“Patrick’s passing has brought all of us great sadness. But take comfort, each of you here and all who knew him, that your friendship made Pat’s short life full beyond measure and gave him great happiness. He absolutely loved being part of the lineup.”
These were the bravest words I have heard in some time, the words that Denise Harrington spoke to a crowd of hundreds who had gathered on the Ship Bottom beach to give her son the proper sendoff for a member of the Island surf community.
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