Tim directed a fundraiser even while in the hospital
FirefighterNation Staff
LONG ISLAND — Newsday reports that Tim Farrell, co-founder of the Terry Fund, died on December 14, 2019 at Good Shepherd Hospice of esophageal cancer.
Tim Farrell was 62.
Tim and his brother Brian created the fund in honor of their other brother Terry, an FDNY firefighter killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Terry was assigned to Rescue Company 4 and was in Tower Two when it collapsed.
He also served as the chief of the Dix Hills Volunteer Fire Department.
Newsday reports that the Terry Fund began when the sales of a memorial t-shirt netted $17,000. The fund has grown over the years and branched out with 17 chapters across the country.
The brothers, and others, oversee various charity efforts such as blood drives, scholarships, and getting surplus fire equipment to departments in need.
Brian Farrell told Newsday that over the past decade the fund has given $3.5 million to first responders and their families and $4.7 million in equipment.
Tim is survived by his wife Alice and his siblings Brian, Dennis, Kevin, and Kieran.
A funeral is planned for 9:30 Saturday at St. Francis De Chantal Roman Catholic Church in Wantagh with burial to follow at Pinelawn Memorial Park in Farmingdale.
