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Joe Callan: Fire Chief

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Chief Joe Callan, a veteran firefighter from the Bronx, was taking command at the North Tower when the South Tower collapsed. Amidst the terror and confusion, Callan drew widespread respect for the calm demeanor and judgement he displayed following the collapse. He was trapped with his firefighters in the lobby of the North Tower but managed to get to safety as the building … [Read more...] about Joe Callan: Fire Chief

Michael O’Looney: NYPD

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Michael O'Looney is the NYPD's Deputy Commissioner for Public Information -- a position he has held since early in the New Year. This former TV reporter left a position with CBS to work for Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. The two had met during Kelly's first term as commissioner in the early 90s while O'Looney was working at NY1, covering NYPD-related stories. They hit it off … [Read more...] about Michael O’Looney: NYPD

Sr Mary Beatta Gerrity
RSM: Singing Irish Nun

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by 1 Comment

Sister Beatta Gerrity, affectionately known as the "Singing Irish Nun," sang at the funerals of many people who lost their lives on September 11. Sr. Beatta, a Sister of Mercy nun since 1959, lives in Rockville Center, a community that she estimates lost 43 young people in the attacks. Having been a teacher for 30 years, she now ministers in Breezy Point, another community … [Read more...] about Sr Mary Beatta Gerrity
RSM: Singing Irish Nun

Eamonn Carey:
Construction Worker

By Niall O’Dowd
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Tuesday, September 11 started, unusually, for Kerry man Eamonn Carey, 31, at home in New Jersey waiting for a construction job to start. A committed member and shop steward of Local 608, the most Irish union in New York City, Carey had been working for several weeks in the vicinity of the World Trade Center, ironically on the new Irish Famine Memorial in Battery Park, where he … [Read more...] about Eamonn Carey:
Construction Worker

Nora McAniff: Inside People

By Katie Hirce, Contributor
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

As President of the People Magazine Group, Nora McAniff oversees the business side of some of the world's most popular magazines. It's a journey that began in 1982, when she joined People magazine's marketing team. After stints as Publisher of Life and People, she became President of People. Last year she assumed her role as group president, putting her in charge of People, … [Read more...] about Nora McAniff: Inside People

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Irish American author of “Angela’s Ashes” and Pulitzer Prize winner Frank McCourt passed away on July 19, 2009 in New York after battling melanoma cancer. Originally born in Brooklyn to Malachy and Angela McCourt, his parents moved the family back to Limerick after the death of his younger sister Margaret. The McCourts sunk very deep into poverty and this became the influence behind his autobiography “Angela’s Ashes.” In addition to writing, Frank McCourt had a successful career as a teacher.

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