William Arthur Gardner, September 11, 2001

For 18 years, William Gardner called his wife, Liz, every morning when
he got to work. Last Mother's Day, {2001} he bought her a fig tree, in
celebration of their Italian roots. It produced one little fig last
summer. She ate it a week or so after Sept. 11. It was delicious.

William was employed at Cantor Fitzgerald as a systems analyst, and his office was in the World Trade Center.

I found this short letter written by William's wife on an online tribute page;

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Liz Gardner,

Lynbrook,New York

Liz also said this, of William;

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"He made me feel like Cindy Crawford, and believe me
I'm not. I always said this is too good to be true, this
can't last. Because he was just that devoted to the three
of us. He was extremely devoted to me. I had it good, I
really did. I think that's why I go on, because we had it
so good. I want my kids to have that, too."

This post is part of Project 2,996.

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