Monmouth County 9/11 Memorial
New Jersey Living Memorial, A Grove of Remembrance
The 9/11 Memorial Bridge
Piping Rock Memorial Park
The James Martello Golf Outing
Empty Sky: NJ State 9/11 Memorial
Conseleya 9/11 Memorial
Dewitt 9/11 Memorial
Montclair State University 9/11 Memorial
New York Times Portraits of Grief
Jimmy Martello wrote a lot of checks he did not have to. This foundation, that foundation, this friend in need, that stranger with the brain tumor and three children. He had grown up solidly middle class, a hefty Jersey guy -- 6 feet 3, 240 pounds -- who became a varsity linebacker at Rutgers and an impressively successful trader at Cantor Fitzgerald. Feeling blessed, he was always thinking of ways to give back.
His credo, said his wife, Sheila, was, "If it needs to be loved, love it; if it needs to be given, give it; if it needs to be done, do it."
In late August, the Martellos moved to Rumson, N.J., to be 10 minutes from an office that the company was readying. Mr. Martello, 41, hoped to scale back in a few years to attend more of his two sons' activities. He had already been coaching the 7- year-old's football and roller hockey teams.
The boys were robbed of that dream. They will keep the images of Mr. Martello tossing them in the air in the backyard pool, and playing King of the Basement, scooping them up and whirling toward the couch.
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