My 9/11 post – My friend Tom Knox – same post I’ve put up for 21 years

Like for most people today is a sorrowful day. Below is a posting I first put up in 2006. Tommy should be 55. The comments on his Legacy Tribute page are 100+ pages. 

I knew seven people killed on 9/11. But I only knew one of them real well.

I knew Tom Knox (“Tommy”) because I coached him for five years at the North Jersey Rugby Club. He was a great kid. Funny, quick witted, really sparkling personality. The sort of fellow you enjoy hanging around with; you’re glad he’s your friend.

He was an intense rugby player and wonderfully coachable guy.

  Tom was married to Nancy for less than a year. He was thirty years old. The youngest of six children. He worked at Cantor Fitzgerald. No trace of him has been found. 1,000 people attended his funeral Mass. It is still painful to even write about this.

If you have time, go here  Guest Book – Thomas Patrick Knox and read some of the 21 pages of tributes Tommy’s friends wrote.

2 thoughts on “My 9/11 post – My friend Tom Knox – same post I’ve put up for 21 years”

  1. Don’t stop posting each year, always keep it going. It’s good to know Tom Knox through this post and it’s connection to his guest-book comments.

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