WE REMEMBER JONATHAN (JC) CONNORS

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JC CONNORS

Jonathan (J.C.) Connors, 55, from Old Brookville, NY died on September 11, 2001. He was a Senior Vice President of Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center.

I never new “JC” but I do know the world is a little less full because of his loss.

The New York Times ran this on Jonathan:

" A 'Tip Top' Life: His license plate was "Tip Top," which was also one of his nicknames and his reflexive response to "How ya doing?" His other nickname -- having at least one is practically a prerequisite on Wall Street -- was "J.C.," short for Jonathan Connors, a 55-year-old senior vice president of Cantor Fitzgerald who loved to make money, wear Armani, dance the Lindy, dine at Nobu and, whenever possible, be surrounded by strong, independent, beautiful women.

His wife, Susan Connors, said he greeted her not with a peck but with a full-blown kiss. He liked to hold her hand tightly. When she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, the two dug in together to fight off the effects. "Whatever he did," she said, "it turned to gold, never silver."

Soon after the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, Mr. Connors constructed a diorama of his brush with terrorism. In a red- framed box, he displayed mementos of that day -- the soot-covered shirt and tie he wore, the cashmere scarf he used as a mask, his train ticket, the next day's front page. He mounted the box on a wall in his house. It was, his wife said, an act of catharsis, remembrance and defiance all at once.

Mrs. Connors recently took it down. "I couldn't stand to look at it," she said.

He leaves behind his wife Susan and two sons, Jonathan and James, his mother Frances, his brothers Neil and James, and his sister Judy.

You are remembered JC.

Additional Memorials from his friends and family:

http://www.legacy.com/Sept11/Story.aspx?PersonID=93778

http://inmemoriamonline.net/Profiles/Folders/C_Folder/Connors_Jonathan.html

http://www.9-11heroes.us/v/Jonathan_Connors.php

http://www.legacy.com/gb2/default.aspx?bookID=93778

http://terroristattack.com/messages.php?id=536