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Bjr MIKE CLAFFEY and MICHAEL SGBELL “It meant more to me than I could ever away the bride, whose father and grand- least 15 firefighters from the area are DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS gay ” gajd (^e new bride, 23, outside St. father died a year ago. missing. Despite the shadows of grief When Diane Gorumba met Mayor James Lutheran Church in Gerritsen “With all he was doing to deal with the that hovered around the edges of the Giuliani at the funeral of her brother Beach, not far from Sheepshead Bay, a disaster, we didn't think he could do it," scene, the mood was festive and patriot- Michael, a firefighter who died while bat- neighborhood filled with firefighters, said Gail Gorumba. the bride’s mother, ic, almost like a neighborhood carnival. tling a blaze last month, she told him she police officers and other city workers. “He told us he wanted us all to go on with “It was great that Rudy followed also had recently lost her father and 28, Michael Gorumba, 27, a lives." through on this,” said Tara Hotiunel, 32, grandfather. rookie firefighter, collapsed and died Giuliani, wearing a black tuxedo with a the wife of a retired police officer whose Scheduled to be married, she won- while fighting a three-alarm blaze in a white boutormiere in the lapel, was in no daughter, Francesca, 4, sat on her shoul­ dered aloud who would give her away at Staten Island auto-body shop The medi- hurry to (eave after the service. For 20 decs holding a homemade American flag. her wedding. cal examiner determined that Gorumba. minutes he stood on the steps of the “I’m just proud to be an American and Yesterday, on a brilliant afternoon in who had a heart murmur as a child, died church m the receiving lines, shaking I m proud the mayor earned through on Brooklyn that defied the week’s dark of g heart attack. hands with participants while a crowd of his promise." events, the mayor lifted the young bride’s „. -tended hv score*! of cheered him. The bride, petite with dark brown hair. veU. kissed her cheek and presented her „ “ “It felt wonderful to be part of this." the beamed as the mayor walked hef down to her new husband. 31-year-old Police mayor said. “This is what life is all about, the aisle and the 200 invited guests Officer Michael Ferrito. mg m the World Trade Center disaster. You have to go on andJake advantage of clapped loudly. FhlflUing a promise he made to her The collate of the twin towere has so the good things in life. I’ve thought quite “He was being the adopted uncle,” said mother at the funeral, Giuliani acted as Giuliani that the Gorumba a lot about that this week. And this is one the Rev. ElizaBeth Nebrasky, who officiat- “an adopted uncle,” helping the family, family did not expect to see him yester- of the good things: a wedding.” ed at the wedding. “The family had been the small community and the larger fire- ““Y- About a dozen uniformed firefighters, through three tragedies in the past year fighting brotherhood set aside its grief, if Yet the mayor’s office called on Satur- all wearing red, white and blue ribbons and yet it came together for life. Mike only for an afternoon. day to confirm that he planned to give on their lapels, attended the service. At and Diane are our future."

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