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"I guess that's the way I'll grow," she said.
A lieutenant in Fire Squa
d
288 in Maspeth, Kerwin, 42, of Levittown, is missing in the terrorist
attacks. Kerwin, who was a member of the New York City Fire Department
for 20 years, had been chief of the Levittown Volunteer Fire Department
for the past eight years and a member for 16 years. Married for
16 years, the Kerwins have three children, Ryan, 12, Keith, 9,
and Colleen, 6. His wife said she was blessed with a happy and
healthy marriage, and she couldn't have asked for a better husband
or more harmony. "We made every decision together, even the most
simple decision," she said. "That's why it's so hard now." Kerwin
had Hofstra University basketball season tickets and would often
take his wife and children to see the games. When he was off from
work, he would spend time fixing their home or at sports fields
rooting his kids on. "We had a lot of quality time together,"
she said. Throughout their marriage, his wife said, Kerwin never
brought the very real risks of his job as a firefighter home with
him. "I knew there were dangers, but he sheltered me from that,"
she said. "You don't want to spend your life thinking, 'Is he
coming home?'" -- Stacey Altherr (Newsday) 
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