College graduation photo of Donald Havlish, Jr.

High school photo of Donald Havlish, Jr.

Don in the 70's
Don with daughter Michaela on Captiva Island, Florida

Don with his sister, Susan holding his daughter Michaela

Donald with Fiona and Michaela

Photograph of Don and his wife Fiona just after they were married in Bermuda.

Michaela's 1st birthday - Michaela, Don, Sean, Meredith (friend) and Lea

Michaela's Christening

Don & Dad "Best Friends"... and golf buddies

Family on Hilton Head

Michaela

Michaela & Dad

Michaela, Fiona & policemen at Don's memorial at Lower Makefield in Yardley, PA

Daughter Michaela, happy as ever

Don with his daughter Michaela

Don with his best friend Dan Detmer on Captiva Island, Florida

Donald George Havlish, Jr. with Susan (sister), Bill (brother), Donald, Sr. (father), Alma (mother) on parent's 50th wedding anniversary

"The Circle of Life" - Don with daughter Michaela right after she was born, Lower Buck's Hospital in Yardley, PA

Don with Aunt Sue and daughter Michaela

Don's step children, Sean Bitterman, Lea Bitterman holding his daughter Michaela

Don with his daughter Michaela on beach in Hilton Head, South Carolina

Don is pictured with his daughter, Michaela in November of 2000

Don's daughter, Michaela

Don with the family and Dad

Michaela & Don - "She completed his life."

Don & Dad working on a little project - "Best Friends"

Michaela playing in the leaves with her Dad

Michaela with Dad's briefcase

Don and the family at Sean's Pennsbury High School Graduation

Don, Michaela, and Grandpa

Disney Vacation

Michaela & her Dad at Shadybrook Farm

Michaela's First Day of School

Goofy & Michaela at Disney World

Don and his daughter Michaela
Wedding picture - Aug 9, 1993

Don with his wife Fiona, just celebrated last anniversary on Captiva Island, Florida August 2001

Wedding

Don and his wife Fiona after their wedding
Mass Card from St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC

Mass Card from St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC
Missing Poster
Business Card
Personal Memorial Service Program

Poem found outside of St. Pauls hanging on wraught iron fence.

Death Certificate

On top is a note from wife Fiona to minister & below is one of Don's poems.

Poem written by Don

Don's sonnet
"In Memory of Donald George Havlish, Jr."

"In Memory of Donald George Havlish, Jr."

"In Memory of Donald George Havlish, Jr."

"In Memory of Donald George Havlish, Jr."
Aon Memorial Program

Aon Memorial Program

Aon Memorial Program

Aon Memorial Program

Aon Memorial Program Cover
Personal Memorial Service Program in Yardley, PA

Personal Memorial Service Program in Yardley, PA

Personal Memorial Service Program in Yardley, PA

Personal Memorial Service Program in Yardley, PA
Conseleya 9/11 Memorial
Dewitt 9/11 Memorial
Montclair State University 9/11 Memorial
East Newark 9/11 Memorial
Fair Haven 9/11 Memorial
Freehold Township 9/11 Living Memorial Tree Grove
Crescent Beach Park - Flagpole/Memorial for 9/11 Victims
Garrison Elementary School American Patriot Garden
Keansburg Beach Front Memorial
The day Michaela Havlish started preschool was going to be a very big deal. She couldn't wait for her father to come home from work that night so she could tell him all about it.
Michaela's first day of school was Sept. 11, and her father never came home. Donald G. Havlish Jr., 53, a senior vice president of Aon Consulting, was among the thousands killed in the World Trade Center attack.
That first night, Fiona Havlish told Michaela that "Daddy's building was in an accident, a big accident, and nobody knows where Daddy is." Later, she changed the explanation to "he's up in heaven, guarding us."
The couple married in 1993 after a five-year courtship. Don was "a great stepdad" to Fiona's two children, now 18 and 20. Yet at nearly 50, he never expected to have another shot at parenthood. He called Michaela, who will turn 4 on Oct. 17, "my little miracle," Fiona recalled.
After Michaela was born, he made it a point to ask business associates about their families, "encouraging them to focus on what's important." Havlish also stopped taking overnight business trips.
He had a law degree from Duquesne University but made his living as "a broker of insurance," arranging corporate benefit packages. The commute from his home in Yardley, Pa., to the World Trade Center took up to 90 minutes each way, but he made it a point to get home by 7 p.m. so he could have the evening with his family.
Since Sept. 11, Fiona hasn't been back to her job as a visiting nurse. She holds her days together by making lists of everything that needs to be accomplished. Her loss drags at her like an undertow, yet she's determined to keep her husband's memory alive for their daughter--and herself.
"I was very lucky," Fiona says. "I got to fall in love at first sight, and I got to stay in love the whole time."
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