Exploring the Zoo, Sleeping With the Homeless, Wishing on a Star

The focus of [RICHARD K. FRASER]'s life was his 22-month-old son, Aidan, who suffers from neurofibromatosis, a disease that causes tumors to grow at the end of nerves. ''Aidan was the joy of his life,'' said Mr. Fraser's wife, Suzanne. ''He came home at 7 ever...

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Published inThe New York times
Main Author The sketches on this page were written by Al Baker, Alex Berenson, Celestine Bohlen, Jan Hoffman, Lynette Holloway, Charlie LeDuff, Clifford J. Levy, Andy Newman, Maria Newman and Yilu Zhao
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Times Company 02.11.2001
EditionLate Edition (East Coast)
Subjects
Airlines and Airplanes
Baker, Al
Berenson, Alex
Biographical Information
Bohlen, Celestine
Fatalities
Hijacking
Hoffman, Jan
Holloway, Lynette
Leduff, Charlie
Levy, Clifford J
Newman, Andy
Newman, Maria
Terrorism
Victims of crime
World Trade Center (NYC)
Zhao, Yilu
New York City
New York City New York
Washington (DC)
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Summary:The focus of [RICHARD K. FRASER]'s life was his 22-month-old son, Aidan, who suffers from neurofibromatosis, a disease that causes tumors to grow at the end of nerves. ''Aidan was the joy of his life,'' said Mr. Fraser's wife, Suzanne. ''He came home at 7 every day and played with Aidan. He would talk to him about the Giants, tickle him, everything.'' Aidan called Saturday Daddy's Day, because on Saturdays Mr. Fraser, 32, took Aidan out to see the big city, where he worked as a manager at Aon. The father and son went to the Central Park Zoo, the museums, the playgrounds and the public library. ''He was the kind of guy who wanted kids even when he was quite young,'' Mrs. Fraser said. The couple planned to have three more children, but they postponed conceiving the second one to the end of the year because of Aidan's illness. ''I told Aidan that Daddy was an angel,'' Mrs. Fraser said, ''and he thinks it's really cool that Daddy can fly.'' [MAURICIO GONZALEZ] had such skill on the basketball court that he earned the name Moejiggy from other players, from Greenwich Village to Harlem to his native Washington Heights, said his wife, Evan van Dommelen-Gonzalez. ''Basketball was his passion,'' Ms. van Dommelen-Gonzalez said. ''He played on every city court and everybody knew him.''
ISSN:0362-4331