Sean Reagan was born to his parents, Joanne and Andrew in the late days of October, 1980. Andrew, never a true responsible individual, left before Sean's birth and was the responsibility of Joanne. A young mother herself, having just finished college, she moved with her infant son from Nebraska up to the far reaches of North Dakota where her own parents resided. It was with them that Sean, his mother, and grandparents lived together while Joanne finished graduate school with a counseling degree.
A slow developing child, Sean had problems speaking until he was three years old, bright but due to swollen tonsils he had issues leading his family to believe he had mental difficulties. As his body grew however he developed into the ability to speak and the questions ceased.
Through elementary school and into his development, Sean was a relatively normal student. Bright but never turning in his work led to mediocre grades. The strengths for him came while taking tests. Through high school he participated in the normal sports for the area. Basketball, football, the beloved hockey, and of course winter time hunting of deer and pheasants with friends.
The lack of a male figure in his life was a hindrance at time as it left him mildly socially stunted and required him time to learn some of the more male oriented social norms. As school wound to a finish, good test scores on the SAT's and ACT's were enough to get accepted into even Ivy league schools, but the lack of financial resources made it impossible to pay for such. Therefore, Sean took the option that would at least provide for him while he figured out his path. He joined the Marines.
For four years, Sean served in the US Marine Corp, finishing his recruitment training and being trained in Miramar, north of San Diego. Sean's training was in Infantry and as he graduated in 1999, was in his second year of duty when the attacks of September 11th occurred. In the years in between, Sean utilized his time within the Marines to develop as best he could an educational background, using the cross-program with a local community college to take classes towards a degree in History and political science. It had been only days before the attacks that he had realized his path was to be a high school teacher. The attacks diverted that attention.
Amongst some of the first to be dispatched to Afghanistan to confront the Taliban, Sean was fortunate many times in that his unit did not get deployed or sent out. For two more years under his active duty assignment he was stationed in Kabul helping to root out and restore order in the country. His combat exposure was minimal, always seeming to luck out of assignments that would be found in ambushes. Some within the battalion began to call him Lucky Sean. After two years, he filed for release from active duty to inactive in order to complete his degree and begin his inactive civilian life. The request was denied due to a shortage of manpower and Sean was sent back to San Diego for another year. It was during this year he completed his education as much as he could only a semester shy of the needed hours. Again, at the end of the year he applied for release and this time was granted it. Sean left the Marines having only been in two battles, both of which were decidedly lopsided. But for this he was grateful, because it meant he was not injured or seriously wounded. Ironically neither were any in his unit.
The year was 2005 and Sean had just finished his degree in History and Political Science. He began teaching High School classes that year and was considered to be a decent teacher. The students seemed to like him and responded well to him. His first year of teaching under his belt, Sean was settling into his lifestyle. He still kept in contact with his Marine friends, many of whom had been redeployed and had fallen on more difficult times in the field. The second year of teaching had just begun when in November, disaster again struck in the United States.
Sean was called up within 24 hours of the explosion in Kirby Plaza and redeployed. Saying goodbye to his students he shipped out. Initially he was sent to the outlying areas of New York City itself beyond the radiation. Sean's assignments would change over the next year as he assisted in help stabilizing the city.
It was only a month ago that Sean was issued his release from the Marines, having been transferred nearly weekly by the government to different assignments. He had developed a reputation for being in the right place to help prevent incidents, again his new unit calling him Dumb Luck Sean.
With his release from the Marines, Sean has accepted a teaching position at Washington High in New York City, teaching Government and History to whatever students are willing to attend. Even with his marine backing and loyalty to the US Government position, the concern over the actions has led him to be a somewhat vocal commentator within his circles about the courses the Government is heading.
