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Posted on 07/12/2004 9:52:57 AM PDT by Alouette
The latest World Trade Center victim to be identified is Daniel Lewin, an Israeli soldier who became a Massachusetts computer tycoon. The married father of two kids was reportedly the first 9/11 casualty.
A passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11 — the first of two hijacked planes to crash into the Twin Towers — Lewin is believed to have been the businessman stabbed to death by terrorists.
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"Rest in Peace, Hero."
Ditto for me!
Semper Fi, Israeli bro.
Semper Fi, Israeli bro.
Lewin was born in Denver, but his family moved to Israel when he was a teen. Lewin went on to become a captain in the Israeli Defense Forces and an anti-terrorism expert.
After the military, Lewin attended the Technion, Israel's top technology university. In 1996 the devout Jew returned to the United States to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.
Two years later, Lewin co-founded Akamai Technologies Inc., which produces technology designed to facilitate online content delivery.
At age 29, he had a net worth of more than $3.2 billion.
Amen.
Thank you for the post. He was indeed a hero. We need to continue to remember those who were MURDERED on 9-11. All of them were innocent victims. WE WILL NEVER FORGET.
This can't be true. All Jews were warned to stay away from the WTC on 9/11. </ wacko jihadist>
Holy cats!
I read this yesterday and I cried all over again at the loss to the world of all those who were lost. The intellect, the humanity, their gifts to the world, the love they shared with their families and by extension all of us.
On September 11, 2001, Akamai lost Danny Lewin aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. Even as the years pass by, Danny's spirit and energy remains strong in all of us at Akamai. His vision continues to guide us as we carry on his commitment to Akamai's success.
About Danny
First and foremost, Danny was known for his brilliance. He published and presented several breakthrough papers at top computer science conferences and received several awards, including the 1998 Morris Joseph Lewin Award for Best Masterworks Thesis Presentation at MIT. His master's thesis included some of the fundamental algorithms that make up the core of Akamai's services. He was a Ph.D. candidate in the Algorithms group at MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science.
Previously, Danny worked at IBM's research laboratory in Haifa, Israel, where he was a full-time research fellow and project leader while simultaneously completing two undergraduate degrees at the Technion, Israel's premier technology university. In 1995, Technion named him the year's Outstanding Student in Computer Engineering. At IBM, he was responsible for the development and support of the company's Genesys system, a processor verification tool that is used widely within IBM and in other companies such as AMD and SGS Thompson.
On a personal note, he had a deep affinity for speed and freedom, maintaining an avid interest in motorcycles, fast cars, and skiing. Everyone who knew Danny knew a man who was always on the go, deeply driven, and incredibly competitive. He inspired everyone around him to work at their very best, never taking no for an answer, and calling anything that got in his way obstreperous, his most favorite word.
Born in Denver, Colo., and raised in Jerusalem, Danny was an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, having served in the country's military for more than four years. He received a bachelor of arts and of science, summa cum laude, from Technion and a master's degree from MIT.
Danny was 31 years old and is survived by his wife and two sons.
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Daniel Lewin
Makes one wonder if the Islamokazis on that airplane had some intel about him.
Makes me wonder if he didn't try to fight them, especially if they just had knives.
Go to the website and read all about him and what his loss has meant to the world.
Thanks for posting the article. My husband had met Danny (that's how he'd refer to him) a few times thru his job being that the company my husband works for was one of Akamai's first customers.
So sad, may he rest in peace.
I think they had a lot of pepper spray, too. Probably sprayed him and killed him before he had a chance to fight back.
"Makes me wonder if he didn't try to fight them, especially if they just had knives."
He would have recognized them with their profiles and accents immediately as Islamoterrorists. He may have tried to fight them and was killed while the rest of the passengers obeyed the terrorists and then died.
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