Vigil Held for Slain Pleasantville Firefighter

Saturday marked the 16th anniversary of the murder of Pleasantville firefighter Thomas Dorr, who was killed while walking to the firehouse during a blizzard in 1996.

On Monday night, more than 50 department members, co-workers and other local supporters gathered at the scene of the crime in Graham Hills Park on Route 117.

They held candles and spoke of Dorr with fondness, some calling for Dorr's family to be forthcoming in the unsolved, yet ongoing murder investigation. Dorr's wife and stepson remain suspects in the case.

Jeff Fazzinga, a co-worker of Dorr's at the White Plains Department of Public Works for eight years, held a candle alongside dozens of firefighters from the and other area municipalties, wearing their turnout gear as they listened to a prayer and words of hope from Reverend William Aholt of .

Ex-Chief Tony Rufino spoke to those gathered and said they will continue to come there every year to let people know he is not forgotten. Several years ago, the department planted a tree on the site in Dorr's memory and Rufino remarked that it had grown quite a bit over the years.

"We're here Tom," he said, "and we won't forget you."