Steve “Jake” Jacoby
I visited the DC Roe website the other day and saw that there was a bit of a dilemma.
It seems that there were a number of blogs/URL’s that turned out to be invalid.
This left many victims of 9/11 without a tribute.
It was optional to request a second victim but I felt I had to.
The man you see above is Steven D. Jacoby. Steve was the COO (Chief Operating Officer) of a paging and wireless messaging service called Metrocall.
He was on his way to Los Angeles departing from Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C. on American Airlines flight 77, the plane that struck the Pentagon.
An online guestbook provides some nice insight into who Steve Jacoby really was.
From all that I’ve read, it seems he was a man that broke the mold of the ‘traditional’ business executive by his humility and uncanny ability to relate to his fellow worker.
He was a friend first, a boss second.
Steve left behind a wife and three children.
I hope and pray that in his final hour he was able to utilize the communications company he worked so hard to make successful.
I pray he was able to just say goodbye.
Godspeed, Jake…
*for more tributes, go to DC Roe
~m
Michael,
Thanks for taking on a second tribute. Jake looks like a movie star from the 40’s. I hope he was able to talk to his family during his last moments. God speed. Bless him and his family.
WC
He does look like a movie star, huh?
Finding out he was in communications I could only think of the ‘goodbyes’ and pray he was able to make the calls.
~m
writerchick said this on September 11, 2006 at 11:16 am |
You are absolutely beyond wonderful, to take on a second tribute. I was so touched by the notations I found in online guestbooks as well. There was one, with no capitization or punctuation, that was left by a little girl, who said that the man I wrote a tribute for had a young daughter, and the author of the post was her best friend. She said how sad her friend was, and how much she missed her daddy. It broke my heart. God bless you for making sure that no one was left out.
There’s no need for anyone to be left out on a day like today.
If I helped achieve that in some small way, I can go to bed happy tonight…
The comment from the little girl would have broken my heart as well.
~m
Marti said this on September 11, 2006 at 1:12 pm |
I’m so proud of you for taking on a second tribute. You’ve done a great job.
Thanks, Lass.
As I said to Kel, I wish I’d had more time.
Maybe it’s the thought that counts, huh?
~m
InterstellarLass said this on September 11, 2006 at 1:49 pm |
Michael, thankyou for doing a second tribute. That guestbook was just heartbreaking, but compelling reading. The simple thoughts of people who knew Jake. And he should have been a 40’s movie star!!
Kelly (somehow the “cheers” just don’t fit right now does it?)
No, I guess “cheers” doesn’t seem right.
I was very happy to do a tribute for Steve I just wish I’d had a bit more time to prepare it.
At least his name is here for the world to see.
May he rest in peace…
~m
debambam said this on September 11, 2006 at 2:39 pm |