He graduated from St. Mary's School in 1981, the year the American Hostages were freed from Iran and Ronald Reagan took office. There he remains in the distant reaches of my memory, a school boy like so many others, tall and lanky with a freckled face that would have seemed as at home by a turf fire in Erin as it was on that paved school yard in Queens.
On this the fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks upon our country, please pray for the repose of the soul of my grammar school classmate, Gerry O'Leary. Although I did not know him well, the story of his death and that of his brother-in-law moved me deeply. May God hold Gerry and Robert in the palm of His hand and comfort their wives and families.
I wasn't able to access the link to the story, Alice, but will be praying.
Posted by: Karen E. | September 11, 2006 at 02:15 PM