SOUTHLAND WOUNDS STILL DEEP AREA'S BEST, BRIGHTEST AMONG THOSE LOST, SORELY MISSED.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer A Burbank doctor coming back from Ethiopia, where he was setting up a clinic. The eldest son of a Glendale family who worked as an international bond trader. An Amgen cancer researcher who had met with regulators about a new drug. A young Van Nuys man rushing home to see his second daughter born. That morning of Sept. 11, 2001, they were doing what people like them do - flying halfway across the globe, working hard at careers they loved, coming home to be with families. They're the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. They're all heroes whose vibrant lives and sudden deaths have left those behind working to try to do right by the loss. As Northridge resident May Marconet put it, recalling a comment made about her 34-year-old brother, Waleed J. Iskander: ``Wherever he was became the best place in the world to be.'' Dozens of families across Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. lost loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl in the terrorist attacks on the East Coast - the Greater Los Angeles Red Cross alone assisted 33 local families in making funeral arrangements - living out their grief 3,000 miles from ground zero. Some had relatives working in the World Trade Center, others lost friends aboard the planes that were hijacked by terrorists - three of which were bound for L.A. Here under the West Coast's sunny skies, they try to get on with life under less watchful eyes - some even wonder aloud if there are other families like theirs in the L.A. area that have lost loved ones. ``What people don't realize is there were over 100 people in the state of California lost. ... What happened to them?'' said Eagle Rock community activist Maureen Blatt, who organized a fund-raiser for the family of fellow Eagle Rock resident and Boeing engineer Ruben Ornedo. He was on American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon. Blessed lives Memories of the victims' lives and pursuits spill over Verb 1. spill over - overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger" bubble over, overflow seethe, boil - be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger" 2. from loved ones, who woke up that bright morning to find their children, siblings, colleagues and spouses had vanished in an unbelievable moment. One life seems as blessed as the next. There was Ornedo - Ornedo the Tornado, as his peers at Boeing called the lead engineer - who was widely respected for his diligence and quick action, and his colleague, Chandler ``Chad'' Keller, a can-do project manager who had been married just over a year. Dr. Yeneneh Betru's colleagues in Burbank are fulfilling the internist's dream of opening a kidney dialysis Dialysis, Kidney Definition Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys, which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. clinic in his native Ethiopia, raising $300,000 for the cause, a colleague said. Van Nuys resident Daniel Lee Daniel Lee is a name shared by several notable individuals:
Noun a street in a town far from the main roads Adjective denoting secret or illegal activities: a backstreet abortion backstreet n Boys who had always loved music and being with the bands, died on American Airlines Flight 11 - a trip that was supposed to bring him home for the birth of his second daughter, Allison Danielle. His wife, Kellie Lee, writes a letter to him at the end of each day, telling him about the kids - Allison will have her first birthday on Friday - and asking her intensely personal husband not to be upset at her for telling the world about their life. ``Every night I pray I beg; I request; I entreat you; - used in asking a question, making a request, introducing a petition, etc.; as, Pray, allow me to go s>. See also: Pray or talk to him in my head: Forgive me, I have to do this,'' said Kellie, who has since moved home to Pennsylvania. Carlton Valvo, who graduated from St. Francis High School in Glendale - his father remains a prominent doctor there - worked as a trader at Cantor Fitzgerald Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. is a global financial services firm specializing in bond trading, as well as investment banking, asset management, market data and brokerage services. , which lost hundreds of employees in the collapse of the WTC WTC World Trade Center, see there . His younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . This summer she came to California on vacation. Brandon Valvo, a Los Angeles immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. attorney, has also taken a more activist role in his profession to ensure legal immigrants' rights are upheld as the country fights terrorism. ``It's changed me many different ways. ... It's made me angry in a positive way,'' said the younger Valvo, who is also married and hoping to start a family of his own. ``I've kind of become motivated to get involved and make things better.'' Dora Menchaca's fellow scientists at Amgen in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. now dedicate their cancer drug research to her, continuing the work of the charismatic team leader who took an early flight home to be with her family in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. following a meeting in Washington, D.C. with FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. regulators. Colleague Mary Ann Foote said 2,000 mourners arrived at Amgen the Sunday after the attacks to pay tribute to Menchaca, who also was on Flight 77, and who had worked tirelessly with doctors across the globe who were using the company's breakthrough drugs. ``When she died, we started getting letters from all over the world, phone calls, people just remembered what a good, good person she was,'' said Foote. Menchaca was known for nurturing - she had a boy who had just started kindergarten and a college-age daughter - and routinely visited schools as a Latina scientist telling youngsters to get their goals, the company said. ``I only just wish that the whole world could have known about Dora, a lovely, lovely person,'' said her friend. ``The whole world should know this light has been diminished.'' Waleed Iskander, a graduate of Stanford and Harvard universities, was en route from his London home to visit his parents in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. before dashing off to a friend's wedding in Hawaii. His family continues to celebrate the life of the energetic young man who worked at an international company with offices across the globe and had planned to get married in July. They held a blood drive on his 35th birthday last month at Our Lady of Lourdes The apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes began when Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year old peasant girl from Lourdes, when questioned by her mother, admitted that she had seen a "lady" in the cave of Massabielle, about a mile from the town, on 11 February, 1858, while she was gathering Church in Northridge, where a Mass said in his honor was closed with the congregation singing ``Happy Birthday.'' ``He was just an extremely passionate and caring person, who just enjoyed life every single day,'' said his sister. ``That inspires us as his family. (Others) just get inspired by how he lived his life. That's really comforting to us, that he can still continue to touch people to this day.'' Westlake Village resident David Uman's 33-year-old son, Jonathan, worked for a Cantor Fitzgerald subsidiary in the WTC's north tower, a ``tall good looking kid, very bright'' with a finance degree and experience at top firms. Uman lived with his a wife and two children in upscale Westport, Conn. - ``he was living out the American dream American dream also American Dream n. An American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire: ,'' his father said. David Uman points to letter after letter posted on a memorial Web site from friends and family who admired the son he had always thought he would have more time to know - the two hadn't spent much time together since David and his wife divorced in the '70s, he said. ``We have a responsibility to make sure this doesn't happen again,'' said David Uman, who does little to hide his anger at the government and citizens he says have learned little from that tragic day. ``I'm still flying a flag on my car - I don't see that any more,'' he said. For his part, he's had a plaque for his son placed at Forest Lawn Forest Lawn is the name of a number of different places:
``My responsibility is to make sure we honor him.'' Pain outside Valley area, too Other victims from around Los Angeles included David Angell, the producer and co-creator of NBC's ``Frasier,'' and his wife, Lynn; actress Berry Berenson, widow of actor Anthony Perkins; Garnet ``Ace'' Bailey and Mark Bavis, scouts for the Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). ; PriceWaterhouse lawyer Daniel Brandhorst, his partner Brandon Gamboa, and their adopted 3-year-old son, David Brandhorst; Touri Bolourchi of Beverly Hills, a retired nurse; executive Edmund Glazer of Chatsworth-based MRV-Communications, Inc.; Thomas Pecorelli, a cameraman for Fox Sports and E! Entertainment television. ``It's just like so many powerful people,'' said Foote, the Amgen scientist. ``You have to wonder if there was some kind of divine reason, to wake us up (that) we shouldn't be such spiritual and moral slobs... You only hope that could be the outcome of something as horrific as 3,000 people to die in one day.'' CAPTION(S): 9 photos, box Photo: (1) Smoke poured from the World Trade Center just before the two towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001. Steffen Kaplan/The New York Times (2 -- 3) Brandon Valvo holds a flier of his brother Carlton, left, who worked as a trader at Cantor Fitzgerald and was killed in the World Trade Center. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer (4) Ruben Ornedo (5) Dr. Yeneneh Betru (6) Dora Menchaca (7) Daniel Lee (8) Waleed J. Iskander (9) Chandler ``Chad'' Keller Box: THE VICTIMS |
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