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I wear bracelets of both Thomas and Timothy. My thoughts are still with your family, and we will never forget how brave they were.
September 11, 2014
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Capt. Thomas Theodore Haskell
Massapequa, New York
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In some ways, Thomas Haskell seemed like everyone's idea of a firefighter. The battalion chief for Ladder Company 132 in Brooklyn, he loved football — "God help you if you got in the way of the TV" on Sundays, said Dawn Haskell-Carbone, his sister — and he played on the Fire Department team, like his brothers, Kenneth and Timothy. Timothy Haskell also died in the World Trade Center attack.
But he had another side. Every year just before Thanksgiving, Mr. Haskell, 37, would start disappearing into the basement of his home in Massapequa, N.Y., for hours, forbidding anyone else to come down. "He'd stay up till 3 a.m.," said his wife, Barbara Haskell. Then, about two weeks before Christmas, his wife, daughters, friends and other relatives would be invited downstairs to see an elaborate winter landscape with hundreds of tiny ceramic figures, surrounded by ski chalets, with three separate train sets running through it all.
Last year he built three miniature towns — Meaghanville, Erinburg and Taratown, named for his daughters — along with Barbara's Garden, for his wife. Behind them all was a dark blue night sky, lit up with electric stars.
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Barbara and family,
Thinking of all of you and the sacrifice made.
Love,
Uncle Frank and Aunt Georgia
Frank Cheswick
September 10, 2014 | Michigan City, IN
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You are not forgotten. Every September I wear a bracelet with your name and a red, white and blue ribbon to honor your sacrifice to save others. I also prayed for you and your family. I do this in memory of you, the bracelet is worn for the entire month.
Karen Brown
September 08, 2014 | Shreveport, LA
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Hey Uncle Tommy, i can't belive it's been 12 years.. I miss you so much. The most fond memory I have of you is when you would let me drive the Christmas train set and you would flip me upside down and tickle me. At the time I was really young and I wish I could know you better. Rest In Peace you and Uncle Timmy will always be in our hearts.
Alexander Zois
November 10, 2013 | New Smyrna Beach, FL
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tom you were my friend you were always so nice i wish to god you are a saint i remember how you told me not to be sad when i never got to play you really cared i hope to help your daughters asap you were a great guy i hope and pray for your family i wish i spent more time with you aaron cohen
July 02, 2013
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Barbara and family,
Gone but not forgotten. Our family hero, everyone's hero.
Love,
Uncle Frank and Aunt Georgia
Frank Cheswick
September 12, 2012 | Chicago, IL
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Even though we only played football for two years at Wagner. I'm thinking of you today and praying for your family.
September 11, 2012
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Dear Haskell family,
Hello, my name is Jessica and I have been given the wonderful opportunity to go to New York City and honor the firefighters who died on 9/11. What better way to pay tribute to the people who die than honoring them and keeping them alive. I am very sorry about what happened and pray for your family every night. Keeping people alive who have passed is the best way possible to always know they are watching you. I would really enjoy getting some information about...
Jessica
May 03, 2012 | Hampstead, MD
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Miss you Tom. Ten years later..nothing has changed. Just getting older :) (And we thought we were old then!)...Missing you, Sergio Villanueva, Tim Haskell (your bro)..and Steve Mercado my high school bud 35/40. Never stops hurting.
Prayers to your entire family...your wife, your siblings, your mom and your babies who must be teens now..
Never forgotten.
Deb
September 12, 2011 | NY
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