The Best Friend · Tank Driver
Shane Flaherty
- Called
- “Paddy”
- From
- Ohio
- Drove
- An M1A2 Abrams named “Whispering Death”
- Drinks
- Beam ’n’ Cream
Red-haired, Irish-American and never short of a joke, Shane Flaherty drove a tank in Iraq and came home with big plans: Flaherty and Arraya Fugitive Recovery. Or maybe The Paddy Wagon.
He’s a Greek-mythology nerd who drinks Jim Beam with cream soda, and he’s the brother Hector never had. The year Hector couldn’t fly home to Tucson for Thanksgiving, Shane dragged him home to Ohio, where his mom and sisters made Mexican food to go with the turkey.
In the infirmary, he made Hector a promise: “I would kill for you, brother.”