"Celebrating the Life of Daniel Edward Harlin" - December 21, 1959-September 11, 2001
"Love Letters" - By Daughter Katie
"A Celebrated Life" - By Daniel's Parents
"Love Letters" - By Brother Jim
"Love Letters" By Brother Bob and Sister-In-Law Elma
"Love Letters" - By Joan
"Love Letters" - By Nephew Robert, and Parents-In-Law Carol & Ken
"Love Letters" - By Anna, James, and Danny Wiedermann
"Love Letters" - By Friends Billy Wick & Charlie
"Love Letters" - By Friends Joe Hagan and Firefighter 1st class James H. Roell, Engine 96
"Love Letters" - By Friends Steve, Nick Piqueras, and Former Partner Officer Danny Dolenk
Letter of Acknowledgment from the Harlin family
"Love Letters" - By Fellow Firefighters Billy "Night-Time" Shannon L-130, FR Joe Harnischfeger, Ladder 2, & Chris "Mel" Flatley
"Love Letters" - By Friends Bob Dennington (Bobby D.) & James "Balls" L-50
The Mass - Celebration of Life - Daniel E. Harlin Ladder Co. #2
The Mass - Celebration of Life - Daniel E. Harlin Ladder Co. #2
The Mass - Celebration of Life - Daniel E. Harlin Ladder Co. #2
Tribute by Son, Chris Harlin:
H ow they work so hard
E ach one never gives up while
R unning, walking, putting out fires
O ut in the hot sun with
E veryone depending on them
S aving everyone's lives
Poem in Honor and Memory of Daniel E. Hardin from the Mass and Celebration of his Life
Daniel Harlin with Family and Friends
Poem titled "Danny" made for his wife Debbie, by Jeannie Tierney
Piece Written By Daniel's Wife, Debbie
Piece Written by Wife Debbie, continued...
"Love Letters" - By Sons Christopher and Brian
Drawings by Son Christopher Harlin and Daughter Katie Harlin, as well as a picture of both children
Prayer card from Daniel E. Harlin's Funeral
Daniel E. Harlin Engine #8, Ladder Co. #2, Battalion #8
Daniel E. Harlin
Conseleya 9/11 Memorial
Dewitt 9/11 Memorial
Montclair State University 9/11 Memorial
East Newark 9/11 Memorial
Fair Haven 9/11 Memorial
Freehold Township 9/11 Living Memorial Tree Grove
Crescent Beach Park - Flagpole/Memorial for 9/11 Victims
Garrison Elementary School American Patriot Garden
Keansburg Beach Front Memorial
Danny Harlin, a Kent resident and New York City firefighter who died on 9/11, was a man of many talents - and chief among them was the ability to make people smile and laugh. Harlin, who was 41 when he died, was known by co-workers and friends for his teasing and jokes. He had a mischievous grin, loved to give people nicknames and always sought to have fun, no matter how hard the job.
Harlin was a New York City police officer for three years before becoming a firefighter, a job he loved. While his brother firefighters would be dragging themselves back to the rig after fighting a particularly stubborn fire, Harlin would be smiling and pumped from a job well done.
But as much as he loved his work, nothing was more important to Harlin than his family - his wife, the former Debbie Wiedemann, and their three children, Christopher, now 19, Katherine, 17, and Brian, 13. At a memorial and a later funeral for Harlin held in Carmel, his friends told the Harlin children that they were the most important things in their father's life and that he was extremely proud of them.
New York Times Portraits of Grief
Daniel Edward Harlin looked forward to the start of deer-hunting season all year long. But when he and his friends finally arrived in the Catskill woods in November, he always offered up the best spots to someone else.
"He was a very unselfish guy," said Charles Foulds, who grew up with him and had hunted with him every year since they were both teenagers. "He never took the best for himself."
A quiet man with a contagious laugh, Firefighter Harlin, 41, had worked with Ladder Company 2, Battalion 8 on East 51st Street for more than a decade. But he loved the outdoors so much that he and his wife moved to rural Putnam County 10 years ago, settling in Kent, before having their three children. "He looked forward to taking the boys hunting when they got old enough," said his wife, Deborah.
This year his friends held their annual deer-hunting gathering in a Catskill cabin without him for the first time. "There wasn't a dry eye in the house," Mr. Foulds said.
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