NYFD Battalion Chief John Moran (Freeper BCM) Perishes In World Trade Center

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[AppyPappy]

The bone-chilling wail of bagpipe playing "Amazing Grace" echoed through a Queens church yesterday as yet another fallen firefighter from the World Trade Center tragedy was memorialized in death.

It was yet another day — of many more to come — for Masses and memorial services for both heroic rescue workers and innocent civilians lost in the flames and collapsing towers.

At the memorial Mass for 49th Battalion Chief John Moran, his younger brother, Firefighter Michael Moran of Ladder 3, recalled how he spoke to his brother by cell phone after the second plane crashed into the Trade Center.

"I told him to be careful," the younger Moran told mourners, including his brother's wife, Kim, and two sons, Ryan, 7, and Dylan, 4. "I didn't see him there that day, but now I see him all the time."

The memorial Mass at St. Francis de Sales Church in Belle Harbor, Queens, was conducted by the fallen firefighter's uncle, Father Paul Moran, who called his 42-year-old nephew's last assignment a "mission of love, to save life, not destroy it."

Mayor Giuliani called for a standing ovation for the 20-year fire veteran, who held a law degree from Fordham University and was injured in the Father's Day explosion at an Astoria hardware store that killed three firefighters.

The mayor said while Moran's two young sons may not fully comprehend all that's happened, "The thing I want them to understand for their entire life is that their father is a great man."

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It is believed that John Moran is BMC. We have a picture from a freep Posted Here. Here is his Fire Dept Memorial http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/f dny/html/memorial/wtc/moran_jo hn_bc_bat049.html. Here is a google search of his postsHere

I found these:

To: ELS

This was the best time I've ever had in the pouring rain! I was shouting so hard that I can hardly speak today. While the chants were great and certainly got people's attention, I personally loved it when we sang "America the Beautiful" and "God Bless America." I think that really stopped people in their tracks (and completely confounded the liberals).

32 Posted on 11/27/2000 15:45:04 PST by BCM
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After the Bush victory:

To: AndrewC

My fellow Freepers, who sustained me through all the insanity.

24 Posted on 11/27/2000 19:20:44 PST by BCM
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BTW I found this one as well:

To: bcjohnson

God bless you, you will be missed.

4 Posted on 01/03/2000 22:37:18 PST by BCM

John 15
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

[small voice in the wilderness]

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who have died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."--General George S. Patton, Jr.

To BCM and Chief Negotiator. Rest peacefully, good souls.

Dear Yankee, thank you so very much for posting this. You have made me see the way out of my sadness at the loss of these two great men. Thank you again, SVITW

[hellinahandcart]

I am so sorry. I was hoping you were wrong.

God Bless Battalion Chief Moran!

[vetvetdoug]

Most individuals that frequent this website are of strong moral convictions and have a love of our country. Look at the preponderance of Freepers that are former servicemen and are in positions of responsibility and contribute each day to the betterment of their family, their church, their state and country. Today has been a sad day for the FR and the families of BCM and CHIEF negotiator. God bless both of them. This place is like a family and I am saddened each time I read of a member that has gone on.

[LoneGOPinCT]

Our thoughts, prayers, and deepest condolences to BCM's family and friends. He died a hero.

Thank you to all firefighters!

LoneGOPinCT, Mrs.LoneGOPinCT, & family

[Palladin]

Tears and prayers for the Moran family.

Yes, doug, FReepers are a breed apart and a cut above. They are the ones who will stand and defend, not turn and run.

We have been privileged to have John Moran among us.

[hellinahandcart]

With the 2 confirmed dead Freepers amongst the 6,500 casaulties that horrible day, it is just about exactly what the law of averages would dictate.

As I was telling a freeper from New Jeresy today. Who knows how many freepers we may have lost because of these attacks. Many may have been daily lurkers, who read FR at work, who came to Free Republic to read the news. We may never know. God Bless them all.

I can't tell you how often this has been on my mind these past three weeks, since Silly first began to track down the city freepers who hadn't posted in a while. I was so relieved that everyone had been accounted for. Now this. And now I wonder, how many lurkers (in a building the size of the WTC, it's hard to believe there wasn't ONE person who lurked), how many commuters from Jersey and Connecticut, how many people who may have been in town VISITING from out of state, and not told anyone from FR about their travel plans?

What I'm saying is this--there are too many Freepers with absolutely nothing on their profile page! I know it's a privacy issue with many, but could everyone please consider flying their state flag and including their city--nothing more than that? If something else happens, God forbid, it will be easier to track everyone down in that location.

I know Appy Pappy has been working for days to find out if BCM was among the dead downtown. Think of another freeper, in the future, trying to figure out if YOU have been a victim of disaster. Just mention your city in your profile. Please.

It's just a suggestion, but think about it.

[fatima]

God bless him,and he will rest in peace,prayers for his family

[mlibertarianj]

One of my favorite passages that comfort me, at this time of grief.

"AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES; AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH,NEITHER SORROW,NOR CRYING,NEITHER SORROW,NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL BE ANY MORE PAIN: FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY

REV 21:4

[Mercuria]

My tears just slowed a bit for CHIEF negotiator...and now this!

BCM...God bless and comfort his family...and thank God for HEROES and those who love their friends to make the ultimate sacrifice.

May the Lord grant us all BCM's style of courage when push comes to shove.

[kattracks]

WE WON'T FORGET THEM By SIMON CRITTLE and TRACY CONNOR

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TEARFUL TRIBUTE: Kim Moran puts her arms around her sons Dylan (left) and Ryan yesterday at a Queens memorial service for her husband John Moran, a fire battalion chief. - Dennis Caruso

September 29, 2001 -- On the morning of Sept. 11, minutes after the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center, Fire Department battalion chief John Moran got a call on his cell phone at the scene of the disaster.

It was from his brother, Michael, a Manhattan firefighter, who offered words of caution and a promise.

"John, be careful," he said. "And I'll see you there."

It was not to be.

"I didn't see him that day. But I do see him now all the time," Michael Moran told hundreds of mourners who gathered at St. Francis de Sales Church in the Rockaways yesterday.

"I see him when I look in my mother's eyes. I feel him when I share the grief of his beautiful wife, Kim. I hear him when I speak to my beautiful sisters and I know he's not gone when I look at his boys Ryan and Dylan."

Ryan and Dylan, heartbreakingly beautiful blond-haired boys in matching outfits, clasped their mother's hands. Before them were their daddy's hat, his helmet and a picture of the man friends called the "gentle giant."

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The Bravest of the Brave.

Rest In Peace, BCM.

[kayak]

See #120

[joanie-f]

Thanks for the heads-up to this, Mike.

BCM's 'personal profile page' here on FR reads, in part:

'Location: Deep behind enemy lines in New York City'

My best uneducated guess is that, when he wrote that, he was referring to the fact that NYC is politically leftist-concentrated. But his reference to 'enemy lines' is very sad.

I never bumped into John here on FreeRepublic. Sure wish I had. One doesn't cross paths with true heroes, or men of genuine courage, very often.

He is surely in a better place. Let's hope that his sacrifice will serve as an example for the rest of us. There are perilous days ahead, and the more John Morans there are among us, the more assured we are of victory over the enemy who took him from us.

[LBGA]

Can you set up an account for BCM's family?

Prayers for his family. This is so sad.

[ELS]

Thank you for the flag. I, too, am not surprised that (at least) one of NYC's bravest was a FReeper.

May he rest in peace.

[BADJOE]

Some money has been sent through the FR Donation site for John Moran's family. If anyone has his address please FreepMail me.

Thank you.

[undergroundwarrior]

BCM: You are a true HERO!!!

Rest in Peace.

It would be nice to start a contribution thread for his family.

[contessa machiaveli]

they are the best of the best. i lived in NYC(i'm in the burbs now)and remember walking past the firehouse on perry & tenth and giving a thumbs up to those wonderful men. they've always been heroes. that so many died breaks my heart.

[KLT]

Thanks HI, I appreciate the ping...I pray John Moran is in a much better place. God Bless Him, He's A True Hero!

[dead]

Your sacrifice is greatly appreciated by everyone in the NYC area and the world. My cousin was on the 91st floor of the north tower when the plane hit. He passed you or your brethren running the other way on the 38th floor.

Thank you.

[eddie willers]

From a gospel song:

Dear friends they'll be no sad farewells,
They'll be no tear dimmed eyes.

Where all is peace and joy and love,
And the soul of man never dies.

But that will be tomorrow...
For tonight the tears will not be denied.