Firefighter
Dennis McHugh
Ladder 13
Memorial
Service was held
on September 28, 2001
Laid
to Rest
on October 9, 2001
The
Man Who Did It All
There
wasn't much that Dennis P. McHugh, 34, couldn't do. He ran the
New York City Marathon, played Gaelic football, married the
beautiful Una Hinchcliffe and became the proud father of Chloe,
5, and Sophie and Joseph, who both turned 1 last week. When
he became a firefighter with Ladder Company 13 three years ago,
"he was about as perfect as you can get," said his friend Chris
Gainer, who graduated from the Fire Academy with him and, in
longstanding firehouse tradition, became "the bad probie" while
Mr. McHugh was "the good probie." On summer mornings at the
family place in Montauk, Mr. McHugh's brothers-in-law would
wake up and rush to the window, "to see if he'd done all the
chores," said Rob Hinchcliffe. "By the time we'd woken up at
11 o'clock, this guy had already painted the house and mowed
the lawn. It was an ongoing joke. Dennis always made us look
bad as sons." For the twins' birthday, Mrs. McHugh asked everyone
in the family to write down their memories of her husband. She
has created a Web site, www.nyfdwidows.net, listing information
about books and other ways to cope with loss, as another tribute
to him. "He was always so optimistic," she said. "He always
saw the glass as half full." Profile published in THE NEW YORK
TIMES on November 14, 2001.
Westchester
Journal News
Newsday
Article
The
Journal News
Legacy.com
Article
Irish
Tribute
Footballology.com