Keith O'Connor, 28, Trader, Keefe Bruyette
New York, Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Keith O'Connor, 28, trader,
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc.
After a jetliner crashed into the World Trade Center's north
tower and before another struck the south tower, O'Connor talked
to his wife, Sandra, by phone. He assured her he was well, and
told her to call his parents, the Star-Ledger of Newark, New
Jersey, reported.
``I hoped and prayed that he had evacuated, that he got below
where the plane had crashed,'' his wife told the newspaper. ``Then
I prayed that he got out before the building collapsed ... I
stayed home and waited while friends and family went out looking
for him.''
O'Connor, a resident of Hoboken, New Jersey, grew up in
Hillside. The 6 foot 5 inch O'Connor played bagpipes since he was
8 years old, was a member of St. Columcille United Gaelic Pipe
Band in Kearny, New Jersey, and performed in local parades, the
Star-Ledger said.
In addition to his wife, O'Connor is survived by a 2-year-old
daughter and his parents, Frank and Susan O'Connor of
Hillside, New Jersey.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. |
