An IRS employee who traveled to Greater Cincinnati as part of his work may have been the last fatality of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. David W. Bernard, 57, died Dec. 11, three months to the day after being struck by falling debris.

        Mr. Bernard was walking to a 9 a.m. meeting at 7 World Trade Center when American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the north tower. Debris falling hundreds of feet fractured his shoulder blade, broke two vertebrae and most of his ribs, severely injured his spinal cord and punctured both his lungs.

        He was immediately taken to a hospital, before the towers collapsed.

        Mr. Bernard fought for his life as media attention focused on the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. He had no feeling from the waist down and was hooked up to a respirator as his wife and grown children kept vigil at his bedside.

        He spent time in two New York hospitals before being transported to Massachusetts General in Boston.

        Mr. Bernard, a resident of Chelmsford, Mass., worked for the IRS for 26 years, most recently as a technical specialist on the research and experiment credit regulations. His work occasionally brought him to the IRS Center in Covington.

        During his hospital stay, Mr. Bernard turned 57.

        His mother died the day after Thanksgiving. His family didn't tell him.

        He is survived by: his wife, Nancy; two sons, David and Mark Bernard; and a daughter, Jill Ludmar.

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