Joseph
Agnello was a firefighter with Ladder Company 118 in Brooklyn Heights
with a 36th birthday coming up in October. But he was not a man
who was defined by his job he was a guy who loved his kids,
his dogs, his life.
"People
on my block didn't know my husband was a fireman," said his
wife, Vinnie Carla Agnello. "He never need to talk about himself
or the job. He wasn't the type of person who needed attention."
Mr.
Agnello loved to spend time with Chelsea and Durante, the boxers
he and his wife doted on before their sons Salvatore, who is just
3, and Vincent, 19 months, came along.
"Those
dogs have been all over the country with us," Mrs. Agnello
said.
But
he was also into boogie boarding with his wife in the summer, skiing
and snowboarding with a small group of friends in the winter.
"We
spent some time together on the slopes," said Anthony Carbone,
a firefighter who met Mr. Agnello at Ladder Company 118 eight years
ago. "He turned into a pretty good skier, but then he felt
it was time to move on to snowboarding. He was a quiet, very confident
and very determined guy."
Profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on November 27, 2001.
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