ARTHUR T. BARRY: 10,000 Miles by
Motorcycle
Arthur
T. Barry had an irrepressible joie de vivre.
Last year, he drove his motorcycle on a 10,000- mile
trip diagonally through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska, and
returned traveling across the country.
That was just one example. Mr. Barry, 35, a lifelong
resident of Westerleigh, in Staten Island, spent his
youth zipping across the country on road trips, said his
mother, Audriene Barry.
Mr. Barry's zest for life was apparent in his work,
she said. He was in the business of saving lives as a New
York City firefighter for the last seven years. Before
becoming a firefighter, he had worked as an elevator
mechanic and a machine-tool technician. He was a member
of Ladder Company 15 near the South Street Seaport, and
his colleagues frequently relied on him to repair
elevators during high-rise fires. "He truly loved the
Fire Department," Mrs. Barry said.
Firefighting was in his blood. His father, Bertrand,
retired as a fireboat pilot after 20 years on the job,
Mrs. Barry said. For a time, Bertrand Barry patrolled the
waters of New York Harbor in the shadow of the World
Trade Center.
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