Family members gathered yesterday to support Jersey City Fire Capt. Timothy O'Callahan, whose wife, daughter and nephew were killed when an alleged drunk driver slammed into their parked car on a Virginia highway while O'Callahan stood outside the vehicle.
At O'Callahan's Engine 19 firehouse, Battalion Chief Charles Donahue said the captain is loved by firefighters.
"It's such a horrible thing, and when you realize he actually witnessed it, it's incomprehensible the grief it would cause," Donahue said. "Our hearts collectively go out to him."
On Saturday, O'Callahan, his wife Maureen, 41, daughter Tara, 20, and nephew John Oldigs, 24, were on their way to Virginia for an annual family gathering they referred to as Thanksgiving in October.
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