Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Of Butterflies and Other Pursuits

 
Jeffrey Goldflam
Photo Credit:  cantorfamilies.com


Jeffrey Goldblam, 48 years old, died on September 11, 2001, at the North Tower of the World Trade Center.  He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Cantor Fitzgerald.  He was at his office at 8:46 am when American Airlines Flight 11 was flown into the North Tower by the murderous cowards who had hijacked it after it had departed Boston's Logan Airport.  

He and his wife, Rise, were high school sweethearts.  They had been married for twenty-five years at the time of his death.  He and Rise were the proud parents of two children, Josh and Ashley, who were twenty-two and sixteen when he was killed.  

Ashley is married now and Ashley Bisman has written one of the bravest books I have ever had the privilege to read.  Chasing Butterflies: The True Story of a Daughter of 9/11 is simply extraordinary.  I cannot recommend it enough.  




-AK



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