Posted on 10/04/2001 1:22:45 PM PDT by AppyPappy
The bone-chilling wail of bagpipe playing "Amazing Grace" echoed through a Queens church yesterday as yet another fallen firefighter from the World Trade Center tragedy was memorialized in death.
It was yet another day — of many more to come — for Masses and memorial services for both heroic rescue workers and innocent civilians lost in the flames and collapsing towers.
At the memorial Mass for 49th Battalion Chief John Moran, his younger brother, Firefighter Michael Moran of Ladder 3, recalled how he spoke to his brother by cell phone after the second plane crashed into the Trade Center.
"I told him to be careful," the younger Moran told mourners, including his brother's wife, Kim, and two sons, Ryan, 7, and Dylan, 4. "I didn't see him there that day, but now I see him all the time."
The memorial Mass at St. Francis de Sales Church in Belle Harbor, Queens, was conducted by the fallen firefighter's uncle, Father Paul Moran, who called his 42-year-old nephew's last assignment a "mission of love, to save life, not destroy it."
Mayor Giuliani called for a standing ovation for the 20-year fire veteran, who held a law degree from Fordham University and was injured in the Father's Day explosion at an Astoria hardware store that killed three firefighters.
The mayor said while Moran's two young sons may not fully comprehend all that's happened, "The thing I want them to understand for their entire life is that their father is a great man."
I found these:
To: ELS
This was the best time I've ever had in the pouring rain! I was shouting so hard that I can hardly speak today. While the chants were great and certainly got people's attention, I personally loved it when we sang "America the Beautiful" and "God Bless America." I think that really stopped people in their tracks (and completely confounded the liberals).
32 Posted on 11/27/2000 15:45:04 PST by BCM
[ Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | Top | Last ]
After the Bush victory:
To: AndrewC
My fellow Freepers, who sustained me through all the insanity.
24 Posted on 11/27/2000 19:20:44 PST by BCM
[ Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | Top | Last ]
BTW I found this one as well:
To: bcjohnson
God bless you, you will be missed.
4 Posted on 01/03/2000 22:37:18 PST by BCM
John 15
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Going back to watch the last half now.
Never forget what John Moran did for our country. I am so proud of him. :-)
BCM is a true American hero.
Yes, so am I, God rest his soul.
"BCM is a true American hero."
That, he is. I got goosebumps watching that show, as well as a little teary eyed.
I enjoyed the show, though. ;o)
I did not know one of our FReepers died during the attacks.
Unfortunate but he died a hero doing his job.
>:o(
Barbara Olsen was also a freeper.
This is a great book about an amazing place: Rockaway Beach, the unofficial capital of firefighting New York. Generations of NYC firefighters have made their homes here in this sliver of a neighborhood by the beach in the shadows of the city's skyline.
Remember the guy who told Osama bin Laden to kiss his royal Irish a$$? He's from Rockaway ... and John Moran's brother. George Johnson, one of the firefighters who raised the flag at Ground Zero in that famous picture...he's from Rockaway. One of the first firefighters killed on 9/11...Rockaway again.
Here's a great book! It'll tear your heart out but it will make you laugh like hell too. Filled with colorful stories and great characters. Outstanding!
I've been out of Rockaway for a couple of years now, but this book put me right back on the boardwalk!
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
(Paris Sorbonne,1910)
Rest In Peace Battalion Chief Moran.
L
9-11 Freeper Memorial Bump!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.