West Islip, New York
'A Good Snuggler'
"Mommy, it broke my heart when Daddy died because he was a good snuggler," said 4-year-old Elizabeth Cosgrove.
She was speaking of her father, Kevin M. Cosgrove, who was vice president of claims at Aon. Wendy Cosgrove simply held her daughter close and said, "I know."
Mr. Cosgrove, 46, of West Islip, N.Y., did a great balancing act between work and home, Mrs. Cosgrove said. He could often be seen shoveling the walks of elderly widows in winter and helping elderly couples carry bulky packages throughout the year, she said.
But he especially liked to indulge his children: Brian, 12; Claire, 10, and Elizabeth.
" 'Mommy, Daddy let us eat dinner backward,' the kids used to say to me when I would come home after they had spent a day with him," Mrs. Cosgrove recalled with a chuckle. "We ate brownies and ice cream before dinner. I would tell him that it made me look like the bad guy because I made them eat dinner. It was funny."
Happy heavenly birthday, Kevin. Was thinking of you again today on your day, your story will always be one of the ones from that day that touched and affected me the most. So very sorry for everything you went through, you really sound like such a great and caring man and you never deserved what happened. You are always in the thoughts of many and are never forgotten. My continued condolences to Kevin´s family and friends.
Cara
January 07, 2025
I know you are safe and happy with the Lord free from the evils of Earth and our fellow men.
Nick M
September 24, 2024 | NC
Kevin, you are our golden treasure. When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure. Always in my heart. xxxooo
September 07, 2024 | Glen Head, NY | Sister
It feels like worlds ago, but I worked as an underwriter with Kevin on mutual client's insurance programs and would like to remember him and those regular, mundane, and professional interactions. I will never forget what he and our other colleagues in the field had to suffer and to sacrifice as a consequence of the world's evil. I pray for his soul and for your family to have peace, grace and hope in God who knew that nothing short of the sacrifice of His Son could break sin's grip on us.
TD from Zurich American Insurance
September 06, 2024 | Work
23 years later, and i only first heard your call yesterday!
I didn't know that my feelings about that day could feel any heavier, darker and lonelier, until i heard your plight!
I never knew you, but it hurts to hear the anguish that resonates when you mention your children, the bravery with which you speak knowing there is no way out, yet somehow fighting for your life. I dare not speak of your last words, because there will never be any words to address the magnitude of...
F Godfrey
September 03, 2024 | El Paso, TX
May God hold and protect you giving you eternal comfort. You are no longer threatened by the evil abound on this side. I pray you will be reunited with your family someday in the presence of our Lord almighty
John Heck
July 07, 2024 | Dayton, OH
Happy heavenly birthday, I have heard your call and it has always stuck with me and I am just so so sorry for what you had to go through in your last moments. The world has not forgotten you and never will. I hope you are at peace enjoying your special day somewhere. My condolences to Kevin´s friends and family, he sounds like he was a really great guy, a loving husband, and an amazing father. I´m so sorry you had to lose him like this but please know he is always remembered.
Cara
January 07, 2024
I don´t know if it´s the right way to say it, but I like that Mr. Cosgrove wasn´t backing down from his right to live in pleading for himself and his colleagues´ rescue. I certainly hope his family is blessed beyond measure in spite of having lost their loved one. What a beautiful heart of a family man! I hope our Nation will recall these men and women with the utmost respect and endearment. If anything, we haven´t remembered enough. May we carry their memory each day within us. Let us...
Lorena Mares
September 30, 2023
I wasn't even alive when the towers fell... but listening to his 911 call on the 22 anniversary of that day made me cry. I hope he rests easy...
G
September 14, 2023 | Other
