ERIC BENNETT: Marks Chart a
Life
When
Eric Bennett disappeared, his missing poster offered two
distinguishing traits Ð a tattoo of a bulldog head on
his right shoulder and deep stretch marks under his arms.
Both pieces of information attested to Mr. Bennett's love
of football, which he played with a championship team at
Kearsley High School in Flint, Mich., and also at
Michigan's Ferris State University.
The bulldog was the mascot at Ferris State; on Mr.
Bennett's tattoo, the dog tag read "58," his number. The
stretch marks appeared when he lost his football bulk and
trimmed down to 180 pounds from 255.
"Eric was always very determined, very motivated,"
said his mother, Betty Bennett, who lives in Flint with
her husband, Terry. "He was small for a center, and he
had to prove himself."
Mr. Bennett worked as a vice president at Alliance
Consulting Group on the 102nd floor of the north tower.
He made many new friends in New York, even while staying
in touch with high school friends and teammates. At his
memorial in Michigan, a couple of them also sported
bulldog tattoos.
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