Vincent
D. Kane Public Service Was His Family's Business September 24,
2001
Vincent
Kane was a city police officer for two years before switching
to the New York City Fire Department 11 years ago. Kane, 37, of
Manhattan, was in Tower Two of the World Trade Center when it
collapsed. A member of Engine Co. 22 in Manhattan, he followed
in both of his parents' footsteps - his father, Vincent Kane,
was a city firefighter who retired in 1988 and his mother, Joan,
is retired from the city police department's youth division. His
parents live in Breezy Point, Queens, where Kane grew up. Kane
graduated from Xaverian High School in Brooklyn and in 1986 earned
a business degree from Marist College in Poughkeepsie. "He played
in a college band and loved music," his mother said. "He played
classic rock on the guitar." -- Bill Kaufman (Newsday)
Vincent
Kane was a city police officer for two years before switching
to the New York City Fire Department 11 years ago. Kane, 37, of
Manhattan, was in Tower Two of the World Trade Center when it
collapsed. A member of Engine Co. 22 in Manhattan, he followed
in both of his parents' footsteps - his father, Vincent Kane,
was a city firefighter who retired in 1988 and his mother, Joan,
is retired from the city police department's youth division. His
parents live in Breezy Point, Queens, where Kane grew up. Kane
graduated from Xaverian High School in Brooklyn and in 1986 earned
a business degree from Marist College in Poughkeepsie. "He played
in a college band and loved music," his mother said. "He played
classic rock on the guitar." -- Bill Kaufman (Newsday)