BY BEN BRACHFELD
Sheepshead Bay staple
Brennan & Carr has placed
a memorial outside its storefront
to commemorate the 13
American soldiers killed in
the Aug. 26 attack at the Kabul
Airport in Afghanistan.
Eddie Sullivan, owner of
the 83-year-old roast beef emporium
at the corner of Avenue
U and Nostrand Avenue,
says he placed 13 American
fl ags outside his establishment
as a tribute to sacrifi ces
made by American servicemembers.
“These guys are serving
the country, serving others,”
Sullivan told Brooklyn Paper.
“And it’s sad that a parent
would have to go through this
when someone is out doing for
others.”
Sullivan has several family
members who are either
veterans or active-duty members
of the military, including
three brothers, a sister-inlaw,
and a niece, and said that
he has “a lot of compassion”
for military families. But he
COURIER LIFE, S 18 EPTEMBER 10-16, 2021
PAYING TRIBUTE: 13 fl ags fl y at Brennan & Carr in tribute to 13 US soldiers killed in the Aug. 26 bombing at the
Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. Courtesy of Eddie Sullivan
also hopes that the memorial
will serve as a tribute to anyone
working in service of others,
such as fi refi ghters, cops,
transit workers, and health
care workers.
Passersby of various backgrounds
often stop to take in
the memorial, Sullivan said.
“The greatest thing that
I’ve seen is people from different
origins, different parts,
looking at it,” he said. “Avenue
U and Nostrand is like the
crossroads of the world, you
get all sorts of people walking
by. It touches them when you
say these were the servicemen
who were killed, 13 men and
women aren’t coming home.
And they stop and listen.”
Brennan & Carr, in business
since 1938, puts out a tribute
around 9/11 every year,
and has fl own its American
fl ag at half-mast since the terrorist
attack in Kabul, which
killed over 150 Afghans in addition
to the American personnel.
Honoring
the fallen
Sheepshead Bay staple Brennan
& Carr honors victims of Kabul
bombing with memorial
These guys are
serving our country,
serving others.”
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