Lieutenant
Michael Quilty
Ladder 11
Memorial Service was
held on September 29, 2001
Laid
to Rest
on October 1, 2001
Giving
Away His Time
If it moved, he was on it. If it was water, he was in it. Michael
Thomas Quilty, 42, flew a plane, owned a boat and rode his bike
from his home on Staten Island to Ladder House 11 in Lower Manhattan,
where he was a lieutenant in the Fire Department. On Sept. 5,
Lieutenant Quilty celebrated his 20th anniversary with the Fire
Department. Most of his career was spent at Engine 282 and Ladder
148 in Brooklyn. A year ago, he moved to Ladder 11. "There's
a picture of him in uniform there," but not in his gear like
the rest of the firefighters, said his wife, Susan. "He wasn't
there long enough to have a new picture." The Quiltys met 23
years ago. "He was a lifeguard at my pool," Mrs. Quilty said.
"My mother said, "Go out to the pool. There's a cute lifeguard
there.'" The sports didn't end there. The Quiltys had a boat
for waterskiing and fishing. They kayaked in the ocean. This
summer, Mr. Quilty took their son, Daniel, 15, to learn to scuba
dive, and for eight years he coached the soccer team that his
daughter, Kerry, 13, played on. Now the girls on the team have
his initials on their jerseys. Profile published in THE NEW
YORK TIMES on December 14, 2001.
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