Gerard
Moran
Upper Marlboro
Gerard P. "Jerry" Moran, 39, of Upper
Marlboro, traveled the world as a combat photographer
for the Navy between 1979 and 1984. When American
Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon Sept. 11,
Moran was working there as an engineering
contractor for the Navy, doing video teleconferencing,
as he had been for three years.
Moran, who was born in Baltimore, studied
photojournalism at Oklahoma University after graduating
from Scranton Technical High School in Pennsylvania. His
wife of 18 years, Joyce A. Moran, is a retired
Navy photographer.
A family man, Moran doted on his two teenage
children -- Shannon, 16, and Dane, 14 -- both
accomplished athletes whose teams their father has
coached.
Family and friends describe Moran as a
humorist and a humanitarian. When he was not coaching
fast-pitch softball, baseball or power lifting, Moran's
wife said, he could be found in the kitchen whipping up
gourmet meals and experimenting with recipes from his
many cookbooks. Some of his favorite ones were for
coconut pork, chicken cordon bleu and prime rib. Next to
relaxing at home with his family, or trout fishing with
his brother or hanging out with his children and nieces
and nephews, Moran's favorite activity was
shopping at the grocery store meat department, his wife
said.
Moran also is survived by a brother, Kevin, and a
sister, Cindy Owens.
Kevin Moran's daughter was in one of the World
Trade Center towers when it was struck. She narrowly
escaped before it collapsed.
-- Tracey A. Reeves
Reprinted From The Washington Post
