SALVATORE B. CALABRO: Honoring a
Struggle
Here
is one thing that says a lot about Salvatore B. Calabro:
He wore a tattoo of a cross and roses on his right
forearm, with the inscription, "In memory of Mom 11-
30-89."
His mother, Connie, struggled to raise him and his two
brothers on her own; he never forgot.
Mr. Calabro made his mother proud, a good boy from
Bath Beach, Brooklyn, who wore a firefighters' uniform
for 14 years, said his father-in-law, Francis Carillo, a
retired New York City police officer. Mr. Calabro, 38,
built a solid middle class life for his wife, Francene,
and two sons, Daniel, 5, and Alexander James, 2.
Another thing that spoke to his essence: He was a good
son-in-law. It had nothing to do with toeing the line
because he married one of two daughters of a police
officer. He was just that way, Mr. Carillo said. "When I
met him, I had guarded feelings," said Mr. Carillo. "He
was marrying my baby daughter. But as I got to know him,
all of that went away. He became the son I never had.
"He was a gentle person, but he had the heart and
courage of a lion," Mr. Carillo said.
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