Patrick Byrne
Patrick Byrne studied accounting for two years in
community college, but "beingconfined to a chair -- it
wasn't him," said his mother, Anne Byrne. So Byrne
started his ownroofing company in the mid-1980s, and
eventually became a firefighter, graduating from thefire
academy in 1994. "He was an excellent firefighter who
knew his job," said Byrne's fireCapt.Thomas Giordano.
Whenever a family member would ask Byrne what he did at
the firehouse, hismother said he would reply, "Fighting
fires, saving lives." His mother said the response
wasreally "tongue-in cheek," but "that's what they do,
isn't it?"
.
