P.O. Paul Talty

Fallen at the World Trade Center
September 11, 2001

Police Officer Paul Talty, 40, was appointed to the NYPD on August 30, 1993, and began his career in the 108 Precinct. He was assigned to ESU 10 in October 1999.

After graduating from high school, where he was a basketball and track star, PO Talty attended Queens College and earned a bachelor's degree in sociology. He loved the outdoors, as well as working on his house where, as a skilled carpenter and electrician, he had recently embarked on a major construction project. Fellow ESU officers, who always considered him the command's premiere handyman, have already started finishing what he began at home.

He is survived by his wife Barbara; children Paul, Lauren and Kelly; parents Gloria and John Sr., sisters Kerry and Patricia; and brothers Kevin, John, Mark and Steven.

What Others Have Said

"An Officer Who Was Building for the Future," Newsday, Sep. 15, 2001

"Remembering the Rescuers," Newsday, Oct. 9, 2001