Joshua Vitale (from the Sunday NYT)
Joshua Vitale and his soulmate had been best friends since they were seventh graders in Syosset, Long Island. Two years ago, Mr. Vitale made a confession as they left the movies. "He said he'd been in love with me for many years, and that if he didn't tell me now he would always regret it," she remembers. "I was so blown away I didn't talk to him for three months."
When the dust settled the couple's life quickly fell into place. They got engaged and moved in together, and Josh, who had been a wanderer, a party animal and a bit of a lost soul for much of his 20's, got a job on Cantor Fitzgerald's trading desk.
"Once we were together it was like we were shooting for the stars," his fiancee said. "We were so happy."
On September 9th, the couple tried to get tickets to the U.S. Open tennis tournament, without success. "Josh said: 'Forget the Open. Why don't we go to the zoo?' " she recalls. The couple wound up communing with the gorillas at the Bronx Zoo that afternoon until Mr. Vitale, his wandering instincts intact, found a path where they had a picnic together.
"There was nothing left unsaid between us," Ina, his fiancee, noted. "He knew how much I loved him, and I will always know how much he loved me." |
