"The Activist: Marian Fontana" on OUR CITY. OUR STORY.

Marian Fontana—an activist who lost her husband, FDNY firefighter David Fontana, on 9/11—smiles for a portrait as part of the Our City Our Story podcast.
Marian Fontana on OUR CITY. OUR STORY.

This season of the OUR CITY. OUR STORY. podcast wraps up with an interview with Marian Fontana.

Fontana lost her husband, FDNY firefighter David Fontana, when he was killed on Sept. 11—the anniversary date of their wedding. Fontana recounts meeting her husband and the early years of their relationship, her turn to activism after 9/11 and her work founding the support nonprofit September 11th Families’ Association.

You can listen to “The Activist: Marian Fontana” on iTunes and Spotify. Music for this episode was provided by Chris Zabriskie, C. Scott and smallertide.

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