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Community mourns aHundreds hero honor late FDNY officer Stephen J. Geraghty
for the New York City Fire Department, Geraghty was instrumental in the aftermath of Stephen J. Geraghty, 62, a 9/11,” Mayor Francis Murray retired FDNY battalion chief said in a statement. “Often putand a Rockville Centre native, ting the needs of died on Sept. 21, others over himafter a long battle self, he exemplified with an illness a true hero. This related to the afterheartbreaking loss math of the Sept. is a painful 11 attacks on the reminder of the World Trade Cendangerous and difter. He was the ficult work our fourth member of firefighters do the New York City every single day.” Fire Department to Geraghty began lose his life last his career as a volweek to a 9/11unteer firefighter related illness. in Elmont, along Geraghty serwith his brother, ved as one of New Eddie. Eddie GerYork’s bravest for aghty went on to more than 40 years CHRISToPHER become chief of before he retired in GERaGHTY the FDNY’s 9th 2021. He was also a Battalion, and was volunteer with the working in Lower Rockville Centre Fire Depart- Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001. The ment, an ex-captain of the Eure- 45-year-old, third-generation fireka Hook, Ladder and Bucket fighter was one of the hundreds Company No. 1. “As chief of rescue operations Continued on page 9
By DaNIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
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o me, he was more than his vast accomplishments. To me he was Dad. . . . I hope to walk in his footsteps.
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STEPHEN J. GERaGHTY, a retired FDNY battalion chief and a Rockville Centre native, died last week of an illness related to the Sept. 11 attacks. City firefighters carried his casket out of St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre on Monday.