they held the funeral for the four fishermen in st. theresa 's church , its back pressed hard against the same sea that had claimed so many of its parishioners , and teddy stood with his mother and heard testimonials to the captain , his first mate , and the third fisherman , an old salt named gil restak , who 'd terrorized the bars of hull since returning from the great war with a shattered heel and too many ugly pictures in his head .