Michael A. Parkes, 27
New York, senior accountant, Marsh & McLennan
Michael A. Parkes, 27, had an MBA and a good job as a senior accountant, but his passion was working with young people. He volunteered as a scoutmaster, camp counselor and leader of a church youth group, somehow finding enough time to sleep.
He hoped to eventually return to his native Jamaica and build a school. He wanted to help young black men achieve success through education — and not by majoring in basketball. “Don’t dream about the NBA,” he would have told them. “Dream about an MBA.”
While I was not able to find lots of information about Michael Parkes I must say that what I found tells me the world lost a wonderful human being. I would imagine that the face you see in the photo above is the face a genuinely good man.
Legacy.com Memorial (If you read through these memorials you will get the picture of the man I believe touched many lives).
There remain dozens of online photo memorials. Here a just a few:
The Black Day, 911 Photo Archive, Days of Terror, Shattered, Profiles of 9/11
An extensive collection of photos of 9/11 memorials in the NYC area.
This post is part of Project 2,996
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