JEFFREY BITTNER: A Brother's
Paternal Streak
If you talk to Pamela Bittner about her big brother,
Jeffrey, you would probably assume that he was born at
least a few years before her, the way she describes him
as protective, nurturing, wise. She uses those terms as a
little sister would: "He was quite a protective big
brother, always concerned about making sure I was happy
and safe."
The truth of the matter is, however, that Jeffrey
Bittner, 27, was born all of a whopping one minute before
Pamela, his twin sister. But you would never know it.
"That was the big running joke," she said. "He would
always say, `I'm a minute older!' You couldn't argue
about it."
Mr. Bittner, who was a research analyst for Keefe,
Bruyette & Woods, was a brotherly gentleman not only
with his sister, but with everyone, she said. In the last
few weeks before the attack, he had joined a mentoring
program that made him a big brother to New York City
schoolchildren.
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