I Remember Frank B. Reisman
Frank B. Reisman, 41, Princeton, N.J., is one of 2,996 victims of 9/11 who are being remembered by the blogosphere this upcoming anniversary of that horrific day in our history. Frank worked for Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center. I’ve read pieces about him on the internet, and one of the sweetest just referred to him as the “Perfect Daddy.” I didn’t know him, but just from what I’ve gleaned so far, I think he would have been a teriffic friend to have. This is what I learned.
When Frank Reisman was single, mountain climbing was his passion. The summer after the end of college, he hiked the Appalachian Trail alone from Maine to Pennsylvania, picking up dry food that his parents, George and Evie, mailed to him at post offices along the way.
After Mr. Reisman married, family was his focus. Every evening around 6:15 he returned home, where his wife, Gayle, and their two children, Kasey and Dillon, always waited for him to have dinner.
Living in Princeton, N.J., and working at Cantor Fitzgerald on the equities desk, Mr. Reisman, 41, was the perfect suburban daddy, his wife said. He coached Kasey’s softball team and took Dillon to golf on the weekends. He taught them how to download music from the Internet and ferret out useful information. Because he left home before the children got up for school, he always sent them online messages from work.
On the morning of the attack, he phoned his wife, who happened to be out jogging. He reached his mom. “He said: `I’ll be fine. Don’t panic, Mom. I love you,’ ” Evie Reisman said, as tears welled up in her eyes.
Gayle was a lucky woman, and I’m sure Evie was a proud mother. God bless him and all of his family, as well as the other thousands who perished on that fateful day.
On September 11, 2006, 2,996 volunteer bloggers
will join together for a tribute to the victims of 9/11.
Each person will pay tribute to a single victim.
We will honor them by remembering their lives,
and not by remembering their murderers.
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Thank you for sharing this post about “the perfect daddy”. Wonderful tribute to an amazing man.
Please stop by my tribute post to Gilbert and leave a link and comment so that others can come here to read.
I've heard people blindly advocate that we are fighting terrorism in the Mid East to protect our precious resource of oil. How sad that they can only see the loss of oil as the motivation.
No. The millions of Americans like Frank Reisman are the precious resource we are fighting to protect. They are irreplaceable.
God bless the victimized families of the 9/11 attack and of terrorist attacks being perpetrated worldwide.
Thank you for sharing this post about “the perfect daddy”. Wonderful tribute to an amazing man.
Please stop by my tribute post to Gilbert and leave a link and comment so that others can come here to read.
I’ve heard people blindly advocate that we are fighting terrorism in the Mid East to protect our precious resource of oil. How sad that they can only see the loss of oil as the motivation.
No. The millions of Americans like Frank Reisman are the precious resource we are fighting to protect. They are irreplaceable.
God bless the victimized families of the 9/11 attack and of terrorist attacks being perpetrated worldwide.
That was a really beautiful tribute! Thanks for stopping by my tribute to Marjorie C. Salamone.
That was a really beautiful tribute! Thanks for stopping by my tribute to Marjorie C. Salamone.
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I was deployed to Kuwait when 9/11 happened. I reported to work and watched the first tower struck on the news. We were shocked, but confused on what happened. It really struck home and all doubts left when the second tower was hit. We knew that A…
Remembering 911…
I was deployed to Kuwait when 9/11 happened. I reported to work and watched the first tower struck on the news. We were shocked, but confused on what happened. It really struck home and all doubts left when the second tower was hit. We knew that A…
May God bless the families of all those lost on that fateful day. I hope they are doing well and moving on with their lives. After having watched the 9/11 movie, I can only imagine how angry they must be. I know I am.
May God bless the families of all those lost on that fateful day. I hope they are doing well and moving on with their lives. After having watched the 9/11 movie, I can only imagine how angry they must be. I know I am.