SIMON A. DHANANI: Humble Man of the
World
"He
was a man without frontiers, without borders."
That is how Simon A. Dhanani was described by the man
who regarded himself as Mr. Dhanani's best friend. "My
wife called us the odd couple," Albano Martell said of
his friend. Mr. Martell, 46, was the voluble one of the
pair; Mr. Dhanani, 62, the quiet, humble one. They shared
a love of poetry, Andalusian music, talk of world
religion. They both loved to eat. "It was the perfect
marriage," Mr. Martell said.
Mr. Dhanani was a vice president at Aon, on the 99th
floor of 2 World Trade Center. He lived alone in
Hartsdale, N.Y. But he had a fixed chair at the Martells'
dining table.
The weekend before the attack, Mr. Dhanani visited
their home in nearby Ardsley. They drank a glass of wine.
They listened to a new album of Andalusian music until
late into the evening. They made plans to go to a Korean
restaurant the following week. "He was a humble, kind,
universal man,"Mr. Martell said. "He really enjoyed the
mosaic of the world."
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