July 2, 2010

Edith Shain

When Edith "Edie" Shain kissed a stranger 65 years ago, she became a part of history.

The New York native was working as a nurse at the now-demolished Doctors Hospital in Manhattan on August 14, 1945, when President Harry S. Truman announced that the war with Japan had ended. To celebrate, Shain headed to Times Square, where she encountered an equally-joyous American seaman wearing a dark-blue uniform. Just as she emerged from the subway, the sailor pulled Shain into his arms and kissed her. That kiss was captured by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, who published the image in Life Magazine. It eventually became the most reproduced picture in the history of the publication.

For decades, Eisenstaedt didn't know the identity of the couple immortalized in his iconic V-J Day photograph; the couple apparently parted ways and disappeared into the cheering crowd right after the kiss ended. But in the late 1970s, Shain wrote to Eisenstaedt and claimed to be the nurse in the picture.

Shain's letter gave the editors of Life Magazine the idea to write a followup article. That story, which appeared in the Aug. 1980 issue, urged the kissing sailor to come forward. Two months later, the editors noted that 11 men and three women had claimed to be the subjects of the photograph. Although Shain is generally considered to have the best claim -- Eisenstaedt agreed that she was the woman in the picture after meeting her in California -- the identity of the sailor remains a mystery.

"Someone grabbed me and kissed me, and I let him because he fought for his country," Shain once said. "I closed my eyes when I kissed him. I never saw him."

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of V-J Day, artist J. Seward Johnson II designed a 25-foot, 6,000 pound replica of the kiss that he called "Unconditional Surrender." A life-size aluminum statue of the famous embrace also stands in Times Square, and each year couples gather near it and reenact the amorous moment of jubilation.

After the war ended, Shain earned an education degree from New York University. She moved to Los Angeles in the early 1950s and spent the next three decades teaching kindergarten and first grade and raising a family. To make ends meet, she moonlighted as a nurse at an area hospital.

Once Shain went public about appearing in the Life magazine photo, veterans groups around the nation invited her to take part in commemorative events. In 2008, she even served as the grand marshal in New York City's Veterans Day parade.

Shain died on June 20 of liver cancer. She was 91.

(Photo by Troy Li. Used with permission.)

April 9, 2010

Gene Allen

Eugene Allen, a former White House butler who worked for eight presidents, died on March 31 of renal failure. He was 90.

Allen was born on July 14, 1919, in Scottsville, Va. His childhood occurred during a time when the state was strictly segregated. Blacks were forced to ride in the back of buses and attended poorly funded "colored" schools. They were not permitted to use public bathrooms or enter retail establishments that were reserved for white patrons. Interracial marriage was illegal and anyone with a trace of non-white blood was required by law to pay a poll tax in order to vote.

Like many blacks, Allen became a service employee, working as a waiter at whites-only resorts and country clubs. In 1952, he landed a job at the White House as a "pantry man." The position paid him $2,400 a year to wash dishes, stock cabinets and shine silverware, but it also allowed him to witness many historical events of the 20th century.

For 34 years, Allen catered to the needs of Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, James Carter, Ronald Reagan and their families. He never missed a day of work, and always performed his duties diligently and discreetly.

As a member of the White House domestic staff, Allen met civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and numerous entertainers, including Sammy Davis Jr. and Elvis Presley. Eisenhower gave him a painting. Nixon took Allen on a trip to Romania aboard Air Force One. Ford celebrated his shared birthday with Allen, and First Lady Nancy Reagan invited him and his wife Helene to attend a state dinner for German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. After Kennedy was assassinated, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy asked Allen to attend the funeral, but he volunteered to stay at the White House to help with the meal after the service. She later gave him one of the late president's ties.

By the time he left 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in 1986, Allen had been promoted to the position of maître d'hôtel, which is the most prestigious position among White House butlers. And on Jan. 20, 2009, when Barack Obama was sworn in as the nation's first African-American president, Allen attended the inauguration as a VIP.

"I never would have believed it," Allen told The Washington Post. "In the 1940s and 1950s, there were so many things in America you just couldn't do. You wouldn't even dream that you could dream of a moment like this."

Although Allen often received offers to write a tell-all book or give speeches about his interactions with American leaders, he always declined. However, a Hollywood picture about his life is currently in the works. Laura Ziskin, the film's producer, said the movie would act "as a portrait of an extraordinary African-American man who has lived to see the world turn."

Allen and Helene were married for 65 years; she died the night before the 2008 election. He is survived by his son, Charles, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

March 18, 2010

He Pingping

He Pingping, the world's shortest man, made a big impression on everyone who crossed his path.

Born in Huade County in Wulanchabu, China, He was afflicted with a form of primordial dwarfism. People with this very rare condition are born at extremely low birth weights and generally grow into a smaller but proportional body size. Their bones are very thin and they face numerous health risks, including scoliosis, heart issues and aneurysm. Few primordial dwarfs live past the age of 30.

He stopped growing when he turned 18, after reaching a height of 2 feet, 5.37 inches. In 2008, the Guinness World Records officially named him as the shortest man in the world. Over the next two years, He traveled to the U.S., Japan, Britain and Italy to take part in photo shoots and TV shows, and appeared in the documentary, "The World's Smallest Man and Me."

Privately, He enjoyed watching TV, listening to music, smoking and spending time with cats. His home included several features adapted to someone of diminutive size, including lowered doorknobs and a special chair that allowed him to eat from a table. When he wasn't on the road, He helped out at his sister's cafe in Inner Mongolia.

"From the moment I laid on eyes on him I knew he was someone special -- he had such a cheeky smile and mischievous personality, you couldn't help but be charmed by him," Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, said. "He brightened up the lives of everyone he met, and was an inspiration to anyone considered different or unusual."

He died on March 13 of a heart condition at the age of 21. Khagendra Thapa Magar, who is 22 inches tall, is likely to claim the record for world's smallest man later this year.

February 1, 2010

Donald Goerke

Donald Edward Goerke, the "Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs," died on Jan. 10 of heart failure. He was 83.

Born in Waukesha, Wis., Goerke served in the Army Air Force during World War II, then earned a bachelor's degree from Carroll College and a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin. He started his career in marketing as a researcher for the Blatz Brewery before landing a marketing analyst job at the Campbell Soup Company.

During his 35-year career with Campbell's, Goerke introduced more than 100 products, including Chunky Soup, a hearty ready-to-serve soup that "eats like a meal." This product was a radical departure from the company's traditional line of condensed soups, which require the addition of either milk or water.

But Goerke was best known for inventing SpaghettiOs, a reheatable pasta covered in a sweet tomato and cheese sauce. In the early 1960s, he and his team began brainstorming ways to make canned pasta more appealing to children. After considering various shapes, including stars and rocketships, Goerke decided to keep it simple and sell pasta that looked like a tiny "O."

The product was an instant hit with American families when it launched in 1965 with the catchy commercial jingle, "Uh-oh, SpaghettiOs." Parents and children both liked the fact that the food was "spoonable," easy to make and fun to eat. Today, more than 150 million cans of SpaghettiOs are sold each year. SpaghettiOs now come in five variations (original, pasta with meatballs, pasta fortified with extra calcium, RavioliOs and pasta with sliced franks) and two other shapes (A to Zs and fun shapes).

Although he left the company in 1990, Goerke came out of retirement five years later to help promote the 30th anniversary of SpaghettiOs on "The Today Show" and "What's My Line?"

Goerke was described by friends and family as kind, even-tempered, outgoing and loyal. He was active in community affairs and served as the former president of the Merchantville, N.J., school board. The husband, father, grandfather and avid golf player was also an active member of the Riverton Country Club in Cinnaminson, N.J.

January 13, 2010

Tsutomu Yamaguchi

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person who was ever officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, died on Jan. 4 of stomach cancer. He was 93.

Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip for his employer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, on Aug. 6, 1945. The 29-year-old oil tanker designer was stepping off a tram when the U.S. B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped a 13-kiloton uranium atomic bomb on the city. The massive explosion destroyed Yamaguchi's left eardrum, temporarily blinded and balded him and left serious burns on his upper body. Others were not so fortunate; at least 70,000 people died as a result of the initial blast.

After spending the night in a bomb shelter, Yamaguchi returned to his home in Nagasaki. He spent two days recuperating from his injuries, then covered his body in gauze and went to work. As Yamaguchi was explaining what had happened in Hiroshima to his boss, the U.S. B-29 bomber Bock's Car released its destructive payload, this time on Nagasaki. According to the Nagasaki City Atomic Bomb Records Preservation Committee, the explosion killed more than 73,800 people.

Yamaguchi survived again.

Twelve years after the war ended, Yamaguchi was recognized as a hibakusha, an explosion-affected person, of the Nagasaki bombing. Certification as an atomic bomb survivor qualified him for government compensation, including a monthly stipend, free medical checkups and funeral costs. It would take another 52 years until the Japanese government officially recognized his presence in Hiroshima.

About 260,000 people survived the atomic bomb attacks on Japan, and many of them suffered the effects from radiation exposure. Yamaguchi's wife suffered radiation poisoning from the black rain that fell after the Nagasaki explosion; she died in 2008 of kidney and liver cancer. All three of Yamaguchi's children also suffered from health problems.

After Japan surrendered, Yamaguchi worked as a ship engineer in the local port, a translator for the occupying American forces and a schoolmaster. In the final years of his life, he wrote a memoir and appeared in the 2006 documentary "Twice Bombed, Twice Survived: The Doubly Atomic Bombed of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." When the film was screened at the United Nations, Yamaguchi spoke to the delegates and called for the abolition of all nuclear weapons.

January 6, 2010

Ruth Lilly

As an heiress, Ruth E. Lilly could have lived a very comfortable life doing anything she wanted or absolutely nothing at all. Instead, she decided to fund a wide variety of causes and help those in need. And over the course of her nine decades on this planet, she gave away more than half a billion dollars to educational and cultural organizations.

Born in Indianapolis, Lilly was the last surviving great-grandchild of Col. Eli Lilly, who founded the pharmaceutical empire Eli Lilly and Company in 1876. Last year, the company employed over 40,000 workers, earned $21 billion in sales and was ranked #570 on the Forbes 2000 List.

Lilly was still in her teens when she began writing poetry, but it took her nearly 50 years to submit her work, under a pseudonym, to Poetry magazine. Although the influential literary journal rejected her poems, the editors also sent handwritten notes offering critiques of her writing. This left quite an impression on Lilly, and in 1986, she bequeathed $100 million to the magazine. The gift ensured that Poetry would continue publishing in perpetuity. In response, Poetry became a non-profit organization known as the Poetry Foundation, launched the annual Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, which gives $100,000 to a contemporary poet in honor of a lifetime of a achievement, and created five Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships for aspiring poets.

"Poetry has no greater friend than Ruth Lilly," said Poetry Foundation President John Barr. "Her historic gift is notable not only for its size -- that part of her largesse is known to every corner of the poetry world -- but also because it was made with no conditions or restrictions of any kind as to how it should be used for the benefit of poetry. In that, it was the purest expression of her love for the art that meant so much to her as poet herself, and as benefactor."

Lilly's quiet generosity also extended to many Indiana-based institutions. She bequeathed a major gift to the Lilly Endowment, the family's main charitable organization. In 1966, Lilly and her brother, J.K. Lilly III, donated the site of their parents' estate to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and provided a trust income to maintain it. A health education center, a learning center, a fitness center, a law library and a science library all exist and bear the Ruth Lilly name, thanks to her monetary contributions. Lilly rarely attended ceremonial events, though, preferring instead to have her chauffeur drive her past the institutions she had aided.

In private, Lilly struggled with day to day life. Depression plagued her for decades, and she spent much of her 40-year marriage to writer Guernsey Van Riper in a hospital. The couple divorced in 1981; they had no children. That same year, Lilly's brother went to court and had her declared incompetent. From that point on, all of her donations had to be signed by an attorney.

Lilly finally found some relief from her illness in 1988, thanks to the invention of Prozac, which was made and distributed by Eli Lilly and Co. The anti-depressant allowed her to live the final years of her life in relative peace. For her many years of philanthropy, Lilly was awarded a doctor of humane letters degree from Wabash College in 1991, from Franklin College in 2003 and from Marian University and Indiana University in 2004.

Lilly died on Dec. 30 of heart failure. She was 94.

January 2, 2010

Peter Moore

Peter Moore, London's official town crier for 31 years, died on December 20. Cause of death was not released. He was 70.

Town criers have a long history of serving the English citizenry with vocal proclamations. The first known broadcast occurred in 1066, when town criers shared news about the Battle of Hastings. Since literacy rates amongst the majority of the populace was low well into the late 19th century, town criers served as "talking newspapers" for the public, announcing the king's edicts, advertising market days and generally spreading the news of the realm.

Although Moore was raised in central England, he ran away to London as a young man with dreams of becoming an actor. Bit parts came his way, including the role of the undertaker Mr. Sowerberry in the original stage production of the musical "Oliver!" in 1960, but steady acting work eluded him until 1978 when he was asked to serve as a town crier for an event. He took the job and found his niche.

Moore was a familiar sight on the streets of London, where he promoted the city's attractions to tourists and residents alike. Clad in red and gold robes, white breeches, black boots and a feathered tricorn hat, he was easily recognizable in any crowd. Those who were too busy or distracted to see Moore certainly heard him for he would heartily begin every announcement with a boisterous "Oyez, Oyez" (roughly translated as "hark" or "listen") and a ring of his bell, which was cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, the company that made Big Ben and the Liberty Bell.

Among his many titles, Moore was town crier to the mayor of London, the Greater London Authority, the city of Westminster and the London borough of Merton. He was also a freeman and liveryman of the city of London, deputy macebearer and town crier for the London borough of Southwark and tipstaff and town crier to the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames.

Moore's motto was: "Have Bell, Will Travel," and he took it to heart. In his role as the official town crier of London, Moore appeared at hundreds of public events, charity balls, openings and ceremonies in the United Kingdom and in countries all over the world. Friends described him as "larger than life," "a workaholic" and a "people person," attributes that served him well as the most recognized town crier in England. When asked about his proudest moment on the job, Moore said it was when he announced the 1982 birth of Prince William of Wales outside the gates of Buckingham Palace.

Although his later years were spent in poor health, Moore had no interest in retiring. He performed his last official engagement on Dec. 19 at a Christmas reception given by the mayor of Southwark. Moore was due to receive a lifetime achievement award during the New Year's Day Parade in London, which he lead every year since 1987. With Moore gone, parade organizers decided to posthumously honor him with the award.

--Photo by Tony Clarke.

December 31, 2009

A Look Back

Some people view obituaries as morbid stories, but in truth only one line of an obit deals with death. The rest of the story focuses on the amazing lives people lead. In 2009, these 20 obituaries were the stories that most resonated with me:

* Bea Arthur, a veteran actress and comedian who starred in the TV shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls"

* Norman Borlaug, an agronomist who won the Nobel Peace Prize for making advances in plant breeding that helped feed millions of people in Latin America and Asia

* Walter Cronkite, a veteran journalist and former CBS anchor who covered such historic events as the coronation of Queen Elizabeth, the assassination of JFK and the first man on the moon

* Dom Deluise, an actor, comedian and cookbook author who co-starred in the films "Blazing Saddles" and "Cannonball Run"

* Dominick Dunne, a bestselling author and special correspondent for Vanity Fair who covered the trials of O. J. Simpson, the Menendez brothers, Michael Skakel, William Kennedy Smith and Phil Spector

* Farrah Fawcett, an award-winning actress and pinup beauty who starred in the TV show "Charlie's Angels"

* Don Hewitt, a veteran journalist and producer who created the "60 Minutes" news program

* John Hughes, a producer, writer and director whose 1980s films ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink") defined a generation

* Michael Jackson, a singer and dancer -- known as the 'King of Pop' -- who sold more than half a billion albums

* Edward M. Kennedy, a liberal Democrat who served as senator of Massachusetts for 46 years

* Billy Mays, a late-night TV pitchman who promoted Orange Glo and OxiClean and starred in his own reality TV show

* Ed McMahon, a legendary TV personality best known for his work on the "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson" and "Star Search"

* Ricardo Montalban, a Mexican-born actor who starred in the TV show "Fantasy Island" and in the film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"

* Les Paul, a musician and songwriter who pioneered the development of the solid-body electric guitar

* Natasha Richardson, a Tony Award-winning actress and wife to actor Liam Neeson

* Soupy Sales, a veteran comedian who perfected the pie-throwing routine

* Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder of the Special Olympics and sister of President John F. Kennedy and Sens. Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy

* Patrick Swayze, an actor and classically trained dancer who was best known for his work in the films "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost"

* George Tiller, one of only a few doctors in America who performed late-term abortions

* Andrew Wyeth, an artist whose paintings provided some of the most popular images of 20th century America

I also lost two unique people this year: my grandmother Terri Carlton and my high school sweetheart Chris Pine. May they rest in peace.

September 11, 2009

Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks

The World Trade Center (A-M)

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Jesus Cabezas • Lillian Caceres • Brian Joseph Cachia • Steven Cafiero • Richard M. Caggiano • Cecile M. Caguicla • Michael John Cahill • Scott W. Cahill • Thomas J. Cahill • George Cain • Salvatore B. Calabro • Joseph Calandrillo • Philip V. Calcagno • Edward Calderon • Kenneth Marcus Caldwell • Dominick E. Calia • Felix (Bobby) Calixte • Frank Callahan • Liam Callahan • Luigi Calvi • Roko Camaj • Michael Cammarata • David Otey Campbell • Geoffrey Thomas Campbell • Jill Marie Campbell • Robert Arthur Campbell • Sandra Patricia Campbell • Juan Ortega Campos • Sean Canavan • John A. Candela • Vincent Cangelosi • Stephen J. Cangialosi • Lisa B. Cannava • Brian Cannizzaro • Michael R. Canty • Louis A. Caporicci • Jonathan N. Cappello • James Christopher Cappers • Richard M. Caproni • Jose Cardona • Dennis M Carey • Edward Carlino • Michael Scott Carlo • David G. Carlone • Rosemarie C. Carlson • Mark Stephen Carney • Joyce Ann Carpeneto • Jeremy M. Carrington • Michael T. Carroll • Peter Carroll • James J. Carson • Christopher Newton Carter • James Marcel Cartier • Vivian Casalduc • John F. Casazza • Paul Cascio • Margarito Casillas • Thomas Anthony Casoria • William Otto Caspar • Alejandro Castano • German Castillo Galicia • Arcelia Castillo • Leonard M. Castrianno • Jose Ramon Castro • Richard G. Catarelli • Christopher Sean Caton • Robert J. Caufield • Mary Teresa Caulfield • Judson Cavalier • Michael Joseph Cawley • Jason D. Cayne • Juan Armando Ceballos • Marcia G. Cecil-Carter • Jason Cefalu • Thomas J. Celic • Ana M. Centeno • Joni Cesta • Jeffrey M. Chairnoff • Swarna Chalasini • William Chalcoff • Eli Chalouh • Charles Lawrence (Chip) Chan • Mandy Chang • Mark L. Charette • Gregorio Manuel Chavez • Pedro Francisco Checo • Douglas MacMillan Cherry • Stephen Patrick Cherry • Vernon Paul Cherry • Nestor Chevalier • Swede Joseph Chevalier • Alexander H. Chiang • Dorothy J. Chiarchiaro • Luis Alfonso Chimbo • Robert Chin • Wing Wai (Eddie) Ching • Nicholas P. Chiofalo • John Chipura • Peter A. Chirchirillo • Catherine E. Chirls • Kyung (Kaccy) Cho • Abdul K. Chowdhury • Mohammed Salahuddin Chowdhury • Kirsten L. Christophe • Pamela Chu • Steven Paul Chucknick • Wai-ching Chung • Christopher Ciafardini • Alex F. Ciccone • Frances Ann Cilente • Elaine Cillo • Edna Cintron • Nestor Andre Cintron • Robert Dominick Cirri • Juan Pablo Alvarez Cisneros • Benjamin Keefe Clark • Eugene Clark • Gregory A. Clark • Mannie Leroy Clark • Thomas R. Clark • Christopher Robert Clarke • Donna Clarke • Michael Clarke • Suria R.E. Clarke • Kevin Francis Cleary • James D. Cleere • Geoffrey W. Cloud • Susan M. Clyne • Steven Coakley • Jeffrey Coale • Patricia A. Cody • Daniel Michael Coffey • Jason Matthew Coffey • Florence Cohen • Kevin Sanford Cohen • Anthony Joseph Coladonato • Mark J. Colaio • Stephen J. Colaio • Christopher M. Colasanti • Kevin Nathaniel Colbert • Michel Paris Colbert • Keith Eugene Coleman • Scott Thomas Coleman • Tarel Coleman • Liam Joseph Colhoun • Robert D. Colin • Robert J. Coll • Jean Marie Collin • John Michael Collins • Michael L. Collins • Thomas J. Collins • Joseph Collison • Patricia Malia Colodner • Linda M. Colon • Soledi Colon • Ronald Comer • Jaime Concepcion • Albert Conde • Denease Conley • Susan Clancy Conlon • Margaret Mary Conner • Cynthia L. Connolly • John E. Connolly • James Lee Connor • Jonathan (J.C.) Connors • Kevin P. Connors • Kevin Francis Conroy • Brenda E. Conway • Dennis Michael Cook • Helen D. Cook • John A. Cooper • Joseph J. Coppo • Gerard J. Coppola • Joseph Albert Corbett • Alejandro Cordero • Robert Cordice • Danny A. Correa-Gutierrez • Ruben D. Correa • James Corrigan • Carlos Cortes • Kevin M. Cosgrove • Dolores Marie Costa • Digna Alexandra Rivera Costanza • Charles Gregory Costello • Michael S. Costello • Conrod K.H. Cottoy • Martin Coughlan • John Gerard Coughlin • Timothy John Coughlin • James E. Cove • Andre Cox • Frederick John Cox • Michelle Coyle-Eulau • James Raymond Coyle • Anne M. Cramer • Christopher Seton Cramer • Denise Crant • James L. Crawford • Robert James Crawford • Joanne Mary Cregan • Lucia Crifasi • John Crisci • Daniel Hal Crisman • Dennis A. Cross • Helen Crossin-Kittle • Kevin Raymond Crotty • Thomas G. Crotty • John Crowe • Welles Remy Crowther • Robert L. Cruikshank • Francisco Cruz • John Robert Cruz • Kenneth John Cubas • Francisco C. Cubero • Richard Joseph Cudina • Neil James Cudmore • Thomas Patrick Cullen • Joan McConnell Cullinan • Joyce Cummings • Brian Thomas Cummins • Nilton Albuquerque Fernao Cunha • Michael Joseph Cunningham • Robert Curatolo • Laurence Curia • Paul Dario Curioli • Beverly Curry • Michael Curtin • Gavin Cushny

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John D'Allara • Vincent D'Amadeo • Jack L. D'Ambrosi • Mary D'Antonio • Edward Alexander D'Atri • Michael D. D'Auria • Michael Jude D'Esposito • Manuel Da Mota • Carlos S. DaCosta • Caleb Arron Dack • Thomas A. Damaskinos • Jeannine Marie Damiani-Jones • Patrick W. Danahy • Nana Kwuku Danso • Vincent G. Danz • Dwight Donald Darcy • Elizabeth Ann Darling • Annette Andrea Dataram • Lawrence Davidson • Michael Allen Davidson • Scott Matthew Davidson • Titus Davidson • Niurka Davila • Clinton Davis • Wayne Terrial Davis • Anthony Richard Dawson • Calvin Dawson • Edward James Day • Jayceryll M. de Chavez • Emerita (Emy) De La Pena • Azucena de la Torre • Cristina de Laura • Oscar de Laura • Francis (Frank) Albert De Martini • Robert J. DeAngelis • James V. DeBlase • Paul DeCola • Jason Christopher DeFazio • Jennifer DeJesus • Monique E. DeJesus • Nereida DeJesus • Martin DeMeo • Jean C. DePalma • Michael DeRienzo • David Paul DeRubbio • Jemal Legesse DeSantis • Christian D. DeSimone • Edward DeSimone • Melanie Louise DeVere • Jerry DeVito • William T. Dean • Thomas P. Deangelis • Tara Debek • Anna Debin • Simon Dedvukaj • David A. Defeo • Manuel Del Valle • Donald A. Delapenha • Vito Joseph Deleo • Danielle Delie • Joseph A. Della Pietra • Palmina Delli Gatti • Colleen Ann Deloughery • Anthony Demas • Francis X. Deming • Carol K. Demitz • Kevin Dennis • Thomas F. Dennis • Jose Nicholas Depena • Robert J. Deraney • Andrew Desperito • Cindy Ann Deuel • Robert P. Devitt • Dennis Lawrence Devlin • Gerard Dewan • Simon Suleman Ali Kassamali Dhanani • Michael L. DiAgostino • Patricia F. DiChiaro • John DiFato • Vincent F. DiFazio • Carl DiFranco • Donald J. DiFranco • Debra Ann DiMartino • Anthony DiOnisio • George DiPasquale • Joseph DiPilato • Douglas Frank DiStefano • Michael Diaz-Piedra • Judith Belguese Diaz-Sierra • Lourdes Galletti Diaz • Matthew Diaz • Nancy Diaz • Obdulio Ruiz Diaz • Joseph Dermot Dickey • Lawrence Patrick Dickinson • Michael David Diehl • Stephen P. Dimino • William J. Dimmling • Christopher Dincuff • Jeffrey M. Dingle • Ramzi A. Doany • John J. Doherty • Melissa C. Doi • Brendan Dolan • Neil Dollard • James Joseph Domanico • Benilda Pascua Domingo • Charles (Carlos) Dominguez • Geronimo (Jerome) Mark Patrick Dominguez • Kevin W. Donnelly • Jacqueline Donovan • Stephen Dorf • Thomas Dowd • Kevin Christopher Dowdell • Mary Yolanda Dowling • Raymond M. Downey • Frank Joseph Doyle • Joseph M. Doyle • Randy Drake • Stephen Patrick Driscoll • Mirna A. Duarte • Luke A. Dudek • Christopher Michael Duffy • Gerard Duffy • Michael Joseph Duffy • Thomas W. Duffy • Antoinette Duger • Sareve Dukat • Christopher Joseph Dunne • Richard A. Dunstan • Patrick Thomas Dwyer

E
Joseph Anthony Eacobacci • John Bruce Eagleson • Robert D. Eaton • Dean P. Eberling • Margaret Ruth Echtermann • Paul Robert Eckna • Constantine (Gus) Economos • Dennis Michael Edwards • Michael Hardy Edwards • Christine Egan • Lisa Egan • Martin Egan • Michael Egan • Samantha Egan • Carole Eggert • Lisa Caren Weinstein Ehrlich • John Ernst (Jack) Eichler • Eric Adam Eisenberg • Daphne F. Elder • Michael J. Elferis • Mark J. Ellis • Valerie Silver Ellis • Albert Alfy William Elmarry • Edgar H. Emery • Doris Suk-Yuen Eng • Christopher S. Epps • Ulf Ramm Ericson • Erwin L. Erker • William J. Erwin • Sarah (Ali) Escarcega • Jose Espinal • Fanny M. Espinoza • Brigette Ann Esposito • Francis Esposito • Michael Esposito • William Esposito • Ruben Esquilin • Sadie Ette • Barbara G. Etzold • Eric Brian Evans • Robert Edward Evans • Meredith Emily June Ewart

F
Catherine K. Fagan • Patricia M. Fagan • Keith G. Fairben • William F. Fallon • William Fallon • Anthony J. Fallone • Dolores B. Fanelli • John Joseph Fanning • Kathleen (Kit) Faragher • Thomas Farino • Nancy Carole Farley • Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Farmer • Douglas Farnum • John G. Farrell • John W. Farrell • Terrence Patrick Farrell • Joseph Farrelly • Thomas P. Farrelly • Syed Abdul Fatha • Christopher Faughnan • Wendy R. Faulkner • Shannon M. Fava • Bernard D. Favuzza • Robert Fazio • Ronald C. Fazio • William Feehan • Francis J. (Frank) Feely • Garth E. Feeney • Sean B. Fegan • Lee S. Fehling • Peter Feidelberg • Alan D. Feinberg • Rosa Maria Feliciano • Edward T. Fergus • George Ferguson • Henry Fernandez • Jose Manuel Contreras Fernandez • Judy H. Fernandez • Elisa Giselle Ferraina • Anne Marie Sallerin Ferreira • Robert John Ferris • David Francis Ferrugio • Louis V. Fersini • Michael David Ferugio • Bradley James Fetchet • Jennifer Louise Fialko • Kristen Fiedel • Samuel Fields • Michael Bradley Finnegan • Timothy J. Finnerty • Michael Curtis Fiore • Stephen J. Fiorelli • Paul M. Fiori • John Fiorito • John R. Fischer • Andrew Fisher • Bennett Lawson Fisher • John Roger Fisher • Thomas J. Fisher • Lucy Fishman • Ryan D. Fitzgerald • Thomas Fitzpatrick • Richard P. Fitzsimons • Salvatore A. Fiumefreddo • Christina Donovan Flannery • Eileen Flecha • Andre G. Fletcher • Carl Flickinger • John Joseph Florio • Joseph W. Flounders • David Fodor • Michael N. Fodor • Steven Mark Fogel • Thomas Foley • David Fontana • Chih Min (Dennis) Foo • Del Rose Forbes-Cheatham • Godwin Forde • Donald A. Foreman • Christopher Hugh Forsythe • Claudia Alicia Martinez Foster • Noel J. Foster • Ana Fosteris • Robert J. Foti • Jeffrey L. Fox • Virginia Fox • Joan Francis • Pauline Francis • Virgin (Lucy) Francis • Gary J. Frank • Morton Frank • Peter Christopher Frank • Richard K. Fraser • Kevin Joseph Frawley • Clyde Frazier • Lillian I. Frederick • Andrew Fredericks • Jamitha Freemen • Brett O. Freiman • Peter L. Freund • Arlene E. Fried • Alan Wayne Friedlander • Andrew K. Friedman • Gregg J. Froehner • Peter Christian Fry • Clement Fumando • Steven Elliot Furman • Paul James Furmato

G
Fredric Gabler • Richard S. Gabrielle • James Andrew Gadiel • Pamela Gaff • Ervin Vincent Gailliard • Deanna L. Galante • Grace Galante • Anthony Edward Gallagher • Daniel James Gallagher • John Patrick Gallagher • Tomas Gallegos Linares • Cono E. Gallo • Vincenzo Gallucci • Thomas Edward Galvin • Giovanna (Genni) Gambale • Thomas Gambino • Giann F. Gamboa • Peter J. Ganci • Claude Michael Gann • Charles William Garbarini • Cesar Garcia • David Garcia • Jorge Luis Morron Garcia • Juan Garcia • Marlyn C. Garcia • Christopher Gardner • Douglas B. Gardner • Harvey J. Gardner • Jeffrey B. Gardner • Thomas A. Gardner • William Arthur Gardner • Francesco Garfi • Rocco Gargano • James M. Gartenberg • Matthew David Garvey • Bruce Gary • Boyd A. Gatton • Donald Richard Gavagan • Terence D. Gazzani • Gary Geidel • Paul Hamilton Geier • Julie M. Geis • Peter Gelinas • Steven Paul Geller • Howard G. Gelling • Peter Victor Genco • Steven Gregory Genovese • Alayne F. Gentul • Edward F. Geraghty • Suzanne Geraty • Ralph Gerhardt • Robert J. Gerlich • Denis P. Germain • Marina R. Gertsberg • Susan M. Getzendanner • James Gerard Geyer • Joseph M. Giaccone • Vincent Francis Giammona • Debra L. Gibbon • James A. Giberson • Craig Neil Gibson • Ronnie Gies • Laura A. Giglio • Andrew Clive Gilbert • Timothy Paul Gilbert • Paul Stuart Gilbey • Paul John Gill • Mark Y. Gilles • Evan H. Gillette • Ronald Gilligan • Rodney C. Gillis • Laura Gilly • John F. Ginley • Donna Marie Giordano • Jeffrey Giordano • John Giordano • Steven A. Giorgetti • Martin Giovinazzo • Jinny Lady Giraldo • Kum-Kum Girolamo • Salvatore Gitto • Cynthia Giugliano • Mon Gjonbalaj • Dianne Gladstone • Keith Alexander Glascoe • Thomas I. Glasser • Harry Glenn • Barry H. Glick • Steven Lawrence Glick • John T. Gnazzo • William (Bill) Robert Godshalk • Michael Gogliormella • Brian Fredric Goldberg • Jeffrey Grant Goldflam • Michelle Herman Goldstein • Monica Goldstein • Steven Goldstein • Andrew H. Golkin • Dennis James Gomes • Enrique Antonio Gomez • Jose Bienvenido Gomez • Manuel Gomez • Wilder Gomez • Jenine Gonzalez • Joel Guevara Gonzalez • Mauricio Gonzalez • Rosa J. Gonzalez • Calvin J. Gooding • Harry Goody • Kiran Reddy Gopu • Catherine Carmen Gorayeb • Kerene Gordon • Sebastian Gorki • Kieran Gorman • Thomas E. Gorman • Michael Edward Gould • Yugi Goya • Jon Richard Grabowski • Christopher Michael Grady • Edwin John Graf • David M. Graifman • Gilbert Granados • Elvira Granitto • Winston Arthur Grant • Christopher Stewart Gray • James Michael Gray • Linda Mair Grayling • John Michael Grazioso • Timothy Grazioso • Derrick Arthur Green • Wade Brian Green • Elaine Myra Greenberg • Gayle R. Greene • James Arthur Greenleaf • Eileen Marsha Greenstein • Elizabeth (Lisa) Martin Gregg • Denise Gregory • Donald H. Gregory • Florence M. Gregory • Pedro (David) Grehan • John M. Griffin • Tawanna Griffin • Joan D. Griffith • Warren Grifka • Ramon Grijalvo • Joseph F. Grillo • David Grimner • Kenneth Grouzalis • Joseph Grzelak • Matthew J. Grzymalski • Robert Joseph Gschaar • Liming (Michael) Gu • Jose A. Guadalupe • Yan Zhu (Cindy) Guan • Geoffrey E. Guja • Joseph Gullickson • Babita Guman • Douglas B. Gurian • Janet H. Gustafson • Philip T. Guza • Barbara Guzzardo • Peter Gyulavary

Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks

The World Trade Center (N-Z)

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Robert B. Nagel • Takuya Nakamura • Alexander J.R. Napier • Frank Joseph Naples • John Napolitano • Catherine A. Nardella • Mario Nardone • Manika Narula • Narender Nath • Karen S. Navarro • Joseph M. Navas • Francis J. Nazario • Glenroy Neblett • Marcus R. Neblett • Jerome O. Nedd • Laurence Nedell • Luke G. Nee • Pete Negron • Ann Nicole Nelson • David William Nelson • James Nelson • Michele Ann Nelson • Peter Allen Nelson • Oscar Nesbitt • Gerard Terence Nevins • Nancy Yuen Ngo • Jody Tepedino Nichilo • Martin Niederer • Alfonse J. Niedermeyer • Frank John Niestadt • Gloria Nieves • Juan Nieves • Troy Edward Nilsen • Paul R. Nimbley • John Ballantine Niven • Curtis Terrence Noel • Daniel R. Nolan • Robert Walter Noonan • Daniela R. Notaro • Brian Novotny • Soichi Numata • Brian Felix Nunez • Jose R. Nunez • Jeffrey Nussbaum

O
Dennis O'Berg • James P. O'Brien • Michael O'Brien • Scott J. O'Brien • Timothy Michael O'Brien • Daniel O'Callaghan • Dennis J. O'Connor • Diana J. O'Connor • Keith K. O'Connor • Richard J. O'Connor • Amy O'Doherty • Marni Pont O'Doherty • James Andrew O'Grady • Thomas O'Hagan • Patrick O'Keefe • William O'Keefe • Gerald O'Leary • Matthew Timothy O'Mahoney • Seamus L. O'Neal • John P. O'Neill • Peter J. O'Neill • Sean Gordon Corbett O'Neill • Kevin O'Rourke • Patrick J. O'Shea • Robert W. O'Shea • Timothy O'Sullivan • James A. Oakley • Jefferson Ocampo • Douglas Oelschlager • Takashi Ogawa • Albert Ogletree • Philip Paul Ognibene • Joseph J. Ogren • Samuel Oitice • Gerald Michael Olcott • Christine Anne Olender • Elsy Carolina Osorio Oliva • Linda Mary Oliva • Edward K. Oliver • Leah E. Oliver • Eric T. Olsen • Jeffrey James Olsen • Maureen L. Olson • Steven John Olson • Toshihiro Onda • Michael C. Opperman • Christopher Orgielewicz • Margaret Orloske • Virginia A. Ormiston-Kenworthy • Juan Romero Orozco • Ronald Orsini • Peter K. Ortale • Alexander Ortiz • David Ortiz • Emilio (Peter) Ortiz • Pablo Ortiz • Paul Ortiz • Sonia Ortiz • Masaru Ose • James Robert Ostrowski • Jason Douglas Oswald • Michael Otten • Isidro Ottenwalder • Michael Ou • Todd Joseph Ouida • Jesus Ovalles • Peter J. Owens • Adianes Oyola

P
Angel M. Pabon • Israel Pabon • Roland Pacheco • Michael Benjamin Packer • Deepa K. Pakkala • Jeffrey Matthew Palazzo • Thomas Anthony Palazzo • Richard (Rico) Palazzolo • Orio Joseph Palmer • Frank A. Palombo • Alan N. Palumbo • Christopher M. Panatier • Dominique Pandolfo • Paul Pansini • John M. Paolillo • Edward J. Papa • Salvatore Papasso • James N. Pappageorge • Vinod K. Parakat • Vijayashanker Paramsothy • Nitin Parandkar • Hardai (Casey) Parbhu • James Wendell Parham • Debra (Debbie) Paris • George Paris • Gye-Hyong Park • Philip L. Parker • Michael A. Parkes • Robert Emmett Parks • Hasmukhrai Chuckulal Parmar • Robert Parro • Diane Marie Moore Parsons • Leobardo Lopez Pascual • Michael J. Pascuma • Jerrold H. Paskins • Horace Robert Passananti • Suzanne H. Passaro • Victor Antonio Martinez Pastrana • Avnish Ramanbhai Patel • Dipti Patel • Manish K. Patel • Steven B. Paterson • James Matthew Patrick • Manuel Patrocino • Bernard E. Patterson • Cira Marie Patti • Robert Edward Pattison • James R. Paul • Victor Paz-Gutierrez • Patrice Paz • Sharon Cristina Millan Paz • Stacey L. Peak • Richard Allen Pearlman • Durrell Pearsall • Thomas E. Pedicini • Todd D. Pelino • Michel Adrian Pelletier • Anthony Peluso • Angel Ramon Pena • Jose D. Pena • Richard Al Penny • Salvatore F. Pepe • Carl Allen Peralta • Robert David Peraza • Jon A. Perconti • Alejo Perez • Angel Perez • Angela Susan Perez • Anthony Perez • Ivan Perez • Nancy E. Perez • Joseph John Perroncino • Edward J. Perrotta • Emelda Perry • Glenn C. Perry • John William Perry • Franklin Allan Pershep • Daniel Pesce • Michael J. Pescherine • Davin Peterson • William Russel Peterson • Mark Petrocelli • Philip S. Petti • Glen Kerrin Pettit • Dominick Pezzulo • Kaleen E. Pezzuti • Kevin Pfeifer • Tu-Anh Pham • Kenneth John Phelan • Eugenia Piantieri • Ludwig John Picarro • Matthew Picerno • Joseph O. Pick • Christopher Pickford • Dennis J. Pierce • Bernard T. Pietronico • Nicholas P. Pietrunti • Theodoros Pigis • Susan Elizabeth Ancona Pinto • Joseph Piskadlo • Christopher Todd Pitman • Josh Piver • Joseph Plumitallo • John M. Pocher • William Howard Pohlmann • Laurence M. Polatsch • Thomas H. Polhemus • Steve Pollicino • Susan M. Pollio • Joshua Poptean • Giovanna Porras • Anthony Portillo • James Edward Potorti • Daphne Pouletsos • Richard Poulos • Stephen E. Poulos • Brandon Jerome Powell • Shawn Edward Powell • Tony Pratt • Gregory M. Preziose • Wanda Ivelisse Prince • Vincent Princiotta • Kevin Prior • Everett Martin (Marty) Proctor • Carrie B. Progen • David Lee Pruim • Richard Prunty • John F. Puckett • Robert D. Pugliese • Edward F. Pullis • Patricia Ann Puma • Hemanth Kumar Puttur • Edward R. Pykon

Q
Christopher Quackenbush • Lars Peter Qualben • Lincoln Quappe • Beth Ann Quigley • Michael Quilty • James Francis Quinn • Ricardo Quinn

R
Carol Rabalais • Christopher Peter A. Racaniello • Leonard Ragaglia • Eugene J. Raggio • Laura Marie Ragonese-Snik • Michael Ragusa • Peter F. Raimondi • Harry A. Raines • Ehtesham U. Raja • Valsa Raju • Edward Rall • Lukas (Luke) Rambousek • Julio Fernandez Ramirez • Maria Isabel Ramirez • Harry Ramos • Vishnoo Ramsaroop • Lorenzo Ramzey • A. Todd Rancke • Adam David Rand • Jonathan C. Randall • Srinivasa Shreyas Ranganath • Anne Rose T. Ransom • Faina Rapoport • Robert Arthur Rasmussen • Amenia Rasool • Roger Mark Rasweiler • David Alan James Rathkey • William Ralph Raub • Gerard Rauzi • Alexey Razuvaev • Gregory Reda • Sarah (Prothero) Redheffer • Michele Reed • Judith A. Reese • Donald J. Regan • Robert M. Regan • Thomas M. Regan • Christian Michael Otto Regenhard • Howard Reich • Gregg Reidy • James B. Reilly • Kevin O. Reilly • Timothy E. Reilly • Joseph Reina • Thomas Barnes Reinig • Frank B. Reisman • Joshua Scott Reiss • Karen Renda • John Armand Reo • Richard Rescorla • John Thomas Resta • Eduvigis (Eddie) Reyes • Bruce A. Reynolds • John Frederick Rhodes • Francis S. Riccardelli • Rudolph N. Riccio • AnnMarie (Davi) Riccoboni • David Rice • Eileen Mary Rice • Kenneth F. Rice • Vernon Allan Richard • Claude D. Richards • Gregory Richards • Michael Richards • Venesha O. Richards • James C. Riches • Alan Jay Richman • John M. Rigo • James Riley • Theresa (Ginger) Risco • Rose Mary Riso • Moises N. Rivas • Joseph Rivelli • Carmen A. Rivera • Isaias Rivera • Juan William Rivera • Linda Rivera • David E. Rivers • Joseph R. Riverso • Paul Rizza • John Frank Rizzo • Stephen Louis Roach • Joseph Roberto • Leo A. Roberts • Michael Edward Roberts • Michael Roberts • Donald Walter Robertson • Catherina Robinson • Jeffrey Robinson • Michell Lee Robotham • Donald Robson • Antonio Augusto Tome Rocha • Raymond J. Rocha • Laura Rockefeller • John M. Rodak • Antonio Jose Carrusca Rodrigues • David B. Rodriguez-Vargas • Anthony Rodriguez • Carlos Cortez Rodriguez • Carmen Milagros Rodriguez • Gregory E. Rodriguez • Marsha A. Rodriguez • Richard Rodriguez • Matthew Rogan • Karlie Barbara Rogers • Scott Rohner • Keith Roma • Joseph M. Romagnolo • Efrain Franco Romero • Elvin Santiago Romero • James A. Romito • Sean Rooney • Eric Thomas Ropiteau • Wendy Alice Rosario Wakeford • Aida Rosario • Angela Rosario • Mark H. Rosen • Brooke David Rosenbaum • Linda Rosenbaum • Sheryl Lynn Rosenbaum • Lloyd D. Rosenberg • Mark Louis Rosenberg • Andrew I. Rosenblum • Joshua M. Rosenblum • Joshua A. Rosenthal • Richard David Rosenthal • Daniel Rossetti • Norman Rossinow • Nicholas P. Rossomando • Michael Craig Rothberg • Donna Marie Rothenberg • Nick Rowe • Timothy A. Roy • Paul G. Ruback • Ronald J. Ruben • Joanne Rubino • David Michael Ruddle • Bart Joseph Ruggiere • Susan Ann Ruggiero • Adam K. Ruhalter • Gilbert Ruiz • Stephen P. Russell • Steven Harris Russin • Michael Thomas Russo • Wayne Alan Russo • Edward Ryan • John J. Ryan • Jonathan Stephan Ryan • Matthew Lancelot Ryan • Tatiana Ryjova • Christina Sunga Ryook

Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks

The Pentagon

Craig Amundson • Melissa Rose Barnes • Max J. Beilke • Kris Romeo Bishundat • Carrie R. Blagburn • Canfield D. Boone • Diana Borrero de Padro • Donna Bowen • Allen P. Boyle • Christopher Lee Burford • Daniel Martin Caballero • Jose Orlando Calderon-Olmedo • Angelene C. Carter • Sharon A. Carver • John J. Chada • Rosa Maria (Rosemary) Chapa • Julian T. Cooper • Eric A. Cranford • Ada M. Davis • Gerald Francis DeConto • Jerry Don Dickerson • Johnnie Doctor • Robert Edward Dolan • William Howard Donovan • Patrick Dunn • Edward Thomas Earhart • Robert Randolph Elseth • Jamie Lynn Fallon • Amelia V. Fields • Gerald P. Fisher • Matthew Michael Flocco • Sandra N. Foster • Lawrence Daniel Getzfred • Cortez Ghee • Brenda C. Gibson • Ron F. Golinski • Diane M. Hale-McKinzy • Carolyn B. Halmon • Sheila M. S. Hein • Ronald John Hemenway • Wallace Cole Hogan • Jimmie Ira Holley • Angela M. Houtz • Brady K. Howell • Peggie M. Hurt • Stephen Neil Hyland • Robert J. Hymel • Lacey B. Ivory • Dennis M. Johnson • Judith L. Jones • Brenda Kegler • Michael Scott Lamana • David W. Laychak • Samantha L. Lightbourn-Allen • Stephen V. Long • James T. Lynch • Terence M. Lynch • Nehamon Lyons • Shelley A. Marshall • Teresa M. Martin • Ada L. Mason-Acker • Dean E. Mattson • Timothy J. Maude • Robert J. Maxwell • Molly L. McKenzie • Patricia E. (Patti) Mickley • Ronald D. Milam • Gerard (Jerry) P. Moran • Odessa V. Morris • Brian Anthony Moss • Teddington H. Moy • Patrick Jude Murphy • Khang Ngoc Nguyen • Michael Allen Noeth • Chin Sun Pak • Jonas Martin Panik • Clifford L. Patterson • Darin Howard Pontell • Scott Powell • Jack D. Punches • Joseph John Pycior • Deborah A. Ramsaur • Rhonda Sue Rasmussen • Marsha Dianah Ratchford • Martha M. Reszke • Cecelia E. Richard • Edward V. Rowenhorst • Judy Rowlett • Robert E. Russell • William R. Ruth • Charles E. Sabin • Marjorie C. Salamone • David M. Scales • Robert Allan Schlegel • Janice M. Scott • Michael L. Selves • Marian H. Serva • Dan Frederic Shanower • Antionette M. Sherman • Donald D. Simmons • Cheryle D. Sincock • Gregg Harold Smallwood • Gary F. Smith • Patricia J. Statz • Edna L. Stephens • Larry L. Strickland • Kip P. Taylor • Sandra C. Taylor • Karl W. Teepe • Tamara C. Thurman • Otis Vincent Tolbert • Willie Q. Troy • Ronald James Vauk • Karen J. Wagner • Meta L. Waller • Maudlyn A. White • Sandra L. White • Ernest M. Willcher • David Lucian Williams • Dwayne Williams • Marvin R. Woods • Kevin Wayne Yokum • Donald McArthur Young • Edmond G. Young • Lisa L. Young

Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 77

Paul W. Ambrose • Yeneneh Betru • Mary Jane (MJ) Booth • Bernard Curtis Brown • Charles F. Burlingame • Suzanne M. Calley • William E. Caswell • David M. Charlebois • Sara M. Clark • Asia S. Cottom • James Daniel Debeuneure • Rodney Dickens • Eddie A. Dillard • Charles A. Droz • Barbara G. Edwards • Charles S. Falkenberg • Dana Falkenberg • Zoe Falkenberg • James Joseph Ferguson • Darlene E. Flagg • Wilson F. Flagg • Richard P. Gabriel • Ian J. Gray • Stanley R. Hall • Michele M. Heidenberger • Bryan C. Jack • Steven D. Jacoby • Ann C. Judge • Chandler R. Keller • Yvonne E. Kennedy • Norma Cruz Khan • Karen Ann Kincaid • Dong Chul Lee • Jennifer Lewis • Kenneth E. Lewis • Renee A. May • Dora Marie Menchaca • Christopher C. Newton • Barbara K. Olson • Ruben S. Ornedo • Robert Penninger • Robert R. Ploger • Zandra F. Ploger • Lisa J. Raines • Todd H. Reuben • John P. Sammartino • Diane M. Simmons • George W. Simmons • Mari-Rae Sopper • Robert Speisman • Norma Lang Steuerle • Hilda E. Taylor • Leonard E. Taylor • Sandra D. Teague • Leslie A. Whittington • John D. Yamnicky • Vicki C. Yancey • Shuyin Yang • Yuguang Zheng

Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks

UNITED FLIGHT 93

Christian Adams • Lorraine G. Bay • Todd Beamer • Alan Beaven • Mark K. Bingham • Deora Frances Bodley • Sandra W. Bradshaw • Marion Britton • Thomas E. Burnett • William Joseph Cashman • Georgine Rose Corrigan • Patricia Cushing • Jason Dahl • Joseph Deluca • Patrick Joseph Driscoll • Edward P. Felt • Jane C. Folger • Colleen Laura Fraser • Andrew Garcia • Jeremy Glick • Lauren Grandcolas • Wanda Anita Green • Donald F. Greene • Linda Gronlund • Richard Jerry Guadagno • LeRoy Wilton Homer • Toshiya Kuge • CeeCee Lyles • Hilda Marcin • Waleska Martinez Rivera • Nicole Miller • Louis J. Nacke • Donald Arthur Peterson • Jean Hoadley Peterson • Mark Rothenberg • Christine Anne Snyder • John Talignani • Honor Elizabeth Wainio • Deborah Welsh • Olga Kristin Gould White

Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks

UNITED FLIGHT 175

Alona Avraham • Garnet Edward (Ace) Bailey • Mark Lawrence Bavis • Graham Andrew Berkeley • Touri Bolourchi • Klaus Bothe • Daniel R. Brandhorst • David Reed Gamboa Brandhorst • John Brett Cahill • Christoffer Mikael Carstanjen • John (Jay) J. Corcoran • Ana Gloria Pocasangre de Barrera • Dorothy Alma DeAraujo • Robert John Fangman • Lisa Frost • Ronald Gamboa • Lynn Catherine Goodchild • Peter Morgan Goodrich • Douglas A. Gowell • Francis E. Grogan • Carl Max Hammond • Christine Lee Hanson • Peter Hanson • Gerald F. Hardacre • Eric Samadikan Hartono • James E. Hayden • Herbert W. Homer • Michael R. Horrocks • Robert Adrien Jalbert • Amy N. Jarret • Ralph Francis Kershaw • Sue Jue Kim-Hanson • Heinrich Kimmig • Amy R. King • Brian Kinney • Kathryn L. LaBorie • Robert George LeBlanc • Maclovio Lopez • Marianne MacFarlane • Alfred Gilles Padre Joseph Marchand • Louis Neil Mariani • Juliana Valentine McCourt • Ruth Magdaline McCourt • Wolfgang Peter Menzel • Shawn M. Nassaney • Marie Pappalardo • Patrick J. Quigley • Frederick Charles Rimmele • James M. Roux • Jesus Sanchez • Victor J. Saracini • Mary Kathleen Shearer • Robert Michael Shearer • Jane Louise Simpkin • Brian D. Sweeney • Michael C. Tarrou • Alicia Nicole Titus • Timothy Ray Ward • William M. Weems

Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 11

Anna Williams Allison • David Lawrence Angell • Lynn Edwards Angell • Seima Aoyama • Barbara Jean Ares Tegui • Myra Joy Aronson • Christine Barbuto • Carolyn Mayer Beug • Kelly Ann Booms • Carol Marie Bouchard • Neilie Anne Heffernan Casey • Jeffrey Dwayne Collman • Jeffrey W. Coombs • Tara Kathleen Creamer • Thelma Cuccinello • Patrick Currivan • Brian P. Dale • David DiMeglio • Donald Americo DiTullio • Alberto Dominguez • Paige Farley-Hackel • Alexander Milan Filipov • Carol Flyzik • Paul Friedman • Karleton D.B. Fyfe • Peter Alan Gay • Linda M. George • Edmund Glazer • Lisa Reinhart Fenn Gordenstein • Andrew Peter Charles Curry Green • Peter Paul Hashem • Robert Jay Hayes • Edward (Ted) R. Hennessy • John A. Hofer • Cora Hidalgo Holland • John Nicholas Humber • Waleed Iskandar • John Charles Jenkins • Charles Edward Jones • Robin Kaplan • Barbara Keating • David Kovalcin • Judy Larocque • Natalie Janis Lasden • Daniel John Lee • Daniel C. Lewin • Sara Elizabeth Low • Susan A. MacKay • Karen A. Martin • Thomas F. McGuinness • Christopher D. Mello • Jeffrey Peter Mladenik • Antonio Jesus Montoya Valdes • Carlos Alberto Montoya • Laura Lee Morabito • Mildred Naiman • Laurie Ann Neira • Renee Lucille Newell • Kathleen Ann Nicosia • Jacqueline J. Norton • Robert Grant Norton • John Ogonowski • Betty Ann Ong • Jane M. Orth • Thomas Nicholas Pecorelli • Berinthia Berenson Perkins • Sonia Morales Puopolo • David E. Retik • Jean Destrehan Roger • Philip M. Rosenzweig • Richard Barry Ross • Jessica Leigh Sachs • Rahma Salie • Heather Lee Smith • Dianne Bullis Snyder • Douglas J. Stone • Xavier Suarez • Madeline Amy Sweeney • Michael Theodoridis • James Anthony Trentini • Mary Barbara Trentini • Pendyala Vamsikrishna • Mary Alice Wahlstrom • Kenneth E. Waldie • John Wenckus • Candace Lee Williams • Christopher Rudolph Zarba