Donald A. Delapenha "Donny,Crusher" | Voices Center for Resilience

Donnie

Dear family members,

I knew Donnie pretty well as I played college football with him at Baldwin Wallace. I was a running back. He was gentle giant, liked by everybody. I had never heard anything negative said about him in my entire time that I knew him. I am currently watching YouTube and I came across a story of 911, a story that this lady hasn’t told in 25. I saw that she worked for a little financial firm, so I used Google Ai to look up information on Donnie and I discovered that she worked for the same firm.

The video is called “A 9/11 survivor finally story she kept private for 25 years” The YouTube channel is called smartHER News.

I see it that Donnie’s wife’s name is Lorraine, I don’t know if this is the same girl that dated Donnie and was my partner in lifeguard/lifesaving swim class at BW or not, as I can’t remember her first name.

I’m so sorry for your loss of such a great guy.
I have a lot of great memories about him. I would love to hear from anybody in the family and share some great memories of Donnie.

Sincerely,

Tim Drabick

Posted by Timothy E Drabick

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