VINCENT BOLAND: Funny and
Smart
Family
and friends are learning a lot about Vincent Boland, who
is missing from Marsh & McLennan at 1 World Trade
Center.
"His friends are telling me that he was funny," said
his mother, Joyce, a teacher and a nurse. "I didn't know
that. At home, he was quiet. If you wanted to know
something you had to ask him, you had to draw it out. He
wasn't funny with his brother and sister."
On the other hand, his friend Kyle Mooney did not know
that Mr. Boland was a member of Mensa, an organization
for the highly intelligent. "I had no idea about that,"
Mr. Mooney said. "I'm not surprised because he was
brilliant and could talk about anything in depth, even
esoteric subjects. But Mensa was not something he talked
about."
Among friends, Mr. Boland was known for his offbeat
sense of humor; he was quick with a joke or cynical quip.
Three years ago, after a friend was mugged on the subway,
Mr. Boland decided that buses were safer. For six months,
Mr. Mooney said, whenever anyone asked Mr. Boland how he
was doing, he would say, "There are no worries on the
bus."
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