Sacrifice and Remembrance: An Honor Roll of Madison's 9/11 Victims

There are six names inscribed on Madison's 9/11 memorial, a stubby fragment of steel salvaged from Ground Zero and planted in James Park. 

The six were either residents of, grew up in or had lived in Madison at the time of the 9/11 attacks. Three died in the North Tower of the World Trade Center, one perished in the South Tower, and two were killed in the crash of United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa.

James L. Crawford, Jr., 33, was an equity trader at Cantor Fitzgerald, the investment firm which lost 268 employees on the 104th floor of 1 World Trade Center. By accounts an active sportsman, the friendly Crawford had 11 groomsmen at his wedding, according to a profile published in the New York Times.

Crawford's only child, Isabelle, was born in November, 2011.

Another Cantor Fitzgerald employee, Timothy Robert Hughes, 43, worked on the 105th floor of 1 World Trade Center as a currency options trader in emerging markets. Children Tim, Ken and Chrissy helped get Hughes involved in coaching youth sports in town.

Hughes and his wife, Karen, enjoyed renovating old houses, according to a profile in the Star-Ledger, and earned an award from the borough for the fix-up of their 99-year-old Victorian.

On the 84th floor of 2 World Trade Center, Patrick J. McGuire, 40, worked as a money broker for Euro Brokers Inc. Known for his Irish sense of humor, McGuire's wife, Danielle, found a manila envelope of jokes among her husband's insurance papers after his death, the New York Times reported.

McGuire left children Sean, Ryan, Mara and Shea, and Madison Fire Chief Lou DeRosa recalled coaching with him in Little League.

Peter M. West, 54, was a graduate of  and worked as a municipal bond broker, also with Cantor Fitzgerald.

A resident of Pottersville, West and his wife, Eileen, raised their daughter, Meredith and son, Matthew. But outside work West gravitated toward risks of a different sort, such as hang-gliding, skydiving, and cruising the county on his Harley motorcycle, the New York Times reported.

Donald Arthur Peterson, 66, retired president of Continental Electric Co., and his wife, Jean, 55, a former nurse, weren't supposed to be on United Flight 93. They found seats in Row 14 when they arrived at Newark International Airport early and found their original flight late and crowded, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The former borough residents lived in Spring Lake, and had been working as Christian missionaries. They had three daughters and a son, and Jean had recently held her first grandchild.