10 | <strong>01907</strong> FLANNERY, continued from page 8 Flannery was walking with his son in Swampscott when he saw a toddler that had crawled out a window onto the roof of a nearby house. He immediately climbed the building to rescue the child, earning himself honors from the Celtics and the Massachusetts state legislature — not to mention a “Father of the Year” title from Esquire. Flannery’s has continued working through the COVID-19 pandemic, offering contact-free junk removal, wearing masks for other jobs and getting tested often. Flannery said that they have been able to keep 12 employees on through the pandemic. “We’re trying to work with the times,” he said. “Nobody knows what’s going to happen, so we’re trying to go along with it.” Flannery is devoted to his family, which now includes three sons: Shayne, 12, Ryder, 9, and Broghan, 5. His daughter, Rylee, who was born around the same time he established his business, will turn 19 in August and then head off to Nichols College in Dudley, Mass. to study marketing. Rylee said that she has been involved with the family business over the years, often answering phone calls at the business office, helping with sales and driving around with her dad in the company trucks; she said she wants to use her education to give back to the company. There are no free rides in the Flannery family — except when Rylee gets a lift from her father Todd, right, and uncle Rory Flannery. "I have plans in the future to work with my dad and help his business progress," she said. "It's a family-owned business. I was always there." Her father said that he can’t believe the way time has passed. He said that he will be OK with whatever Rylee does in the future, and is proud that his business has provided the opportunity for his daughter to go to college. “I just want her to do the whole college thing, because me and my wife never did it,” Flannery said. “I want her to say, 'At least I tried it.'” Todd Flannery, left, and Rory Flannery run the family business, Flannery's Handymen, based in Lynn.
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