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February 24, 2020

I can't believe it's been ten years. I miss him as much now as i ever did. i often find myself talking to him as if he was still right there. i know he still watches over us and will always be apart of our lives. he was as close to a big brother a i've ever had. i often use glenn as a moral compass when dealing with my 5 and 3 yr-old boys. they would have loved to have met their "uncle glenn". i often tell them stories while looking at the last picture taken of glenn in the bar in austin at my bachelor party. that picture holds a very special place in my heart as well as my house. i miss glenn and look forward to meeting up with him again someday in the meantime i hope he's proud of me and my boys. god bless

Posted by Billy Stahl

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February 24, 2020

I recently attended my fraternity (Delta Kappa Beta) reunion in Cortland this past summer. While at the Dark Horse, I offered a toast to my departed friends from Clayton Avenue -- Glenn, Casey, Dale, and Danny. I have many cherished memories of times spent with each of you. It was indeed an honor to be your friend.

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In Remembrance
Age:
44
Place of Residence:
New York, NY
Location on 9/11:
One WTC
Occupation:
Cantor Fitzgerald | Junior Partner
Biography:

Glenn E. Thompson, 44, of Manhattan, who grew up in Valley Stream, was a bond broker at Cantor Fitzgerald. From the 104th floor office in the north tower, he told his wife that he and his colleagues were evacuating the building. Thompson's remains were never found.

Since he was a boy, Glenn Thompson had displayed signs of a restless soul. His father, Edward, remembered a time when he took Glenn and his two siblings on fishing trips to Captree State Park. While Glenn's younger brother, Scott, and his sister, Christine, patiently watched the bobber in the water to see if the fish had taken their bait, Glenn was unable to sit still.

"Glenn was not an individual to sit around and be idle," his father said. "He was always on the go. He was adventurous."

As an adult, Glenn explored the far corners of the earth. He trekked up Mont Blanc in the Swiss Alps, climbed almost 20,000 feet up Africa's Kilimanjaro and traveled the countryside of North and South Vietnam.

He hiked. He biked. He skied. He canoed. He sky-dived.

In his early 30s, Glenn took time off from work and moved to Aspen, Colo., where he lived for a year, and where he had planned to spend his retirement days, his father said.

Glenn had a remarkable ability to make friends quickly wherever he went, said his mother, Violet Thompson. In Aspen, she said people waved at Glenn as he drove through town as though he were the mayor.

"I don't think he had any enemy," she said.

A framed photo of Glenn Thompson sits on a table in the living room and Violet Thompson said she talks to him every day, telling him her routine activities.

"There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about him. He had a good life. Really, for the time he lived, he had a good life," she said.

June 4 would have been Glenn's 54th birthday. As they do every year, the family will gather at his parents' Valley Stream home, the one where he grew up, to celebrate. They will serve lobster - Glenn's favorite. The family uses the melancholy occasion to honor him.