Firefighter
Kevin Reilly
Ladder 40
(Working in Engine 207)
Memorial Service
was held
on October 20, 2001.
As
a child, Kevin Reilly was happy-go-lucky and industrious, and if he ever
took a
shortcut, his mother put a stop to it. In grade school, he was assigned
a book report on "Robinson Crusoe." His mother, Joan, asked if she could
see it. She found it suspiciously skimpy, and said, "Well, what about Friday?" And
he said, "No, Mom, the report is due tomorrow, Thursday." "I think the only
thing he read was the jacket," she said, laughing. His father, George, had
been a firefighter, and though Kevin first worked as a hydrogeologist, he
ended up following his father's career. He was assigned to Ladder Company
40 in Harlem, where his father worked for many years, but was on rotation
to Engine Company 207 in Brooklyn. Known for his generosity, Firefighter
Reilly was the first to buy a round of drinks and always wanted to pick up
the check when he went to a restaurant for dinner with friends. Last July,
at 28, he married his high school girlfriend, Jennifer Mulderrig. They lived
in Manhattan. In their first year of college, he told her that he was going
to become a firefighter, she was going to become a teacher and they were
going to marry. She laughed at how he had it all figured out, especially
since she had no particular interest in becoming a teacher. But that's how
it turned out.
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