Michael
N. Fodor: His Best Was for the Family Lt. Michael N. Fodor, his friends were
convinced, had seen every "Jeopardy!" episode before it was on television.
"He always knew the answers," said Deborah Fodor, his wife of 28
years. "He had a passion for learning" and a vast collection of
antique history books, as well as original copies of the newspapers reporting
the attack on Pearl Harbor and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Fifteen
years ago, the family moved to Warwick, N.Y., because Lieutenant Fodor wanted
his children — Michael, 23, Andrew, 22, and Ashley, 16 — to grow
up in a small town. Lieutenant Fodor, 53, of Tower Ladder Company 21 in Manhattan,
was still all firefighter, and although the trip to Manhattan could take three
hours, he was on the job on time when the call came from the World Trade Center.
Holidays
were Lieutenant Fodor's favorite time of year, his wife said,
and, like many firefighters, he loved to cook. After he was promoted
to lieutenant 17 years ago, though, he saved the cooking and especially
his pièce de résistance, prime ribs and Yorkshire
pudding, just for the family.
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