Firefighter
Gary Box
Squad 1
Memorial Service was held
on October 10, 2001
Gary
Box was a funny man, a big kid, a roughhouser who liked laughter and
pranks. When he came to the Squad 1 firehouse in Park
Slope, Brooklyn, last year, he convinced everyone there that his previous
profession had been that of a barber for a funeral home. The men believed
him, and in his tenure, Mr. Box, 37, managed to brutalize the coiffures
of every man in the house. "If you wanted a crew cut, he gave you a Mohawk," said
his friend, Steve Iola. Eventually Mr. Box got good with the scissors
and the men bought him a barber chair. But his humor had a limit. When
the men made cracks about their wives, all Mr. Box would say was: "What
can I say, man? I love her." Her name is Kathleen; their children are
Dalton and Bridget. "As the other firemen make their way up to the Pearly
Gates," said Lt. Dennis Farrell, "Gary Box will be there dumping buckets
of water on their heads." (Legacy.com
Article)
Newsday
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