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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (7302)	7/14/2004 2:15:40 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 20039

911 Victim Daniel Lewin Said Identified 7-13-4 July 11, 2004 -- The latest World Trade Center victim to be identified is Daniel Lewin, an Israeli soldier who became a Massachusetts computer tycoon. The married father of two kids was reportedly the first 9/11 casualty. A passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11 " the first of two hijacked planes to crash into the Twin Towers " Lewin is believed to have been the businessman stabbed to death by terrorists. And friends believe the 31-year-old Lewin " on his way from Boston to Los Angeles for an Internet conference " died while fighting back against the terrorists. Reached at their Jerusalem home last night, Lewin's parents confirmed their son's remains have been identified. "A couple of days ago we were informed about it," said his mom, Peggy. Lewin was born in Denver, but his family moved to Israel when he was a teen. Lewin went on to become a captain in the Israeli Defense Forces and an anti-terrorism expert. After the military, Lewin attended the Technion, Israel's top technology university. In 1996 the devout Jew returned to the United States to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Two years later, Lewin co-founded Akamai Technologies Inc., which produces technology designed to facilitate online content delivery. At age 29, he had a net worth of more than $3.2 billion