Bravest Hail Firefighter-Carpenter
PHILIP RECCHIA
Courtesy The New York Post
Kristen Kuveikis is comforted by her fiancé, Asher Hall, after yesterday's funeral for her father, firefighter Thomas Kuveikis.
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More than 1,000 firefighters packed a Long Island church yesterday for a memorial service for firefighter Thomas Kuveikis, who was killed in the collapse of the Twin Towers.
Kuveikis, 48, was a firefighter for 23 years, following in the footsteps of his father, Peter, a retired FDNY captain.
From his father he also learned his second vocation, carpentry, which he pursued as a business on the side.
"I don't know why Tom was called to heaven on Sept. 11 last year, but I suspect it was because God needed a great firefighter and another master carpenter," said Battalion Chief Michael DeGennaro, in a eulogy at St. Aidan Church in Williston Park, L.I.
Kuveikis was a member of Squad 252 in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Kuveikis' fiancée, Jennifer Auerhahn, spoke directly to him: "You were my perfect mate and my best friend, and you came into my life exactly when I was ready to meet you."
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