Firefighter
Sean Tallon
Ladder 10
Laid to Rest
on November 2, 2001
Awaiting
Fresh Challenges Sean Patrick Tallon, 26, was a reservist in the United
States Marine Corps, a former emergency medical technician and a probationary
firefighter with Ladder Company 10 just a few weeks away from the end of
his training. He was tough, but he always wondered whether he measured up. "That's
the way he was," said his older sister, Rosaleen DaRos. "He always thought
everybody else was capable, but he was just as capable." Take the button
accordion that Mr. Tallon loved to play. He would bring out his instrument
and play Irish favorites for relatives at family gatherings, with his sister
on the piano accordion. But he rarely played for friends; some of them didn't
even know he could play an instrument. When he left for work from his home
in Yonkers on Sept. 11, headed for the fire station that was among the first
to respond to the trade center attack, he seemed in a buoyant mood. His probationary
period was almost over and a new challenge lay ahead. "He wanted to find
Mrs. Right," Mrs. DaRos said. "That is what he said was his next mission.
He said his probie year was almost finished and he wanted to start with the
rest of his life. Everything was just all ready. He had just blossomed." (Legacy.com
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