Thursday, September 13, 2001 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
Snapshots of some victims
Some details of several killed in terrorist acts Tuesday:
Terry Lynch was a consultant for the New York consulting firm Booz- Allen & Hamilton and a former longtime staff member for Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. He was attending a meeting at the Pentagon when American Flight 77 smashed into the building.
Robert Speisman, 47, of Irvington, N.Y., was an executive vice president of Lazare Kaplan, an international jewelry firm. His father-in-law and business associate is Maurice Tempelsman, longtime companion of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Speisman was on American Airlines Flight 77 on a business trip. He had a wife and three daughters.
Sonia Morales Puopolo, 58, of Boston, a former ballet dancer, was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 on her way to visit her son in Los Angeles. Puopolo split her time between Miami and Boston, where her husband, Dominic, is a financier.
James E. Hayden, 47, Westford, Mass., was chief financial officer of Netegrity, an Internet-security company. He was a passenger aboard United Airlines 175. He had a wife, Gail, and two teenage children.
Berry Berenson, 53, of Los Angeles, was an actress and photographer who appeared in such movies as "Cat People," "Winter Kills" and "Remember My Name." She was the widow of actor Anthony Perkins, who died in 1992, and sister of actress Marisa Berenson. She was on American Airlines Flight 11, returning home from a Cape Cod, Mass., vacation. Berenson is survived by two grown sons.
Alan Beaven, 48, was aboard United Airlines Flight 93. Born in New Zealand, Beaven had a diverse legal career on four continents. In England, he was a law professor at Kings College, a private defense attorney and a lead prosecutor for Scotland Yard. He left a wife, Kimi, and three children.
Barbara Olson, 45, the wife of U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson, was aboard American Flight 77. She was a chief investigator for the House Government Reform Committee in the mid-1990s and worked for Senate Minority Whip Don Nickles before branching out as a TV commentator and private lawyer.
Daniel Lewin, 31, co-founder of Akamai Technologies in Cambridge, Mass., was on American Flight 11. Lewin was the company's chief technology officer and a board member. He is survived by his wife and two sons. Lewin became an instant billionaire — at least on paper — in October 1999 when Akamai made its Wall Street debut.
John Ogonowski, 52, of Dracut, Mass., was the captain on American Flight 11. A former Air Force pilot, Ogonowski had just celebrated his birthday. He left a wife and three daughters.
Jason Dahl, of Denver, was the captain of United Airlines Flight 93. Dahl had a lifelong interest in flying, said his aunt, Maxine Atkinson, of Waterloo, Iowa.
Edmund Glazer, 41, of Chatsworth, Calif., was chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration of MRV Communications, a manufacturer of optical-network components and systems. He was aboard American Airlines Flight 11. A native of Zambia born to South African parents, Glazer immigrated to the United States when he was 17. He is survived by his wife and son.
Tom McGuinness, of Portsmouth, N.H., was co-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11. Rick DeKoven, administrator at his church, said McGuinness was married with two teenage children, a boy and girl.
Garent "Ace" Bailey, 53, of Lynnfield, Mass., was director of pro scouting for the Los Angeles Kings hockey team. He was aboard United Airlines Flight 175. He is survived by his wife, Katherine, and son, Todd.
Thomas E. Burnett Jr., 37, of San Ramon, Calif., was senior vice president and chief operating officer of Thoratec, a medical research-and-development company. He was aboard United Airlines Flight 93 when the plane crashed southeast of Pittsburgh.
Michele Heidenberger, 57, of Chevy Chase, Md., was a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 77. She had worked for the airline for at least 25 years. Her husband, Tom, is a pilot for U.S. Airways. She was the mother of an 11-year-old son and college-age daughter.
Mari-Rae Sopper, the women's gymnastics coach at UC-Santa Barbara, was aboard the flight that crashed into the Pentagon.
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