Neal Pilon was 58 when he was killed during the mass shooting at Olean High School in Olean, New York, on December 30, 1974. Pilon worked for Columbia Gas and was on his coffee break when he heard sirens and drove his company truck toward the school intending to help with the gas lines. A bullet shattered his truck window as he neared the scene. He exited the vehicle and attempted to warn a responding fire truck when he was shot by the gunman and later pronounced dead on arrival at Olean General Hospital.

The shooter, 17-year-old honor student and rifle team member Anthony Barbaro, fired 31 shots from a third-floor window, killing three people, including Pilon, and wounding eleven others before police subdued and arrested him with tear gas. Barbaro later died by suicide in custody; in a note he cited self-hatred as a motivating factor. Does anyone have memories of Neal Pilon or information about his actions that day?