Firefighter
Dennis Carey
Haz-Mat Company
1
Laid to Rest
on October 9, 2001
Dennis
M. Carey loved to cook. The family has every issue of Bon Appetit magazine
going back 15 years, said his wife, Jean, "and you couldn't improvise
with the ingredients. He had to use exactly what the recipe called for." And
he worked hard as a New York City firefighter. He joined the Fire Department
almost two decades ago, and seven years ago began working with Hazardous
Materials Company 1 in Maspeth, Queens. Mr. Carey's body was found, along
with those of 15 of his colleagues, at the World Trade Center on Oct. 2.
When he was not on the job, Mr. Carey, 51, loved to travel with his wife
and their two children, Nicole, 25, and Dennis Jr., 22. "We lived," Jean
Carey said a day after his funeral. "A lot of people who pass on, they say
about them that they lived two lives. We lived three. We've done everything
with our children, traveled from Maine to Florida, went camping, went to
every amusement park you can think of." She continued: "I'm with him since
I'm 17, and I'm 48 now. He was a pleaser. He spoiled me. He did for me. We
had a great life. I'm so grateful to have it." (Legacy.com Article)
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