We brought you the story of Brendan Tevlin’s murder back in August, and just reran it in the hopes that more media pick up on the fact that Brendan Tevlin’s killer had been part of a terror ring and that he had at least two men help him to kill Tevlin, facts missing in most of the media stories.
But we also wanted to tell you a bit about Brendan, who was killed in New Jersey because he was an American.
Via Rightly Wired:
Brendan Tevlin was the exemplar of what American parents hope their children become. As such, he was also a symbol of what Muslim jihadists hope to exterminate.
His obituary reads like an award ceremony, except that all of the achievements were his. A young Irish Catholic American, Brendan had completed his first year of college. He was an older brother to three, a Eucharistic minister, president of the Gaelic Club, and a talented bagpiper. In high school, Brendan was a member of the National Honor Society, Lacrosse Team, Ambassador’s Club, Student Council, Math Honor Society, and Spanish Honor Society.
Brendan would often volunteer to play his bagpipe at funerals, probably never imaging how soon seventy-five bagpipers would play to the hundreds of attendees at his own. By every account he was a charismatic, kind, and outgoing young man.
Here is Brendan’s memorial page on which you can see how much he was loved, and a bagpipe and drum processional at the memorial for Brendan, hat tip Azgirl:
A collection of pictures of Brendan and his family participating in the local parade and bagpipe events over the years: