SEAN CANAVAN: Candles From
Neighbors
In some quarters of New York City, residents have an
unwritten code about how to treat their neighbors: Ignore
them. But not Sean Canavan. He was one of the
friendliest, most helpful people in his neighborhood,
said his sister, Kathleen McKeon. The yellow ribbons,
thick bouquets of flowers and white candles outside of
his apartment house in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, are
testament. Neighbors placed them there when they heard he
was missing.
"Everybody who knew Sean loved him," Mrs. McKeon
said.
Mr. Canavan, 39, a carpenter, was working for the
second day at Installation Resources on the 98th floor in
the south tower. He was always helping relatives, friends
and neighbors with repairs and renovations. Last summer,
Mr. Canavan helped his sister and her husband to build a
deck on her two-story colonial house in Rockland County.
He also put mahogany floors in her family room. "Now, the
family room has extra meaning," Mrs. McKeon said.
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