{"id":216,"date":"2010-08-31T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T04:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216"},"modified":"2010-10-01T23:58:21","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T03:58:21","slug":"newsevents-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar gaJsHost = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ? \"https:\/\/ssl.\" : \"http:\/\/www.\");\ndocument.write(unescape(\"%3Cscript src='\" + gaJsHost + \"google-analytics.com\/ga.js' type='text\/javascript'%3E%3C\/script%3E\"));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(\"UA-xxxxxx-x\");\npageTracker._trackPageview();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Miss-You-Pat-book-cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-224\" title=\"Miss You, Pat book cover\" src=\"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Miss-You-Pat-book-cover-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Miss-You-Pat-book-cover-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Miss-You-Pat-book-cover.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I never had the opportunity to meet\u00a0Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown of Ladder 3,\u00a0because he died on September 11, 2001. But I had certainly heard of him. \u00a0He was one of the most honored and decorated firefighters in the history of the FDNY. \u00a0The mention of his name always pained my heart, as though his death had some personal meaning I had yet to understand.<\/p>\n<p>As such, I was not surprised to hear from a woman who had gathered a collection of stories from people who had known, and in many instances worked with Captain Brown. \u00a0She had been his fianc\u00e9e. This book by Sharon Watts hinted at\u00a0a childhood and young adulthood marred by betrayals of trust,\u00a0similar to my own. It revealed how he had transformed a difficult and troubling past into a life of determined goodness, sacrifice and dedication \u2013 with human failings, to be sure, but when you read of his trials, very understandable.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone who would like to explore the foundations of a true hero, Sharon\u2019s book is a delicate and lovingly compiled scrapbook of memories of a man who should never be forgotten. \u00a0The book\u2019s title is\u00a0<em>Miss You, Pat<\/em>\u00a0and you can find more information, including how to purchase, at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.missyoupat.org\/\">www.missyoupat.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook_hcount' st_title='A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown' st_url='http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_twitter_hcount' st_title='A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown' st_url='http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_email_hcount' st_title='A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown' st_url='http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis_hcount' st_title='A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown' st_url='http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_fblike_hcount' st_title='A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown' st_url='http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_plusone_hcount' st_title='A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown' st_url='http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216' displayText='share'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never had the opportunity to meet\u00a0Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown of Ladder 3,\u00a0because he died on September 11, 2001. But I had certainly heard of him. \u00a0He was one of the most honored and decorated firefighters in the history of the FDNY. \u00a0The mention of his name always pained my heart, as though his death &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook_hcount' st_title='A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown' st_url='http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_twitter_hcount' st_title='A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown' st_url='http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_email_hcount' st_title='A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown' st_url='http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis_hcount' st_title='A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown' st_url='http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_fblike_hcount' st_title='A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown' st_url='http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_plusone_hcount' st_title='A Book about Captain Patrick &#8220;Paddy&#8221; Brown' st_url='http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/?p=216' displayText='share'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[5,7,6,8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firefightersfund.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}