09.13.06
Posted in 2996, Kuo, Ryan at 12:50 am by kleung
by Ryan, age 10
Frederick Kuo Jr. was proud of working on the ninety-first floor of the World Trade Center. He went through company growth, name changes and the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing.
Most of all Frederick liked the view. One day he was so proud he brought his wife, Tersita, and took her over to the window and showed her the Hudson River, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. He was so proud.
Before his move, though, he had some important work to complete. Kuo, who had special knowledge of power plants, was scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia on September 8 but the electric-plant work he was to oversee was postponed.
Frederick Kuo called his wife and talked to her and said: “A plane just hit tower one. I saw a few people fall from building #1. Number two is on fire.” He stopped for a few seconds. “Oh my God, gotta go!” All she heard was glass shattering and the phone connection was lost.
Her husband, a highly devout man, chairman of the board of elders at the Community Church of Great Neck and avid tennis player was among the lost.
Tersita said: “He is half Chinese, half Filipino but all-American because he was born here.”
We Will Never Forget About You, Frederick Kuo.
RIGHT CLICK here and
SAVE AS to your computer,
and then
OPEN after the download completes
to see Ryan sign “I will remember you.”
Mom’s note: We’re working on downloading and installing the plug-ins that will allow us to embed the video onto this post. However, the WordPress plug-ins we’ve looked at all had invalid links. Keep checking back with us to see if we’ve made progress.
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- Tags: Frederick Kuo JR, father, husband, architect, 9-11, 5th anniversary, memorial, tribute, remember,
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Posted in 2996, Nazario, Zach at 12:37 am by kleung
A Tribute by Zach, age 10
Francis Nazario was only 28 on September 11 when the World Trade Center was attacked.
He and his wife, Julieanne, married in April 1998. They were only married three years, but had been together since he was 16 and she, 14. Only 8 months before he died, they welcomed their daughter, Lena, into the world. They had planned on having four children.
Their dream was to move to New Jersey for a quieter life.
His ten-year-old niece, Cristina Deleto, remembers how he would come to her softball and basketball games.
Francis Nazario, we will never forget you.
- Tags: Francis Nazario, tribute, memorial, September 11, 9-11, Julieanne, Lena, Mary Beth Deleto, Cantor Fitzgerald, 2996, DCRoe, Dale Roe,
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09.11.06
Posted in 2996, Kuo, Mom's Thoughts, Nazario, Ryan, Zach at 1:22 am by kleung
Mom here.
After the boys diligently wrote their tributes and we managed to get them onto the site, there were some discussions about what they learned for we feared they became so overwhelmed with the project, they missed the point.
Thankfully, the point got lost, but they didn’t miss it. Here are some things they wanted me to make certain you know about Frederick Kuo, Jr. and Francis Nazario:
Zach [on Francis Nazario]: He liked to jet ski. I’d like to be able to jet ski and maybe that can happen soon. It would have been neat to have talked to Francis about jet skiing especially because he seemed to be well liked by his niece because he seemed to take the time with her. When we went tubing this year, our first time ever, it was a lot of fun. Kind of like what I think jet skiing might be like. Maybe he would be the kind of uncle our uncle is, having fun pulling us behind the boat. It makes me sad to think he has a daughter and a niece who can’t have the same fun we had.
Ryan [on Frederick Kuo, Jr.]: All of us were really surprised to have gotten an email [Mom’s note: it was actually a comment left on a previous post] from Mr. Kuo’s son, Michael. He shared a nice story with us about how he didn’t realize until after his father died and friends of his father shared their stories with everyone, just how much work his dad did and how important the work was. Michael never saw his dad that way because when he was with his dad, his dad was very much focused on him and whatever they were doing. Since then, Michael has learned how important it is to focus on what’s important. It’s a lesson he tries to keep in his life all the time. I know what Michael means because it’s much the same way with my own dad. He works for the fire department, which is really cool. But when he’s home, he spends time teaching me how to golf, helping me get better playing baseball and recently, he’s given me some tips on how to play football which will help at try-outs later this week. I know not many kids have dads who spend a lot of time with them, but I didn’t realize how important it was to have someone who could be like Mr. Kuo, Jr. was for Michael. Not only did he learn an important lesson, but sharing it with me allows me to learn too. Thanks, Michael!
Zach [on Francis Nazario]: I don’t know about this soul mate stuff, but I do know about having someone you care very much about in your life. It makes me very sad to know that the special person Julie had in her life, Francis, is no longer here. I hope that their daughter, Lena, is of comfort. She is very special to have two parents who loved her so much and loved each other, too.
Ryan [on Frederick Kuo, Jr. and 9/11]: So much has changed since that day. I wish it never had to have happened and I’ll bet the Kuo family feels the same way. It’s hard to hear this story because I can’t help but think of how I’d feel if something like that happened to someone I knew, like Mom or Dad.
Zach [on 9/11 and the victims]: Yeah, I know. (agreeing with Ryan) It doesn’t matter if they were really young, like my guy, or old or whatever. No one should have had to have died. But I guess there is something that makes it a little easier—not that any of this is easy—and that’s to know that there are people like us out there five years afterwards who still feel deeply enough to reach out to others. That’s a good thing, right?
Right. A very good thing.
We thank you for stopping by and reading these tributes. If you started here, please keep going and read the other tributes here honoring Frederick Kuo, Jr. and Francis Nazario. And please visit the project coordinator’s site where the remaining tributes are listed and linked: D. C. Roe’s 2,996 project (for each victim of the 9/11 tragedy: 2,996 people who have been taken from our planet).
- Tags: Francis Nazario, Frederick Kuo Jr., D.C.Roe, 2996 project, 9/11 tribute, memorial, memorium, we will not forget you, reflections, Michael Kuo, Julie Nazario, Lena Nazario, families,
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09.09.06
Posted in 2996, Kuo, Mom's Thoughts, Nazario, Ryan, Tech Probs, Zach at 8:58 am by kleung
Edited: Please note this post has been “moved” down by editing the time stamp.
Our sincerest apologies. Murphy’s laws are ever present and the site has been going through some database difficulties. Please bear with us. If you’d like to comment about the 9/11 tributes, please do so by going to http://ejourn.net/journal/ and leave a comment under Juan Salas’ tribute or one of the posts regarding the 2,996 project. We do urge you to leave comments as we’ve found families and friends of those we’ve lost have been visiting to read tributes. Also, the boys could really use some encouragement. This was by far a more grueling experience for them as the depths of this horrible tragedy have never been felt until this project stirred those emotions for them.
Again, thank you for your patience and understanding. Hopefully our guru tech squad will have this remedied shortly.
- Tags: system problems, comments, 9/11 tributes, Kuo, Nazario, 2996 project, roe,
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09.08.06
Posted in 2996, Nazario, Writing, Zach at 7:27 pm by kleung
Like my brother, Ryan, I have been invited to pay a tribute to one of the 2,996 people who lost their lives on September 11th. The person I will be honoring is Francis Nazario who left behind his soul mate, Julieanne, and—at the time—his eight month old daughter, Lena.
This experience has been very hard for me because it was very emotional reading everyone’s experiences who had been affected directly by the terrorists. But Mom tells me we’re not to write about the terrorists, we’re to write about the lives of the innocent people. I hope my tribute will do justice to Francis as well as his wife and daughter.
Oh. And my name is Zach. I live in California too and I’m 10 years old. Yes, Ryan and I are twins.
- Tags: Francis Nazario, 9/11, September 11th, fifth annivesary, tribute, honor, Julieanne, Lena, soul mates, Cantor Fitzgerald, World Trade Center, WTC, remember
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08.30.06
Posted in 2996, Kuo, Ryan at 2:04 pm by kleung
Hi.
My name is Ryan. I’m 10 and a fifth grade student in California.
I’ve signed up to be one of the bloggers paying tribute to one of the 2,996 victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Already my mom has found a lot of information about Mr. Kuo and his family, including his son, Michael R. Kuo who headed up the Imagine New York foundation. I hope I will be able to write a tribute that will truly honor Mr. Kuo and his family.
Please visit the man who started this year’s Internet tribute, D.C. Roe and visit other blogs that have agreed to write a tribute for the other 2,995 victims.
Written by Ryan L., Edited, Proofed and Posted by K. L.
- Tags: 2996, 9/11 tribute, D.C. Roe, Frederick Kuo Junior, Michael R. Kuo, Dale Roe, honoring victims, blog, introduction
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07.30.06
Posted in 2996, Mom's Thoughts at 2:19 pm by kleung
D. C. Roe is in need of some help validating the blog sites that have been assigned one of the 2,996 Sept. 11 victims to tribute this 9/11. For more information and to sign up, please visit his blog at www.dcroe.com or click here (should take you to the exact post requesting help)
- Tags: 2996, DCRoe, 9/11 tribute, list captains, help, assistance, blog
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