Without telling his wife about it, firefighter Joseph E. Maloney left a note filed with paper work to say good bye and give his wife tax instructions. The fact that the note was written in 1995 spoke to his care for his family.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/18/national/portraits/POGF-917-19MALONEY.html?ex=1237262400&en=1ae770c2ce23f2a1&ei=5070
Debbie Mannetta didn’t want her children to go through what she did when she was young, losing a parent. Her husband, a police officer, said, “Sept. 11 turned my home into a house.” For me, that quote told the whole story.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/02/national/portraits/POGF-94-3MANNETTA.html?ex=1237262400&en=2f74f4b90b5d5112&ei=5070
As a baseball fan myself, Kenny Marino’s story was an obvious favorite. The fact that his favorite baseball player, Ken Griffey Jr., hit a home run in his honor illustrates how Sept. 11 united the nation. And the fact that they played “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at his funeral made me smile. I thought that was a great detail to end the story with.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/national/portraits/POGF-348-21MARINO.html?ex=1237262400&en=cf670607b55bd0e7&ei=5070
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