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Justin considers James his dad, meaning that James was his buddy, his role model, and a provider of unconditional love and support. James worked as an emergency medical technician (EMT) starting in the mid-1990s; in July 2001 James became a firefighter and joined FDNY Engine Company 23 in Midtown Manhattan.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJustin recalls that although James was always busy and tired from work, James loved being an EMT and was proud to provide a good life for Gina and Justin. Regarding James' career change, Justin explains that being a firefighter offered better pay and flexible hours that enabled James to spend more time with Gina and Justin. Justin recalls James' meticulous diet and fitness habits, watching James make protein shakes, and eating cereal with James in the morning. Justin shares stories that he has learned about James since James' passing and discusses how he and his mother commemorate 9/11 anniversaries.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJames was posthumously honored with the renaming of 98th Street and 38th Avenue in Jackson Heights as Firefighter James Pappageorge Way.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJustin Benitez's mother, Gina Pinos, also recorded an oral history about James Nicholas Pappageorge. 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Justin is the son of James' fianc\u0026eacute;e, Gina Pinos. Justin explains that although James was not his biological father, James raised him from birth through 5 years old (Justin's age when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred). Justin considers James his dad, meaning that James was his buddy, his role model, and a provider of unconditional love and support. James worked as an emergency medical technician (EMT) starting in the mid-1990s; in July 2001 James became a firefighter and joined FDNY Engine Company 23 in Midtown Manhattan.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJustin recalls that although James was always busy and tired from work, James loved being an EMT and was proud to provide a good life for Gina and Justin. Regarding James' career change, Justin explains that being a firefighter offered better pay and flexible hours that enabled James to spend more time with Gina and Justin. Justin recalls James' meticulous diet and fitness habits, watching James make protein shakes, and eating cereal with James in the morning. Justin shares stories that he has learned about James since James' passing and discusses how he and his mother commemorate 9/11 anniversaries.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJames was posthumously honored with the renaming of 98th Street and 38th Avenue in Jackson Heights as Firefighter James Pappageorge Way.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJustin Benitez's mother, Gina Pinos, also recorded an oral history about James Nicholas Pappageorge. 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Today is April 25th, 2023. I'm interviewing Justin Benitez for the first time. This interview is taking place at his mother Gina Pinos' home on Long Island. This interview is part of the Queens Memory Project. So first of all, tell me your name and how you knew Jimmy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=0.0,22.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: My name is Justin Benitez and Jimmy was my dad, basically. He raised me from when I was born. Basically my mom and him got together while she was actually pregnant. And to me, that's why he's more of my dad than a father because he raised me and he showed me the difference of that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=22.0,41.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: What do you remember about your dad?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=41.0,44.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Unconditional love. Because I was young, I didn't get to learn certain values because it just wasn't at that point, right? But I learned what it meant to be a good person, a good caring person, and show unconditional love. And that's something that no matter how mannered you are, no matter how educated you are, it's your foundations. And he helped to build my foundations of who I am.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=44.0,74.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Tell me what memories you have of your dad.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=74.0,78.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: The memories I have of my dad is more so him being busy, always going above and beyond to provide for me and my mom, and always being tired because of him doing so much. But the little moments that I really appreciate were very simple. Having a bowl of cereal with him in the morning and always being by [his] side and him always wanting to bring me around and people always being like, \"Oh, that's Justin?\" Or always catching wind that he would mention my name and that's part of the unconditional love that I felt from him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=78.0,115.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Tell me more about having a bowl of cereal with him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=115.0,119.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Waffle Crisp is the best cereal that's discontinued in the United States. [laughs] They do make it still in other countries. It's a little silly thing, but I have a strong-type memory to Waffle Crisp because it brings me back to those moments of having breakfast with him, having that simple time when he was just relaxed at home with us. So for me it was just quality time. The cereal was just what tied the memory together of what we had. But yeah, the value for me was just the quality time we were able to spend together.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=119.0,160.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Can you just describe that whole scene for me like it's a little scene in a movie?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=160.0,166.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah. My mom's getting ready in the kitchen doing stuff, putting stuff together. I'm just kicking my feet at the table, having a bowl of cereal and it's a rare time when my dad was just relaxed and would sit down and not do a million and one things. So for me, it was one of the only times that I got to just hang out with him and observe him in a sense. 'Cause I feel like -- not every -- but a lot of kids look up to their parents in a certain way and see them as a role model and wanna be like them sort of thing. And that's the only time that I got to see him not running around and to observe him because every other time he was running around so I couldn't follow him 'cause he was going work, I was in school, so it was hard to observe him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=166.0,213.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: And when you were observing him, what did you notice?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=213.0,218.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Peace and happiness, because although he was always overwhelmed with doing stuff and always tired, he was never upset about it. He enjoyed what he got from it, which was providing for me and my mom and being able to have a good life and a decent life. And he wasn't the type of person to need expensive things to feel good. It was just taking care of the little things that mattered.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=218.0,252.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: And tell me about his busy-ness.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=252.0,255.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Well, half of it was him working. Basically he was an EMT [emergency medical technician] and then he turned into a firefighter. His passion was being an EMT, which he did work more, but he decided to be a firefighter because it paid better and he wanted to try to spend more time with us. So from what I remember, transitioning from the EMT to the firefighter and then also he was very big into, fitness in the gym. So the combination of working a lot and exercising a lot, he was pretty drained most of the time, but he never was lazy because of it. He always would do what he needed to do because he cared to.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=255.0,301.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: And it sounds like maybe the two of you would go out sometimes and people would say, \"Oh, that's Justin.\" Tell me more about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=301.0,310.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah, I would see that everywhere I would go. It never felt like I was his stepson or he was my stepdad. I've literally never thought of that. That idea never necessarily ever crossed my mind because of just how unified we were as a family and how much he talked about me and how much everyone knew about me. So it didn't make me feel like I was his stepson in any sense. He was always proud to mention me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=310.0,344.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Do you know what your dad said about you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=344.0,349.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: No, I was five, so I never asked [laughs] what he said about me, but I always observed that he would talk about me because they're like, \"Oh, that's Justin?\" So it was just obvious to everyone he would tell 'em about me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=349.0,365.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Gotcha. Meaning like, he had been talking about you a lot, but they hadn't met you yet and they're like sort of like meeting a famous person.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=365.0,371.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah, exactly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=371.0,375.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: What other memories do you have of your dad?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=375.0,379.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: So he was more so the loving one to me. My mom was more of the harder parent on me. And it's funny, like I remember one time him disciplining me and the only time I remember him disciplining me. And I look back on it and I laugh about it because it was so out of place. But in my mind, trying to step into his shoes, he's probably like, \"I need to be a parent and correct them too and not just have fun with them and take him where ever where I go.\" And it was very simple and silly, but I remember we were bringing home groceries and I didn't wait for him to cross the street and he smacked my butt or something like that. And it just threw me off so much because the relationship we had, it was so fun and not like authoritative parent in a sense. That was always my mom [laughs]. It's not a bad thing, I'm just saying I always had, he's my buddy relationship, so it was just interesting to me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=379.0,451.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Tell me more about that, that \"he's my buddy relationship.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=451.0,455.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah. Like always if he's home, we're hanging out. If he's making protein shakes, I'm hanging out with him in the kitchen. It's so silly, but I was around him like making protein shakes so much, I even brought up to my mom a couple years ago the name of the brand that they would have protein that they don't even make anymore, which was like 20 years ago. So it really stuck to me. It was really influential to me and definitely made me an athletic person today that I am in liking to go to the gym too. He inspired me to do that too.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=455.0,498.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Can you also like paint that for me as a scene, you two in the kitchen, him making protein shakes?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=498.0,504.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah, just me sitting around. That's where [it's] a part of I got to observe him because he wasn't moving around, going everywhere. He was just at home and I would just sit on the counters while he would do his thing. Usually I never really, really would see him prep meals because he already did. It was usually just making protein shakes at home. And to speak a little bit about that, about him prepping his meals, that's actually one of the funny things about him that everyone knew about him when he was an EMT or firefighter. They'd know him because he would always carry a dozen eggs with him, a dozen boiled eggs with him 'cause he wanted to make sure he got in his protein. So he was very on top of his fitness, on top of what he should be eating.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=504.0,555.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: I also remember how -- and I still have [it] -- he has a notebook where he actually would track what he would eat down to how many ounces he drank of water. One thing my mom always told me is how meticulous he was and how open he was and wanting he was to learn and just through those little things I see the type of person he was of how he wanted to become more of what he was physically, mentally, status. And not for any ego reason, but just because he liked to learn and he treated his body like a temple. I never saw him drink or anything like that. My mom told me in the time that she knew him that she only saw him drink twice and one of them was at a wedding. So he was very dedicated to the point where I would never see these protein shakes, but every night I'd hear it. He would set an alarm clock at three in the morning to wake up to have a protein shake and go back to bed. I never saw the protein shakes, but I always hear it. So, he inspired me to care about your body and put in the extra thing and that what you get out is what you put in.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=555.0,642.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: I have to ask, why would he get up at three in the morning to have a protein shake and then go back to bed?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=642.0,648.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Again, the protein. He needed to make sure he got in the protein intake that he wanted to for the day and he was originally more of like a skinnier person, lankier person, and he got bigger and the only way you get bigger is you gotta eat. So he made sure he ate no matter what.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=648.0,668.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Wow. And was it three in the morning -- if you go to sleep afterwards, does that affect you in a certain way versus if you have it first thing in the morning?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=668.0,677.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah. So when you have it in the middle of the night, it helps it so that your body's not eating away at itself. So if you're very athletic and you're metabolism's eating away at what you ate, even though that's enough, you're gonna be on a calorie deficient, meaning that you're gonna slim down rather than bulk up. 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Are there any things that he used to do that you yourself do now?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=703.0,711.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: As far as goes with fitness and stuff?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=711.0,714.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Yeah. Or anything else.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=714.0,716.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: You know, no, because I never necessarily watched his workouts and know what he did. I'm sure he has it written down somewhere, but he also had good genetics, to say the least. So I never necessarily tried to find out what his workouts were to do them because he was just a big strong guy. My mom would tell me how he would have double XL or triple XL pants because his legs were too big and he would have to like tie it up with the shoelace type of thing. So, it's hard to compete with [laughs] stuff like that. But, I guess I don't compare and try to do the same as he did, but I am the same way that he is where I take care of myself. I watch what I eat in a good way, but in a balanced way just like he was. He wouldn't not eat chicken or steak or whatever it may be. He didn't starve himself, he just didn't eat fast food or not good food, type of thing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=716.0,791.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: You both sound very disciplined.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=791.0,793.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yes. So I guess that's -- thank you for answering the question for me [laughs]. Discipline is what I got from him. That, that's what it was.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=793.0,802.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Is there anything that your dad did or said that sticks out to you or that you remember?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=802.0,811.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: It's nothing he said it's just everything he did. It's just being there unconditionally for me. Like I said: I never once thought of him as a stepdad. He was just there for me, always, for anything. And that's all a kid really needs from their parents, just their parents to be there for them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=811.0,834.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: I imagine in the past years people have probably told you a lot of stories about your dad. Tell me some of those, some of the stories that you think about.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=834.0,845.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: All right, ready? No one's gonna hear this in the library ever again. So I heard a story multiple times -- and the funny thing is I heard it, I think, three times in total from people I didn't even know, so that's what makes me believe it more so, 'cause it's coming from different people -- how he would love to speed. And that's part of the reason why he liked to EMT 'cause he was allowed to speed, right? So I was told that he's the only person that's ever drove the ambulance so fast and so hard that on a turn he got it on two wheels. He turned that hard and I was just like, \"That's crazy.\" So, that's just one, one story that always stuck in my head.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=845.0,894.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Wow. Okay. Tell, tell me more details about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=894.0,897.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: That's all I know. They were from people that I didn't even know, so that's why I sort of value them as a truth more so and didn't think they were a fib 'cause they weren't coming from the same one person. But yeah, apparently he was a legend at Presbyterian Hospital for being that type of driver. I would also hear different things, like he on his day off -- for the fun of it -- he would just go do a job and be there before they even got there just to be like \"Time.\" Like you guys got here, done already. So, he just enjoyed what he did and everyone loved that about him. And that's what made him stand out.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=897.0,941.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: And explain that a little bit for me. So he would show up to a job early?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=941.0,946.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: On a day off, he would just have the siren that you could put on top of your car and if he heard there was a job nearby, he would just go and do it just for the fun of it 'cause he wanted to be the first one there. And the thrill of that was enough for him to work on his days off.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=946.0,965.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Wow.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=965.0,966.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=966.0,967.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: I'm so surprised by that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=967.0,972.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Right? That's why he had the energy to do all the things he did because he enjoyed doing it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=972.0,982.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: I guess as an EM -- it's his day off, he hears something's happening. What would he be going to do? You know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=982.0,994.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Any EMT call, whatever it was. He never talked about a specific case he likes working more so, or not. [dog barking] I just think he liked it all, the whole thing about it: helping people, working in medicine, driving the EMT truck, he enjoyed the whole process of it. So no matter which role he played, he enjoyed it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=994.0,1023.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Would you mind just saying that just one more time? 'Cause the dogs.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1023.0,1025.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah. No matter the role that he played, he would always -- sorry, I lost there for a sec.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1025.0,1034.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: It's all right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1034.0,1037.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: You want me to repeat just the last part or the whole thing?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1037.0,1040.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: If you can summarize what you said.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1040.0,1042.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah. So I came to realize that part of the reason why he had the energy to do everything throughout the days was because he enjoyed doing what he did. So therefore, it was not necessarily a job to him, it's just something he enjoyed. So that's why on of his days off, he wouldn't mind working because he enjoyed it. Whether he was driving a truck on his day on, or being the person in the truck to help facilitate the person, he enjoyed the whole process of it. So it never drained him. It's what drove him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1042.0,1077.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Wow. And going back to this two wheels thing, was that something that just happened once and everyone talked about it or that was something that happened like every so often?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1077.0,1088.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: I would assume twice at max [laughs] or else he'd probably get in trouble for that at some point right? From the hospital. They would tell him to ease off a little bit. But yeah, so I think it happened just once or twice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1088.0,1101.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: And --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1101.0,1103.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Gina Pinos: If you want -- that was actually when he was in EMT working for Metropolitan Hospital, FDNY [New York City Fire Department]. So just to give frame of reference. That's like early on in his career. So I dunno if that matters. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1103.0,1119.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: He had so much of a passion for what he did that the director of the EMT department at the Presbyterian Hospital actually took a liking to him and that's where he got his infamy from because, you know, he knew the director. So he started to know people and he was very personable and he was a very memorable person because he was this big guy, but like a big soft bear. So, [he] always had like, you know, this nice big smile on him. And so he was easily approachable and easy to talk to. And actually the director of Presbyterian Hospital knew me since I was a baby too, because of how much of a liking he took to Jimmy and how good of a relationship they had. So he didn't do what he did because he needed to pay bills. He did what he did 'cause that's what he enjoyed doing regardless of money.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1119.0,1178.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Do you know how the director took a liking to Jimmy? Like how did that start?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1178.0,1187.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Probably a little bit of doing things to an excess, but like, not in a bad way. Just like turning the, turning the ambulance on to two wheels. Like, it makes a name for yourself because of how much he's truly in it, how much of a passion he shows for it. So he just shined bright there and it just, you know, nothing was needed to be said. So people know about him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1187.0,1222.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: And the people who told you that story about the two wheels, were they actually with him in the van at the time?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1222.0,1230.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: No. So funny enough, it was actually on 9/11 and I had his shirt on and it had his name on it and someone stopped me. They're like, \"Excuse me, is that James Pappageorge?\" I'm like, \"Yeah, why?\" And it always strikes me interesting 'cause I care to hear the different perspectives that people say that I know nothing about. And they told me the story and I just was in awe about the story 'cause it was just so crazy to hear not just from one person, but from all the people that I don't even know showing how big of a name he built for himself there, whether he intended to or not. [laughs].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1230.0,1273.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Wow. Tell me about that. Tell me about people knowing him and telling you stories about him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1273.0,1283.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: No one would ever talk about Jimmy with frustration of any sense. It was always the good time sort of thing. There's always a smile on someone's face when they start to talk about him because he was just a good person to be around. He was always positive, regardless if he was tired, didn't matter. So he would always live in the moment to get the fullest out of it and people got the fullest out of him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1283.0,1318.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Where are you meeting these people that know Jimmy and tell you stories about him?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1318.0,1325.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: So sometimes it's just on 9/11 when I go into the city. Sometimes it's just being at Presbyterian Hospital and hearing different stories from people who knew him. And sometimes it's people from the FDNY just talking about, you know, the same type of thing -- of a positive person he was and a good energy to everyone's day.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1325.0,1355.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: So he was an EMT, then he became a firefighter. Tell me a little about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1355.0,1360.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah, he wanted to do that because at the end of the day, even though EMT was his passion, his heart lied with myself and my mom. So he wanted to be able to enjoy that life and have a family life with us, rather than be stuck working all the time. Because as much as he loves what he did, it's a lot of hours and you don't get paid as much as you should. So that's why he made the transition to FDNY.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1360.0,1388.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Are EMT hours and FDNY hours very different?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1388.0,1391.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yes. EMT hours are longer hours and more consistent, like more of just a five days a week sort of thing. And with the firefighter, it's a couple days on, a couple days off, so it's more flexible with schedule.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1391.0,1411.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Gotcha.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1411.0,1412.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Right, is that right, mom? With the EMT hours, it's more of just regular, like --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1412.0,1415.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Gina Pinos: Yeah, you work for 24 hours, then you're gonna be off for two, three days.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1415.0,1420.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: No, for EMT.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1420.0,1421.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Gina Pinos: EMS [emergency medical services]. It's like Justin said, could be five days a week. You know, you go in different shifts, so if you do like the 3:00 PM shift, you're supposed to get out at 10. But if you're on a street corner helping somebody and they're bleeding, you're taking them to the hospital, they get to the hospital and you have to do all that. By the time you actually get out of work, it might be two, three hours later than you were supposed to leave. And then it just starts all over again the next day. They call you in extra time. So it's just a lot more hours and paid much less.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1421.0,1458.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Yeah. Do you feel comfortable talking about how your dad passed?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1458.0,1467.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah, he passed away in the towers as a firefighter. He was actually supposed to be off that day and he went in for someone. And the person actually who he went in for feels so bad about it that he hasn't really been able to go to the city. He just felt guilty for it, which I don't blame him for. It obviously wasn't his fault. But it's the way the cookie crumbled. It was just the luck of the draw sort of thing. And that was it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1467.0,1509.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Wow. I didn't know that detail. So explain that to me a little bit. Basically, your dad traded shifts with someone?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1509.0,1518.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah, he traded shifts with somebody who was supposed to cover for them that day. And, it was just a bad day to cover, just bad luck. Obviously not just for him, but for everyone.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1518.0,1534.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Wow. And it sounds like that person has been having a really hard time ever since.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1534.0,1540.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah. From my experience of dealing with it and my family and friends who have dealt with it as well, I've realized people cope in different ways. Some people feel the need to go there every year and some people can't bear to go there. And from my understanding, he was more in remorse about how because of his trading shifts, he caused the death of someone else and he felt guilty.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1540.0,1576.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: What do you do on 9/11?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1576.0,1579.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: What do I do? Every year I go down to the new World Trade Center. I do a couple things. So it's basically a day that me and my mom spend together. And we won't always do in the same order, but we'll always go to his firehouse. We'll always go to his cemetery. And then we also go to the new World Trade Center as well, where we either read the names ourselves or we're just there for the memorial of it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1579.0,1619.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Tell me about your feelings on that day.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1619.0,1624.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: I was five. I didn't comprehend what was going on fully to say that I could have had -- I haven't processed emotions enough because I was a kid to really have a full opinion about it. I didn't know what was necessarily going on. It was more of just a shock to try to figure out what was going on.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1624.0,1656.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: And tell me your feelings on like, the 9/11s since then, and I wonder if there's been different feelings depending on your age.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1656.0,1669.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Over the years I've come to have more of an understanding of who he was and being there for my family and just his presence in general as a person because of hearing those different stories of how much of a good person he was. So he wasn't just a good person to me and my mom, he was a good person in general. And I've learned that over the years because of the different people I've spoken to. I've also become more appreciative of them holding the memorials year after year. I understand it's been over 20 years, but to keep the memory alive for someone and with this much efforts is definitely appreciated. With the people who go there and volunteer for the day, that's, that's one thing to go above and beyond and be selfless to do. So I appreciate people's efforts when they do that and giving people the respect to continue remembering their sacrifice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1669.0,1737.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Tell me something you want people to know about your dad.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1737.0,1745.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: My dad taught me the difference between being a father and being a dad. And the simple answer is giving unconditional love. Anyone could be a father, but not everyone could be your dad. Being your dad means not only being there to scold you, but being there to be your buddy, be your role model, just wanting to hang out with them. Simple as that. And giving them the love and support to do everything and anything.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1745.0,1779.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: I have just a couple last questions, but I still love this Waffle Crisp story. I think it's so sweet. We, actually don't know what Waffle Crisps are. Can you explain them to me?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1779.0,1791.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah, it's a cereal. It's basically like if you got a waffle and if you put maple syrup all over it and it dried out to like stale bread, I guess you could say. So it's like crispy, right? And then you just break it all up and that was the cereal basically. It was like that. [laughs] But yeah, it was his cheat meal and I guess that's part of the reason why I remembered it, because he was always meticulous with what he ate, eating portion sizes, counting the ounces of water he drank. But when he had that cereal -- a big bowl of just the cereal -- 'cause that was where, that was his cheat meal. That was where he got to just relax.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1791.0,1841.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: How big of a bowl was it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1841.0,1842.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Huge [laughs]. I guess twice as big as a regular cereal bowl. Right, mom? Probably. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1842.0,1856.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: You would've been really young then, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1856.0,1858.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah. Yeah. I was five. I was, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1858.0,1862.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: So were you eating outta a bowl then, or were you sort of like picking from his bowl?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1862.0,1866.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Nah, I wouldn't get -- he wouldn't let me pick from his bowl. I would have my own bowl [laughs], so yeah, I definitely started eating it from that time too.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1866.0,1879.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: So, I asked you [to] tell me something you want people to know about your dad. What's something you would want your dad to know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1879.0,1887.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: What would I want my dad to know about him?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1887.0,1890.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Or just about anything? If you could tell him something.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1890.0,1901.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: That the little he -- he's been there for less than a fifth of my life based on my age now, but regardless of being there for less than a fifth, he helped to impact me at my foundation of who I am. And as a parent, that's your job and that's all you really look to do: make sure they're good people and that they're making good decisions for themselves. And he put me in the right direction and give me the right foundation to do the right thing for myself and to want the right thing for myself in my life.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1901.0,1941.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1941.0,1942.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: And lastly, to just always be there for your kid to give that unconditional love.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1942.0,1950.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Is there anything you thought I was gonna ask you that I haven't asked you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1950.0,1953.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: No, I had no clue what you're gonna ask me. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1953.0,1956.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Is there anything else you wanna add? And you can take a few seconds to think about it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1956.0,1964.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Not this second. It might pop in my head a little later. I'm an in the moment type of person, so if I do think of something, I might stop you a little bit. But yeah, just more so that, my biggest thing about him is that he gave me the unconditional love. It could have been a completely different relationship with him. Not everyone can fill those shoes so senselessly, he never asked for anything from my mom because of being my dad. He never complained about it. He always would do it as if I was his own son. And that's what I'm most appreciative for.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=1964.0,2008.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Anything else come up?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=2008.0,2010.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=2010.0,2010.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=2010.0,2011.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: He showed me what it means to truly be a family. He showed me how to treat a woman in the right way because of how I saw him treat my mom. Their relationship wasn't perfect. They had their, you know, arguments here and there, but at the end of the day, they always did things collectively as a union, as a unit. So because of that, they were able to grow in life because they were able to use each other to support each other and as a motivator for each other. So because of that, they were able to get further in life because they used each other as a motivator and as a supporter.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=2011.0,2054.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Great. Anything else?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=2054.0,2057.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: No.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=2057.0,2058.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Áine Pennello: Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=2058.0,2059.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395/transcript/64276/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Justin Benitez: Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/99538/file/197395#t=2059.0,2061.53143"}]}]}]}