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Tribute to Donald (Donny) J Regan
2006-09-11
Donny Regan was a friend of mine. We grew up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. He was a great person to have as a friend, a stand up guy. He would literally give you the shirt off his back if you were in need. Quick with a smile and a joke he immediately charmed neary all who met him. Donny bartended at his brother Billy's bar, Mahoneys, on Aveneue D for several years and was easily one of the favorites. He later married his sweetheart and went on the Fire Department. I lost track of him just before he got married due to leaving Brooklyn myself.

Only shortly after 9/11 did I find out that he perished in the conflagration that day. I was not surprised. Donny would have been the first to come to your aid if you were in trouble. He proved it time and again before 9/11 and that virtue was probably one of the primary reasons he joined Rescue 3 of the FDNY.

He will never be forgotten.

His son joined the Marines and fought in Afghanistan and Iraq and is now on the FDNY fulfilling his father's legacy. No greater tribute could a son pay his father's legacy.
AoS note: moved to Home Front, WoT. Thank you for this tribute, it's especially appropriate today.
Posted by:DanNY

#6  A HERO is an ordinary person who did ordinary things that others belabel as "extra-ordinary", not himself. *STARSHIP CAPT. JEAN LUC-PICARD saved a Federation starship by destroying an attacking enemy vessel wid what Starfleet or the Federation later called " the PICARD MANEUVER" - to PICARD, he didn't do anything special at the time, only "what any other Helmsman in Starfleet would have done" in his shoes.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-09-11 22:48  

#5  Nice photo and tribute to 9/11 at Newsmax.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-09-11 19:06  

#4  I watched the NYFD special last evening. I have a new found appreciation for those brave men. Ironic that the first casualty was Father Mycahal Judge, the NYFD Chaplain. One must wonder if the Almighty didn't reach down and take him to be in charge of welcoming the others home. An Irish tenor sand "Danny Boy" at the end and every fireman's photo was shown in groups of 4-5 frame sets. I wept like an infant. I hate the bastards that did this, always will. Slay them all.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-09-11 11:19  

#3  Semper Fi, as we must be.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-09-11 09:41  

#2  It's appropriate, Dan. Especially today.
Posted by: lotp   2006-09-11 09:25  

#1  I apologize for preempting the 'burg for a personal tribute, but the blogger who was supposed to post one for Donny hadn't done so yet this morning and he deserves to be remembered.

Thank you.
Posted by: DanNY   2006-09-11 08:57  

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