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Layton arnold (not verified)

September 23, 2022

Hello, my name is Layton Arnold and I am a freshman at Paola high school doing a project on 9/11. I pulled John out of a bucket to do my project on and he is just an amazing person. And I am really sorry for everybody who lost this amazing man.

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In Remembrance
Age:
35
Place of Residence:
Staten Island, NY
Location on 9/11:
One WTC
Occupation:
Cantor Fitzgerald | Bond Salesman
Hobbies and Special Interests:
Boating and Sports
Biography:

Not that many people get to be somebody's soul mate. John J. Badagliacca truly did, says his wife. It began when they were 10 and she fell over his bicycle in their Staten Island schoolyard. They became friends that day and were married in 1992.

O.K., they did break up a few times. Sort of. Mr. Badagliacca wanted to date others when he took a share in a summer house and when he got his first car. "All the convenient times," Nancy Badagliacca said with a laugh. "But we had all the same friends, were always together. We were perfect for each other. The first kiss was his, the first everything."

They enjoyed the same things, especially spending time with their children, Nikki, 6, and John, 4, at their summer home. Mr. Badagliacca, 35, a bond salesman with Cantor Fitzgerald, rebuilt that old house in Brick, N.J., from the beams out with his brother-in-law.

He kept their house in Staten Island in good shape, too.

"He was soooo organized," Mrs. Badagliacca recalled. "If a bulb went out he would have to change it in the next minute. If my cabinets got messy, he would reorganize them. It would drive me nuts! And his tools -- you can't touch his tools."

He was so handy that she would tell him he could change professions. "I'd say, 'You could do just that.'" She paused. "I wish he did."