The financial world's losses.(victims of terrorist attacks)(Brief Article)

Pensions & Investments, September, 2001 by Clowes, Mike

Michael Desmond McCarthy is missing in the World Trade Center disaster. Mike is the son of Bill and Margaret McCarthy, my neighbors in Huntington, N.Y. He also is a symbol of what we have lost in the World Trade Center disaster and an example of how almost everyone in New York has been touched by the tragedy.

Mike was an up-and-coming young currency trader with Carr Futures, formerly a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley & Co. He was in the Carr offices on the 92nd floor of the South Tower when the second airliner hit between the 89th and 93rd floors. Knowing Mike, he would not have panicked if he survived the initial impact. He was a smart, fit, courageous young man who no doubt would have taken the time to help others escape. Mike was a starting tight end...

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