A firefighter from Long Island who died in the World Trade Center attacks was remembered for a second time on the eve of the 18th anniversary of 9/11.

Friends and family gathered at a memorial service for firefighter Michael Haub in Franklin Square on Tuesday. Last week, the New York City medical examiner identified more of his remains recovered at ground zero.

The 34-year-old Haub from Ladder Co. 4 in midtown Manhattan was on the job for just two years when he was killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attack. He was married and left behind two young children.

Haub�s remains were initially found in lobby debris of the south tower six months after hijacked planes rammed into the two skyscrapers.

His family held a March 2002 wake that was attended by then Mayor Michael Bloomberg and FDNY Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta.

The FDNY-Uniformed Firefighters Association President Gerard Fitzgerald called Haub a �hero.�

�Nearly eighteen years to the day after terrorists took his life, Firefighter Haub will be remembered by his loved ones and fellow firefighters,� Fitzgerald said in a statement Tuesday.

(AP)