Officer Liam Callahan, forty-four, was a member of the Port Authority ESU. A veteran with over twenty years of service, Callahan once saved the life of a man who tried to jump off a roof of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. He won a Valor Award in 1993 for rescuing disabled people during the World Trade Center bombing.
An Irishman who was proud of his heritage, he was a drum sergeant for the Port Authority Emerald Society Pipes and Drums band. He and his wife, Joan, had four children: Brian, Bridget, Ellen and James. A frequent volunteer at the children’s schools, he was often a chaperone on cafeteria lunch duty. An active member of St. Cecilia Church of Rockaway, he was well known for the pancakes he cooked at church functions.
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