Firefighter
Eric Olsen
Ladder 15
Memorial Service was held
on November 17, 2001.
Firefighter
Who Saw Beauty What Taube and Barbara Olsen recall about their son was
his ability to see things not as they were, but as they could be.
They said their boy, Eric Taube Olsen, had a passion for finding the beauty
in an old car that might seem little more than a busted-up clunker. They
said he enjoyed whittling away the hours with a block of wood and turning
it into something more. They say he loved working in stained glass, and the
way it could change the color of light. Firefighter Olsen, 41, a firefighter
with Ladder Company 15, had a particular fondness for collecting Cadillacs
from the 1940's. In all, he had acquired 11 vehicles, including one old fire
engine. On the morning of Sept. 11, Firefighter Olsen and a buddy, Arthur
T. Barry, another off-duty firefighter, were planning on tinkering with one
of the cars. Instead, they rushed off to the World Trade Center. (Legacy.com
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