Peter Ganci Jr.
3 Rounds for Time: Finished in 11:09
5 Handstand Push-Ups
10 Push Presses (95/65 lb)
15 Snatches (95/65 lb)
20 Kettlebell Swings (24/16 kg)
Day 34 of my 100 days of Hero WODs
Whew - my shoulders were tired from yesterday and this was all shoulders! I hadn't done many snatches like that for a while so this was really good!
Everything unbroken but the snatches - First and third round I did 9/6, Round two I did 10/5
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This Firefighter Hero WOD is dedicated to Fire Chief Peter Ganci, Jr., FDNY, who was killed on September 11, 2001. A 33-year department veteran, Chief Ganci managed all uniformed personnel and was also responsible for the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services. He rose to lieutenant in 1977, the captain in 1983 and battalion chief in 1987, and was promoted to deputy chief in 1993 when he was working in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Peter Ganci was the kind of guy who wouldn't dream of letting on that he was the highest-ranking uniformed officer in the New York City Fire Department. "I'm a fireman," the department chief would tell people who asked about his profession. On Tuesday, Ganci died as he lived, working side by side with his troops as they dug out survivors of the blast at the World Trade Center. "He was in the war zone," said his son Christopher Ganci, 25. "He wanted to be with the guys."
