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Patty boy, think of you every day. I named my first born son after you and I started telling him about you just the other day. He is a beautiful boy and smart, and when anyone ever asks him asks him how does an Italian kid have a Irish first name, he will proudly tell them that he is named after his dads best friend Patty Brown, and what hero he was, not only on 9-11 but every day of his life. Rest in peace my brother

Ricky Serrentino retired Detective (only by the grace of God)

Its hard to believe that five years have gone by since that terrible day! Pat, and over 400 other first responders, made the supreme sacrifice while attempting to rescue trapped victims on our countries worst day. The actions, and spirit of the 9-11 first responders, will forever be etched in the memory of America. It is quite amazing, that even though Pat Brown is no longer with us, his sprit, continues to touch so many. His foundation will aid those like himself, who put themselves in great danger, so the rest of us can maintain our way of life. God bless sister Carolyn for establishing this wonderful foundation in his name, and God Bless Patty Brown!

Rince

Thanks to all who made the Paddy Brown Fundraiser a tremendous success. The FDNY Fire Family Transport Foundation is forever grateful to The Captain Patrick Brown Memorial Foundation for naming us as one of their charities. It is an equal honor to be named along with the Semper Fi Fund. The Semper Fi Fund takes care of its own in their time of need.

The Family Transport Foundation does the same with our own.

Many heartfelt thanks goes out to Carolyn Brown for all of her hard work, along with her staff.

Your fundraiser was flawless. Please call on us any time if you need help with any project or event. "We got your back".

Sincerely,

Bill Schillinger Sec'y Fire Family Transport Foundation Ltd.

PADDY THIS IS THE BEEFMAN,ALL I CAN SAY TO YOU IS GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY YOU REST IN PEACE, I WILL MEET UP WITH YOU SOME DAY, AND WE WILL DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN FROM THE BUFFING DAYS AND THE PATROL DAYS, GOD BLESS R.ENGEL

Thanks for sharing your wonderful memories of Paddy with us last night as we celebrated his life, and what a gift he was to all of us!May the torch that he lit for all of us stay burning bright in a bleak dark world without him! May his memory remain with us to light the way forward ...

Love,

Ed and Odessa Mauro

The Firefighter, Marine 9

Paddy Brown Foundation:
Thank you so very much for allowing me and my wife Judi to share in the tribute honoring Paddy last night.
Pat and I were Seido Karate buddies and both taught the visually impaired martial arts.
He is honored and remembered at our Karate school and we have a large portrait of him hanging on our wall.
Each year on September 11 our teacher Kaicho Nakamura
holds a special memorial celebrating Paddy's life and honoring his memory.
He is missed and will always be in our hearts.
With love and respect.
Boris Kupermann.

I worked with Paddy in the early 80's when he was a firefighter in Rescue 2 and I was a firefighter in E-210. He was a great firefighter and more important a great person. As a new guy on the job he treated me great. He took me on my first visit to Suspenders in Manhattan where he was teated like a celebrity. Some of my fondest memories of him were sitting in the housewatch and watching Japanese kung fu movies that he loved. I remember late one night when I walked by the housewatch area and saw Paddy sleeping in a stokes basket (a wire stretcher used to carry injured people) that he propped up on a desk and a chair. He was quite a sight on his back with his arms folded across his chest. I also remember when I was on housewatch and heard someone outside at 4am. I went outside and saw Paddy coming out of a stretch limo with two beautiful models from a Billy Joel video. I use to enjoy going on runs with him across the Brooklyn Bridge although he was tough to keep up with. Paddy was a great loss to the NYFD and to the world. May he rest in peace.

God bless, Scott Parlatore, Ret. E-210, L-126

I teach a lesson on Paddy Brown evey September 11th. Every year 75 students at my school read a variety of biographical sketches abouut him before writing their own. My students(especially the six grade boys) just love this guy. They remind the class to "Do a Paddy Brown everyday." That's a quote from one of the sketches. . My own sons have done projects and written papers about him. He is their hero. We really wanted to come to the party to celebrate his life. Please know that he lives on in the hearts of my students. I am not ready to teach school in September till I unpack my Paddy Brown collage from summer storage. It's like welcoming an old friend home. One of these years, I'll get done to the party, or at least to Ladder 3; and get some first person and primary source materials for my lesson. God Bless Captain Patrick Brown. His stories continue to awe and inspire!

June Gustafson
Grade Six Teacher
Hingham Middle School

"Our aspirations are our possiblities"

I was one of the co-directors of the Seido Karate program for the Blind that where Pat volunteered. Pat was actually a 3^rd degree black belt and Kaicho Nakamura promoted him to 4^th degree black belt (Sensei) posthumously. He was a wonderful inspiration to the students who were black, white, Hispanic, and Muslim. Hakan Durantes from Turkey ran the New York City marathon in honor of Pat Brown in 2001. One of his finest efforts was when Nooria Nordat from Afghanistan was attacked on the subway. She was hit in the face repeatedly and this caused her to lose more of her limited vision. She wasn’t sure she would be able to continue with karate. Pat encouraged her and spent a considerable amount of time with her to encourage her and help her regain her confidence in herself. He was truly a special person.

Roxanne Bebee Blatz, P.E.

I watched a programme on RTE tonight. It featured the life of Paddy Brown and how he brought so much love and passion to people he knew. In his death Paddy still brings joy to people. Paddy Brown was and still is a true hero. He captured so many hearts of those whom he knew or not, and will so in the future. He certainly held my heart tonight.

John Taylor, Limerick Ireland.

I'm Nancy, and I live in Pensacola, FL. I'm an ex-NY'er, and a yoga teacher who knew Pat from yoga classes at the Jivamukti Yoga Center. What a nice, nice man. I am opening a yoga center down here this Saturday, Sept. 16, Abhaya Yoga Center. Abhaya is a Sanskrit word that means "fearless" and we will have a wall dedicated to Pat and the WTC. I lived on 7th St. in the East Village not far from Stuy Town, and one day I was at the local greengrocer on Ave. A and Pat rode by on his bike. He hollered out to me, and said "I wasn't going to yoga class today, but now that I've seen you, you have inspired me so I'm going to go." I inspired him?! What a notion...the memory of Pat, NY's Bravest and Grumpiest, will never leave me.

I am very glad to see the support this foundation has received from my fellow New Yorkers at a time when there is so much violence in the world. I only met Captain Brown once---as a newspaper delivery boy!---in the early 1970's. But I went to school with his sister Carolyn and I think they are a very fine family who have given much to the city.
Frank Mattondo

Patty, Thank you for all you did for us when my father was in the hospital. I am so glad I had the chance to get to know you. I appreciated finding your picture from a magazine looking back up at me on the sidewalk that time in Manhattan. I know it was your way of saying hello. I love when they mention you on Rescue Me. I think you have become the most famous firefighter in the country. I know I'll see you again someday Patty. Until then know how grateful I am to you for all you have done.

~Justine Drennan Decker

My name is Mary Ponce, and my brother, Bob Perazzo, was one of Paddy's best
friends. My brother owned a restaurant, Zinno's on 13th Street in NYC and I
have fond memories of Paddy coming in through the delivery entrance with his
bike. He always sat at the bar when he was alone and ate Linguini Marinara
and a Diet Coke. As a college student working the coatroom in the
restaurant, I always loved when Paddy brought probies in for dinner (they
always sat at the round table in the corner)with Fr. Judge with them!

About a week before the attack, I met Paddy down the West 4th Street train
station in his dress "finest". As always, he had a big kiss and a hug for
me and offered to do a demo at my daughter's school (now that she was in
Kindergarten) which was Our Lady of Pompeii. I said I would call him when
she was settled and he said ok. I kissed him goodbye and that was the last
contact I had with him.

On September 11th, I knew instantly that he was in there, doing what he did
best. There is not a day that goes by when he is not in our thoughts and
our prayers.
GOD BLESS PADDY BROWN.

I was watchin a programme about Captain Paddy Brown last night, i have to say he really was a hero n will truely never be forgotten! N fair play to the lads from the fdny for planting the tree in memory of him in Central Park.

Claire (Ireland) xxx

I just want to say that ever since the terrorist attacks I have felt an uncanny connection with Mr. Brown. I am not saying I am a psychic or anything like that at all but for some reason when I was looking at the photo's of those lost in the towers his photo leaped out to me. I have been praying for his family since the attacks as well as the families of all those that lost someone. May God be with those that are touched by the EMS departments and may God guide our men and women to safety.

have been a fireman for the past 21 years. I remember taking the train down into NYC to attend Capt. Brown's memorial service at St. Patrick's Cathedral, and I will never forget that day as long as I live.

I carry his memorial photo with me in my helmet, so I will always remember what a tremendous human being he was and what a great inspiration he will always be to me as a firefighter.

Sincerely,

Gerald L. Fanfarelli

Firefighter

City of New Haven Fire Department

In the 5 years that have passed since that dark day I sit here and reflect, still, on the events that changed our collective lives forever, men like Paddy Brown spring to mind. I had the pleasure of meeting him at R2 some years ago and found him to be engaging, charismatic and very much the fireman. His legacy lives on today and his name in the job is one of legend.

I miss them all today as much as I did then....and will do so for the remainder of my days.

God Bless the spirit of Captain Paddy Brown and the souls of all my lost brothers.

Fr. Joe Capobianco

Boston F.D.

I assisted Paddy sensei along with Boris Kupermann sensei in teaching karate to visually impaired karate students, an honorable program of World Seido Karate-do. They were the first Seido seniors who welcomed me into the program with open arms. Paddy's calm persona and sincere way of trying to make a difference in someone's life made me look forward to helping him in each and every blind class at that time.

After the tragic event when Paddy was taken away from us, I could not think of a better way to honor his memory but to give back to my community and teach what I have learned from him and from our teacher, Kaicho Nakamura, and make a difference in somebody else's life. In honor of Capt. Patrick Brown, I ran a volunteer program from the basement of my home in new jersey for young people who were potential recruits for the gangs in the neighborhood. They all graduated from high school with straight As and are now in colleges, two are in the navy traveling around the world, one will be entering medical school. I am now running another volunteer program and Paddy is still my inspiration. All the assistance I give to my students to help them become successful not only in Seido karate but also in life, I learned from Paddy.

To Paddy, who is not only a friend, but also an inspiration and a hero, I salute thee.

Osu!

fidel de la merced, jr.

I'm a firefighter in Illinois, and I've made Capt. Brown my mentor.

My wife and I first saw Paddy on the television, telling the story of John Drennan, who was burned in a fire and later died of his injuries. The story was so touching, the brotherhood between fireman, the care he had for the family, the time he spent at the hospital with John. The story made both my wife and myself cry, it also reinforced the reasons I entered the profession. I also use his dedication to the job, as an example for me. This is when I took Paddy as my hero.

We next saw him on another program, about a rescue his company did from the roof of a high rise fire in the city. I was blown away by the bravery Paddy showed along with his company, to pull that rescue off.

In October of 2001, I was fortunate to be able to go to New York to pay my respects, to all the fallen brothers of the towers. The first memorial service we went to, unbeknown to me, was that of Capt. Brown. That, to me, was a sign that he was who I was to look up to. To this day I wear a bracelet on my wrist of Capt. Brown. I never take it off. I'm not afraid to tell this story, to anyone who asks about the bracelet, and the story still will bring a tear to my eyes, and I'm proud of that. It will always touch my heart.

I just wanted you to hear my story, to know how much he touched people heart around the country.

Thank you, Kevin Cork, Burlington Fire, and Elmhurst Fire Departments.