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Robert James Crawford
July 26, 2025
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Robert Crawford
New York, New York
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Send FlowersModest, Helpful, 'Great'
Jennifer Eppolito has dozens of reasons to call her father, Robert Crawford, great: He would stand outside Brooklyn churches in all kinds of weather, selling raffle tickets to benefit St. Rose's Home, a cancer hospital. When he was honored for his work, he would not want to be in any photographs.
He told her, when she was little, "It's more important to listen to what people are saying than it is always to talk."
He was a firefighter for 32 1/2 years.
"You could ask him about anything, like how does a refrigerator work, and he would be able to sit there and put it into pieces you would understand," she said.
When Mrs. Eppolito's daughter, Alexandra, was born, Mr. Crawford took flowers in a vase with the Virgin Mary on it. He taught Alexandra her address by the time she was 2. He called her Poo Poo, and at 62, played Barbies with her.
"To describe my father as great, that's not even a good enough word," Mrs. Eppolito said. "I was lucky for him to be my father. There is no other man that, in my eyes, could stand up to him."
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hombres así hacen grande a un país. Descanse en paz. Dios te bendiga.
Plácido perrx
October 30, 2023 | Other
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Modest, helpful, great. This country has a serious need for men of this caliber. May we honor Robert's legacy by striving to be as he was. Much love to the family. With love from Texas,
Del Newberry
December 20, 2021 | Heartland, TX
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Remembering Robert on the 20 anniversary of 9/11...
Cindy Roe
September 05, 2021 | Galesburg, MI
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We want forget
Paula Smith
September 11, 2016 | Lehigh Acres, FL
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Mary Ann Cobos Boyd
the part where it says "he played barbies with his girl" just touched my heart... My husband was a firefighter in PA many years till he moved here to TX to marry me.. now that we have our granddaughter (he never had kids of his own) he knows all the frozen songs.. and all barbie characters more than I(grandma) does... lol God please continue to cover this family with your strength!
Mary Ann Boyd
September 17, 2015 | Pleasanton, TX
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To the family of Mr Robert James Crawford: We don't know each other, but I visited Ground Zero and the 9/11 Memorial on this past Saturday, November 10,2012. When I walked in, I was drawn toward the pools immediately and walked directly up to Mr Crawford's name. I felt a real connection to him as soon as I looked down and saw his name because my name is Robin Crawford, thus our initials are the same, RC. I am sorry for your loss but please be comforted by the fact that Mr Crawford was helping...
Robin Crawford
November 12, 2012 | Mitchellville, MD
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My name is Katie and I am participating in the Hero Rush Mud Run in Pomona california. All proceeds benefit the National Firefighters Association. At 1230 today will be the 343 wave to honor all the firefighters who gave their lives in 9-11. I am one of those runners in the wave and I am running in memory of Robert Crawford. God Bless
Katie Volner
June 30, 2012 | Whittier, CA
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Thinking of you and your family! We miss you all. And we miss Robert the most. We lived across the street from him and his sweet family. He used to tell my siblings and I that he was Santa Claus. And we always believed him. Such a warm hearted gentleman.
Krissy Nankoo
September 11, 2011 | Howell, NJ
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