Randy
Drake: Indulging With Family
Put a golf club or a fishing rod in his hand, or have
a kid wake him up asking to play, and that was all it
took to make Randy Drake happy.
He preferred to indulge his interests with members of
his family. He had plenty of choices. He was one of 13
children, and on his side alone, he had 30 nieces and
nephews, most of whom lived near his home in Lee's
Summit, Mo., which he shared with his wife, Tammy, and
son, Joe, 17. "He often said he would rather be with his
family than anybody else," said Mrs. Drake.
Mr. Drake, 37, was a network integration manager for
Siemens, and was assigned to a job at 195 Broadway,
across the street from the World Trade Center. After the
first plane struck, his building was evacuated. He called
his wife to say he was O.K., but he was apparently hit by
debris from the impact of the second plane. He died Sept.
22.
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