and find that I love it just as much as he loved it, it’s a surreal experience.”