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
New York Times Portraits of Grief
Tommy K. was a fine carpenter, so the guys happily let him build a steam room in Squad 252's firehouse.
Tommy K. was also a fine cook, but the guys almost body-blocked him from the kitchen: not tofu and vegetables, again, man, please!
Thomas Kuveikis, 44, was a lovable bundle of contradictions: a rescue firefighter devoted equally to his job in clamorous Brooklyn and to a secluded home on a dirt road in tiny Kent Cliffs, N.Y.
A strapping vegetarian and environmentalist who joked with his carnivorous buddies. A first-rate slob as a kid (an excavation of his teenage room would uncover the hardtop of a Triumph and a tank full of dead fish) who, said his sister, Chris Peschel, became a Mr. GQ as an adult, impeccably turned out, and were those highlights in your hair, Tommy K?
Two marriages went south, but he spent vacations with his daughter, Kristen.
He was a big-hearted soft touch, the favorite uncle-as-overgrown kid, and an awful businessman when it came to his carpentry jobs. But as a firefighter, he was unusually aggressive. His father, Capt. Peter Kuveikis, "was a legendary tough guy," said a firefighter, "and Tommy K. was on his way to becoming a legend himself."
I will never forget
Tom: 15 years later and your friends from Pawling still remember. Handsome as ever, frozen in time. I just lost Chuck to his 9/11 related cancer so now know first hand the horrible road your family has been on. Loved you as a brother then, will love you always. Charlotte Hey...Make sure you introduce yourself to Chuck Flickinger and to Terry O'Hara, you'll enjoy one another's company.
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