Anthony Jovic with wife Cynthia
Antony Jovic with his wife Cynthia at a Halloween Party with Ladder 150
Anthony Jovic wearing a New York Rangers hat about to shovel snow in New York
Anthony Jovic at his niece Danielle's High School graduation
Anthony Jovic with his brother Vincent and sister Patricia, taken on Christmas of 1996
Anthony Jovic with his sons Peter(on left) and Matthew (on right)
Anothy Jovic with his sister Patricia and brother Vincent
Anthony Jovic with his brother Vincent at his niece Danielle's Sweet 16 Birthday
With his son Matthew at an ice hockey rink
Anthony Jovic with his son Peter, giving him the infamous "Tony" look
Anthony Jovic with his sons Peter and Matthew in Aruba
Anthony Jovic with wife Cynthia and sons Peter and Metthew on vacation in the Caribbean
Anthony Jovic with his sons Peter and Matthew in front of a false firehouse at Universal Studios
Anthony Jovic with his sons Matthew and Peter
Anthony Jovic's FDNY graduation picture with his mother-in-law Miranda, father-in-low Mario, wife Cynthia, and mother Teresa
Anthony Jovic with mother Teresa and sons Peter and Matthew
Anthony Jovic with his son Peter, just before an FDNY function
Anthony Jovic with his son Matthew at the firehouse
Anthony Jovic with his son Peter at a Firehouse Christmas party
Anthony Jovic with Rich Muratore, Chris Mandeville, and Lt. Brian Gillen of Ladder 34, with local children at a block party in Washington Heights
Anthony Jovic with his son, Matthew, on their first trip to the firehouse together, Ladder 150
Anthony Jovic at lake Wallenpaupack, PA
Anthony Jovic in Croatia, taken summer of 1986
Anthony Jovic with his wife Cynthia at their wedding
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Anthony Jovic‚ 39‚ lieutenant‚ FDNY‚ Ladder 34. On September 11‚ the 12-year FDNY veteran Jovic was assigned to Engine 279 in Brooklyn. He was studying for the captain’s exam‚ which he planned to take in October 2001. Jovic‚ father of two‚ enjoyed miniature golf‚ bowling‚ and swimming with his family in their backyard pool.
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Anthony Jovic videotaped his sons, Matthew, 10, and Peter, 9, at every swimming meet they entered. He went to their practices. And he took them along when he and his wife, Cynthia, went on a cruise in the Caribbean. And whenever he came home from work, the boys would rush up to him and say, "What did you do? Did you fight any fires?"
He was a 39-year-old lieutenant, studying for October's captain's exam. Though on the rolls at Ladder Company 34 in Washington Heights, he was assigned on Sept. 11 to Engine Company 279 in Red Hook in Brooklyn, and was among the first men to arrive at the World Trade Center.
At Ladder Company 34, Capt. Arthur DePew recalled, Lieutenant Jovic is also noted for a kind of remembrance that predates videotape -- the brass plaques in firehouses that honor men who died in the line of duty. He did research on some who had never been remembered, like Eugene J. Caffrey, who died in 1921. Next Sept. 11, a plaque will go up with Lieutenant Jovic's name.
As for the boys, Mrs. Jovic still takes them regularly to swimming and meets, but she says, "Their hearts aren't in it."
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