Updated Sept. 11, 2001, 6:30 p.m. ET
Among the victims: A priest, a socialite and a pilot  
   

NEW YORK —One was an Irish priest who walked New York's streets in sandals and a plain brown robe. Another was a Puerto Rican socialite with a penthouse in Miami and a closet of designer clothes. There was the pilot whose heart lay in his 130-acre farm in rural Massachusetts. There was a television producer and an advertising saleswoman and a college professor.

All the victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks won't be named or even numbered for days if not weeks, but those already known reveal a cross-section of Americans.

Father Mychal Judge, a Franciscan Friar and one of the chaplains of the New York City Fire Department, died at the World Trade Center where he had rushed to help the wounded.

The priest lived in a friary near Manhattan's Penn Station, but he spent much of his time in the city's hospitals and fire houses. He was never one to shy away from tragedy in the city. When firefighters fell in the line of duty, Judge counseled their families and spoke at their funerals. He formed a close friendship with Steven MacDonald, a city police officer paralyzed by a teenage gunman in 1986. When TWA Flight 800 crashed off Long Island, Judge was there to comfort devastated relatives and shellshocked rescuers.

"He was the nicest guy you'd ever meet," said a stunned Fire Commissioner Thomas Van Essen.

Last year, on the fourth anniversary of the TWA crash, Judge offered words of solace to the victims' families, still struggling with grief.

"Have your memories and hold tight to your tears," he said. "Open your hearts, and let their spirit and life keep you going."

Sonia Morales Puopolo, a Democratic fundraiser and socialite, was aboard American Airlines Flight 11, a Boston-to-Los Angeles flight that crashed into the World Trade Center.

Her husband, Dominic, told the Miami Herald that his 58-year-old wife, a Puerto Rican native and one-time ballerina, was en route to the Latin Grammy Awards. The couple and their daughter, Tita, were staples of Miami's social scene.

In February 2000, she opened her penthouse to 75 guests for a $7,500-a-person champagne and dessert fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign. The same month, she and her husband attended a White House state dinner for the King of Spain.

``I feel that I've lost my soulmate,'' Dominic Puopolo told the Herald. ``Sonia and I have been married for 38 years. We loved each other very, very much. She was an inspiration to very many women in Miami. She was a giver, not a taker. She gave and gave and gave.''

The pilot of American Airlines Flight 11 was John Ogonowski, who lived with his wife and three daughters in Dracut, Mass.

Ogonowski was a former Air Force pilot who loved to fly, but he also loved the earth, specifically the rich ground of his 130-acre farm. The fourth-generation farmer was an officer in the local land trust and was frequently sought out for advice on growing crops.

"Take a good look at that, the beauty of the land around here," his brother Jim said Tuesday, standing in front of a field of waving hay. "That's John's legacy."

Among the others that perished:

Barbara Olson, a lawyer and television commentator who appeared frequently on Larry King Live, was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 to Los Angeles from Washington. Olson, 45, was the wife of Solicitor General Ted Olson and telephoned him twice during the flight, telling him that hijackers armed with box cutters and knives had commandeered the flight.

David Angell, 58, the executive producer of NBC's Frasier and a co-creator of the sitcoms Cheers and Wings, was aboard Flight 11 with his wife, Lynn. The couple was reportedly returning to Pasadena from their Massachusetts summer home where they had attended a wedding.

American Airlines Flight 11, Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into World Trade Center

CREW:

— John Ogonowski, 52, Dracut, Mass., captain

— Thomas McGuinness, 42, Portsmouth, N.H., first officer

— Barbara Arestegui, flight attendant

— Jeffrey Collman, flight attendant

— Sara Low, 28, Batesville, Ark., flight attendant

— Karen Martin, flight attendant

— Kathleen Nicosia, flight attendant

— Betty Ong, flight attendant

— Jean Roger, flight attendant

— Dianne Snyder, 42, Westport, Mass., flight attendant

— Madeline Sweeney, flight attendant

PASSENGERS:

— Anna Williams Allison, 48, Stoneham, Mass.

— David Angell, 54, Pasadena, Calif., executive producer, NBC's "Frasier"

— Lynn Angell, Pasadena, Calif.

— Seima Aoyama

— Myra Aronson

— Christine Barbuto

— Berry Berenson, 53, Los Angeles, actress and photographer

— Carolyn Beug, 48, Santa Monica, Calif.

— Carol Bouchard, 43, Warwick, R.I., Kent County Hospital emergency room secretary.

— Robin Caplin, Natick, Mass.

— Neili Casey

— Jeffrey Coombs, 42, Abington, Mass.

— Tara Creamer, 30, Worcester, Mass.

— Thelma Cucinello, 71, Wilmot, N.H.

— Patrick Currivan

— Andrew Currygreen

— Brian Dale

— David DiMeglio, Wakefield, Mass.

— Donald Ditullio

— Albert Dominguez

— Alex Filipov, 70, Concord, Mass.

— Carol Flyzik

— Paul Friedman

— Karleton D.B. Fyfe, 31, Brookline, Mass.

— Peter Gay, 54, Taunton, Mass., vice president and general manager, Raytheon Co. plant

— Linda George

— Edmund Glazer, 41, Chatsworth, Calif., chief financial officer, MRV Communications Inc.

— Paige Farley Hackel, 46, Newton, Mass.

— Peter Hashem

— Robert Hayes

— Ted Hennessey, 35, Belmont, Mass.

— John Hofer

— Cora Holland

— Nicholas Humber

— Robert Jalbert, 61, Swampscott, Mass.

— John Jenkins

— Charles Jones, 48, Bedford, Mass.

— Robin Kaplan

— Barbara Keating

— David Kovalcin

— Judy Larocque

— Jude Larson, 31, Los Angeles

— Natalie Larson, Los Angeles

— N. Janis Lasden

— Danny Lee

— Daniel C. Lewin, 31, co-founder of Akamai Technologies

— Chris Mello, 25, Boston

— Jeff Mladenik

— Antonio Montoya

— Carlos Montoya

— Laura Lee Morabito, 34, Framingham, Mass., national sales manager for Qantas Airways

— Mildred Naiman

— Laurie Neira

— Renee Newell, 37, Cranston, R.I., customer service agent at American Airlines

— Jacqueline Norton

— Robert Norton

— Jane Orth, Haverhill, Mass.

— Thomas Pecorelli

— Bernthia Perkins

— Sonia Morales Puopolo, 58, Massachusetts, former ballet dancer

— David Retik, Needham, Mass.

— Philip Rosenweig

— Richard Ross, 58, Newton, Mass.

— Heath Smith

— Douglas Stone

— Xavier Suarez

— James Trentini

— Mary Trentini

— Mary Wahlstrom, 78, Kaysville, Utah

— Kenneth Waldie

— John Wenckus

— Candace Williams

— Christopher Zarba

United Airlines Flight 175, Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into World Trade Center

CREW:

— Victor J. Saracini, 51, Lower Makefield Township, Pa., captain

— Michael Horrocks, first officer

— Robert Fangman, flight attendant

— Amy Jarret, 28, North Smithfield, R.I., flight attendant

— Amy King, flight attendant

— Kathryn Laborie, flight attendant

— Alfred Marchand, Alamogordo, N.M., flight attendant

— Michael Tarrou, flight attendant

— Alicia Titus, flight attendant

PASSENGERS:

— Alona Avraham

— Garnet "Ace" Bailey, 53, Lynnfield, Mass., director of pro scouting, Los Angeles Kings

— Mark Bavis, 31, West Newtown, Mass., Los Angeles Kings scout

— Graham Berkeley

— Klaus Bothe, 31, chief of development, BCT Technology AG, Germany

— Daniel Brandhorst

— David Brandhorst

— John Cahill, Wellesley, Mass.

— Christoffer Carstanjen

— John Corcoran

— Dorothy Dearaujo

— Gloria Debarrera

— Lisa Frost, 22, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.

— Ronald Gamboa, 33, Los Angeles

— Lynn Goodchild, 25, Attleboro, Mass.

— Francis Grogan

— Carl Hammond

— Peter Hanson, Massachusetts

— Susan Hanson, Massachusetts

— Christine Hanson, 2, Massachusetts

— Gerald Hardacre

— Eric Hartono

— James E. Hayden, 47, Westford, Mass.

— Roberta Jalbert

— Ralph Kershaw

— Heinrich Kimmig, 43, chairman of BCT Technology AG, Germany

— Brian Kinney

— Robert LeBlanc, 70, Lee, N.H., professor emeritus of geography, University of New Hampshire

— Maclovia Lopez

— Marianne MacFarlane

— Louis Neil Mariani, 59, Derry, N.H.

— Juliana Valentine McCourt, 4, Westford, Mass.

— Ruth McCourt, 24, Westford, Mass.

— Wolfgang Menzel, 60, personnel manager, BCT Technology AG, Germany

— Shawn Nassaney, 25, Pawtucket. R.I.

— Patrick Quigley

— Frederick Rimmele, Marblehead, Mass., physician

— Jesus Sanchez, 45, Hudson, Mass., off-duty flight attendant

— Kathleen Shearer

— Robert Shearer

— Jane Simpkin

— Brian D. Sweeney, 38, Barnstable, Mass.

— Timothy Ward, San Diego, Rubio's Restaurants executive

— William Weems, Marblehead, Mass., commercial producer

American Airlines Flight 77, Washington to Los Angeles, crashed into Pentagon

CREW:

— Charles Burlingame, captain

— David Charlebois, first officer

— Michele Heidenberger, Chevy Chase, Md., flight attendant

— Jennifer Lewis, flight attendant

— Kenneth Lewis, flight attendant

— Renee May, flight attendant

PASSENGERS:

— Paul Ambrose, 32, physician.

— Yemen Betru

— William Booth

— Bernard Brown

— Suzanne Calley

— William Caswell

— Sarah Clark

— Asia Cotton

— James Debeuneure

— Rodney Dickens

— Eddie Dillard

— Charles Droz

— Barbara Edwards

— Charles S. Falkenberg, 45, University Park, Md.

— Zoe Falkenberg

— Dana Falkenberg

— James Ferguson

— Bud Flagg

— Dee Flagg

— Richard Gabriel

— Ian Gray

— Stanley Hall

— Bryan Jack

— Steve Jacoby

— Ann Judge

— Chandler Keller

— Yvonne Kennedy

— Norma Khan

— Karen A. Kincaid, 40, Washington, D.C., lawyer, Wiley Rein & Fielding

— Norma Langsteuerle

— Dong Lee

— Dora Menchaca

— Christopher Newton, Long Beach, Calif.

— Barbara Olson, 45, TV commentator and lawyer

— Ruben Ornedo

— Lisa Raines

— Todd Reuben

— John Sammartino

— Diane Simmons

— George Simmons

— Mari Rae Sopper

— Robert Speisman, New York

— Leonard Taylor

— Sandra Teague

— Leslie A. Whittington, 45, University Park, Md., Georgetown University professor

— John Yamnick

— Vicki Yancey

— Shuyin Yang

— Yuguag Zheng

United Airlines Flight 93, Newark, N.J., to San Francisco, crashed in rural southwest Pennsylvania

CREW:

— Jason Dahl, Colorado, captain

— Leroy Homer, Marlton, N.J., first officer

— Lorraine Bay, flight attendant

— Sandra Bradshaw, 38, Greensboro, N.C., flight attendant

— Wanda Green, flight attendant

— CeeCee Lyles, Fort Myers, Fla., flight attendant

— Deborah Welsh, flight attendant

PASSENGERS:

— Christian Adams

— Todd Beamer

— Alan Beaven

— Mark Bingham, 31, San Francisco

— Deora Bodley

— Marion Britton

— Thomas E. Burnett Jr., 38, senior vice president and chief operating officer, Thoratec Corp.

— William Cashman

— Georgine Corrigan

— Joseph Deluca

— Patrick Driscoll

— Edward Felt

— Colleen Fraser

— Andrew Garcia

— Jeremy Glick

— Lauren Grandcolas, Marin County, Calif.

— Donald Greene

— Linda Gronlund

— Richard Guadagno

— Waleska Martinez

— Nicole Miller

— Mark Rothenberg

— Christine Snyder, 32, Kailua, Hawaii

— John Talignani

— Honor Wainio

World Trade Center:

— Ray Downey, firefighter, chief of special operations command

— William Feehan, first deputy commissioner of Fire Department

— Peter Ganci, New York Fire Department chief

— The Rev. Mychal Judge, New York Fire Department chaplain

 

 
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