Battalion
Chief John Moran
Battalion
49
Memorial Service was held
on September 28, 2001
Firefighter With Law Degree
John Moran was a Fire Department battalion
chief and his cousin Joseph Crowley was a congressman. But when they
united their voices that last Saturday afternoon, at the block party
in the Rockaways -- well, "The Star of the County Down" never sounded
sweeter. At 42, Chief Moran was a kayaking, tin- whistle-playing firefighter
with a law degree. But he never put himself before others. When his wife,
Kim, was working out of town, he fed, bathed and smothered with love
their two children -- Ryan, 7, and Dylan, 4 -- all the while ensuring
that Peggy Moran, his mother who lived above him, never went wanting. "When
I saw his car outside, back home from work, that was a comfort to me," his
mother said. People may never forget the taunt that Michael Moran, John's
younger brother and fellow firefighter, delivered to Osama bin Laden
during a nationally televised concert in October, a taunt so profane
and yet so eloquent, full of Irish anger and grief. But Kim Moran will
remember the late afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 9, the day after the block
party and two days before the disaster that swallowed him. Trudging up
from the beach came her beaming husband, pulling his sons on that wheeled
contraption he had built for his kayak. His wife grabbed a camera and
caught it: John Moran in his glory. Profile published in THE NEW YORK
TIMES on October 25, 2001.
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