GRAHAM BERKELEY: A Lover of
Freedom
Graham Berkeley, a Briton, had lived in the United
States for 10 years, and for 10 years he had been trying
to get the green card that would grant him resident
status. It came at last in June, and Mr. Berkeley had
started making plans to move to New York City from Boston
when, on Sept. 11, he boarded United Airlines Flight 175
for a business trip to Los Angeles.
"It's like fate playing tricks on you," said his
friend Christian Winslow. "His fight for that green card
had been so intense."
Mr. Berkeley, 37, was director of e-commerce solutions
for the Compuware Corporation, but his friends remember
him as a classical violinist, an opera buff and a world
traveler. "He loved the freedom that America has," Mr.
Winslow said. "He loved the openness of our society and
the friends he had here. America, to Graham, was almost
like the cliché &emdash; a land of endless
opportunities."
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