Dennis J. O'Connor Jr.

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February 21, 2020

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We were at the 9/11 memorial on Sunday, Dec. 7th. There was a flower by Dennis's name in honor of his birthday! Happy birthday Dennis. If the family would like a picture I can send it to you. God bless! So sorry for your loss.

Posted by Debbie Williams

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Remembering Dennis
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Photos: Through the Years
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Age:
34
Place of Residence:
New York, NY
Location on 9/11:
WTC
Dennis J. O'Connor Jr.
Occupation:
Cantor Fitzgerald | Equities Trader
Dedicated Memorial Sites:
Rockland County American Patriot Garden
Queen Elizabeth II September 11 Memorial Garden
Conseleya 9/11 Memorial
Dewitt 9/11 Memorial
Montclair State University 9/11 Memorial
East Newark 9/11 Memorial
Fair Haven 9/11 Memorial
Freehold Township 9/11 Living Memorial Tree Grove
Crescent Beach Park - Flagpole/Memorial for 9/11 Victims
Garrison Elementary School American Patriot Garden
Personal Memorial Website:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/people/4244.html
Reflections:
The New York Times Portraits of Grief

9/11 Changed Forever
Rockland County Remembers

Education:
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Biography:

Dennis J. O'Connor was the oldest of the three O'Connor boys, and part of a family that liked to be together. For birthdays they all went out to dinner in the city, to an Italian place they all loved. For Thanksgiving and Christmas, the boys always made their way home to Stony Point, N.Y., and the rest of the year everyone spent hours and hours on the phone, talking, laughing, catching up, making plans for the next dinner or drink or evening at Yankee Stadium. When Christopher, the youngest, married a couple of years ago, he asked both of his brothers to be best men at the wedding.

One December, asked what was on his wish list, Dennis O'Connor Sr. responded: "I'd like the gift of time." Time with each of his children, he explained, for him and his wife, Charlene.

Dennis, who was 34 and an equities trader at Cantor Fitzgerald, took his mother to the Cirque du Soleil. He raised a glass in a Midtown bar with his father.