Honoring and remembering Steve Mercado, 38, Fire Department of New York | Firefighter, Engine 40.

While growing up in the Bronx, Steve Mercado wanted to play for the Yankees. And even though he ended up becoming a firefighter, he did not exactly leave his boyhood dream behind. He played softball with other firefighters. He presided over a stickball league. And he was helping to create a baseball and stickball league for children under 9. "He had his fingers in everything," said his mother, Mary Mercado.

Memorial reading for Steve Mercado is taken from his profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on October 2, 2001.

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