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Michael R. Wittenstein: Every Day a Casual Day

 Michael R. Wittenstein loved game shows, the Jets and Mets, and good -- or, truth to tell, bad -- jokes. When he graduated from the State University of New York at Albany 13 years ago, he told friends he planned to be a proctologist or a game show host. Don't ask.

Instead, he became a bond trader for Cantor Fitzgerald, working in London and California, as well as New York. He was delighted when the firm did away with its dress code; ever after, he was sighted only in khakis and polo shirt.

He was on the phone with a client in California when an explosion rocked the skyscraper. He called back to apologize that the phone had been disconnected.

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From "Profiles in Grief" of The New York Times