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9/11 firefighter Charles Jones III laid to rest

The casket of 9/11 firefighter Charles Chuck Jones

Photo credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams, Jr. | The casket of 9/11 firefighter Charles Chuck Jones III is carried out of St. Lawrence the Martyr Roman Catholic Church in Sayville after his funeral Mass. (Feb. 2, 2013)

Former New York firefighter Charles "Chuck" Jones III was remembered Saturday as a brave man who risked his life for family and strangers during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

"Many are angered or saddened by the [death of the] man we cherished," the Rev. Brian Ingram told the packed congregation at the funeral Mass in Sayville. "Many of you feel cheated, robbed of a person you admired....

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