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Support offered to NJ firefighter who lost home twice in year

The firefighters who consider Farrell a brother are not letting him suffer the back-to-back tragedies alone

By Kristi Funderburk
APP.com

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — Tim Farrell was busy making rescues when superstorm Sandy flooded his Lavallette home in October.

Six months later, a sense of normalcy finally started to return for Seaside Heights volunteer firefighter, who moved into a new place in Seaside Park with his girlfriend, his son and his girlfriend’s daughter.

They managed a typical spring of painting, gardening and making plans for summer. Then, those went up in flames Thursday when a fire burned through their Central Avenue home, engulfing their possessions and forcing them to restart their recovery.

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