Francis Joseph Trombino, 68, Clifton, N.J., USA
security guard, Brinks
Confirmed dead, World Trade Center, at/in building
Joe, don't let the parole of this White, Communist Terrorist interrupt your just-deserved eternal rest. Her parole epitomizes what's wrong with America. Your life epitomizes what's right.
Portrait of a Progressive Terrorist
http://www.sptimes.com/News/091601/Worldandnation/96_hours.shtml
9:10 A.M. -- Joe Trombino, a Brinks guard, called his dispatcher from the basement of the north tower. He could see water leaking into the basement. "Something's happening," he said. "What should I do?"
Though he was just 100 feet from an exit, Trombino, 68, decided to stay with the truck and its cargo of securities.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/terrorists/brinks/4.html?sect=22
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At approximately 3:55 p.m., Paige, a 24-year Brink’s veteran and his partner, Joe Trombino, 48, exited the doors to the Mall rolling out the moneybags on a hand truck. They walked over to the Brink’s truck and began to load up the bags onto the rear deck. Simultaneously, the red van pulled up and the rear doors swung open. One of the suspects, armed with a shotgun, ran to the front of the truck and immediately fired two blasts directly at the bulletproof windshield. The guard in the front seat ducked just in time and was unhurt.
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Another suspect, wearing a ski mask, opened up with his M-16 automatic rifle before his feet even hit the pavement, striking Paige in the neck, arm and chest. He was killed instantly. Joe Trombino fired just one shot before he was hit several times in his upper arm and shoulder. The bullets all but severed his arm off his shoulder. “I’ve got no arm!” he screamed. But Trombino would survive that day, only to perish years later in another terrorist attack at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. |
Missing Brinks Guard Dodged Death at WTC Before
Edward C. Murphy, 42, Clifton, N.J., USA
managing director, Cantor Fitzgerald
Confirmed dead, World Trade Center, at/in building
Past Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus
Damian Meehan, 32, Glen Rock, N.J., USA
trader, Carr Futures
Confirmed dead, World Trade Center, at/in building
Damian, your brothers and their friends from NYC were the greatest at summer camp. I'll never forget the good times we had. They truly miss you, RIP
John Patrick Salamone, 37, North Caldwell, N.J., USA
broker, Cantor Fitzgerald
Confirmed dead, World Trade Center, at/in building
I know your family misses you.