Damian Meehan’s Gaelic Football
A son of Irish immigrants, Damian Meehan played Gaelic football since childhood. He was a fullback on the team at Good Shepherd School in Manhattan and later joined the Gaelic Athletic Association’s New York division. He competed on the team for Donegal, his parents’ native county in Ireland. This medal, emblazoned with the league’s name in Gaelic, commemorates the All-Star team on which Damian played in 1997.
Raised in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood, in 2001 Meehan lived in Glen Rock, N.J., with his wife, Joann, who was pregnant at the time, and their young son. Always athletic, Damian often attempted to recruit at least one of his nine siblings to compete with him in races or to play a round of golf.
Damian worked as a trader at Carr Futures. On September 11, he was in his office on the North Tower’s 92nd floor. He was 32 years old.
By 9/11 Memorial Staff
Eleven Tears was commissioned by the American Express Corporation in memory of 11 employees who died on 9/11. Located in the ground floor lobby of Three World Financial Center, the memorial is within view of the Trade Center site.
On Tuesday, March 13, author Lawrence Wright, former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Ali Soufan and actress Wrenn Schmidt gathered at the 9/11 Memorial Museum to discuss Hulu’s limited series “The Looming Tower.”