Lalor enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in July 2000 and thereafter served as a U.S. Marine Corps reservist . At basic training , he was the second oldest recruit in his platoon . He later enrolled at Pace University School of Law , but left school when his reserve infantry unit was called to active service after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 , with Lalor training at Camp Lejeune , North Carolina as part of a " ready reaction force . " Lalor 's unit was demobilized in December 2002 but was activated again in March 2003 and deployed to Iraq . While in Iraq , Lalor 's unit participated in security and humanitarian operations in the city of Nasiriyah , located along the Euphrates River in southern Iraq
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Kieran Lalor