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Stephen Edward Tighe

Rockville Centre, New York

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A Soccer Coach in a Suit

Stephen Edward Tighe loved coaching school soccer so much that he considered quitting his job at Cantor Fitzgerald when he took on yet another team last August. He had begun to tire of the financial world, and he loved working with children more than doing anything else.

Mr. Tighe, 41, never screamed at his players the way some coaches do. "Unlucky" was his harshest word. When they played well, he would reward them with by shouting, "Magic!"

It was a tough schedule: there was his son Patrick's team, the Rockville Centre Revolution, which he coached twice a week; his son Michael's intramural team once a week; and on weekends the children's games, which he attended faithfully. When he became junior varsity soccer coach at the Kellenberg Memorial High School in August, his bosses at Cantor said he could work half days instead of quitting.

He would leave the World Trade Center every day at 3 p.m. to go back to Rockville Centre, on Long Island, where he grew up and still lived with his wife and four children, to coach the high school kids.

"He treated everybody's kid like they were his own," said his wife, Kathleen Tighe.

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Your family is in our mind as we send out sincere condolences. Each day may God give the needed help. Steve is still greatly missed and will always be remembered.

Here Am I

I will always remember you,Michael.Great guy and husband!

It was nice to meet Steve through his future wife, Kathy at Hartwick College. I remember Steve as fun, happy and a great match for my nursing peer. God bless his family always and especially on this day.

I lit a candle for you and your family today Steve! I know you are happy you have your brother with you now! Whenever 911 is mentioned, my heart aches for your family to lose such a great guy like you. It was great knowing you in Florida but New York was your home! God Bless You and all who loved you!

To Stephens family: I have prayed for Stephen since 9/11 and will continue praying for him and his family as long as I live. Thank you for having such a wonderful son.

Probably ten years ago, I learned (by google-ing my name) that my namesake had lost his life on 9/11. I've occasionally read blurbs on his life and drawn comparisons to my own. Always a sports fan, now a father to two boys, I can't help but feel a connection. Although I never knew him, I hope I can do the name justice.

Kathy - I never had the chance to meet you or your family, but I was the Travel Agent that was honored with planning the little getaway for your family to DisneyWorld after the tragic event that left you without your husband/father. Not a day goes by when I think of 911, that I dont think of you and your loss. May Stephen's spirit be with you and your children and I wish you all the best in life. I says prayers frequently for your family.

My name is Cathy Tighe and I lost a son named Stephen Tighe although not in 911. As a mother, I know how a mother's heart can ache. God bless your whole family. Cathy Tighe, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada