Christian-Adams-Obituary

Christian Adams

Biebelsheim, Germany

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Biebelsheim, Germany

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Two vintage German wine tastings lured Christian Adams, 37, of Biebelsheim, Germany, to the United States this September, his first trip to the United States in five years.

The deputy director of a trade group that promotes German wine exports, Adams was on his way from the first tasting, which ended Sept. 10 in New York, to the second, scheduled for Sept. 13 in San Francisco, when he died in the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93.

Every year, someone from Adams' group comes to the states for the two tastings, said Carol Sullivan, executive director of the German Wine Information Bureau, the New York-based American branch of the German Wine Institute.

But she said it was rare for Adams to come to the United States himself--the wine-making season in Germany coincides with the typically late-September tasting dates, Sullivan said.

"His wife's family and Christian have their own small winery, which made it difficult for him to come. But because of the Jewish holidays, we were holding the event earlier in the month this year," Sullivan said.

A native of Germany, Adams had a degree in oenology (the science of wine) and viticulture (the cultivation of grapes) from the Geisenheim Research Institute, a wine-making school in the Rheinland, in western Germany, Sullivan said. Adams had been head of the German Wine Institute's export efforts for 12 years and also had a marketing degree from the University of California at Davis.

"For all of us that are involved in this work, it's more of a family than a job. And Christian was the hub. He was the center of this," Sullivan said. "I will always remember his thoughtful counsel and dedication and hard work and easy-going manner and wonderful sense of humor, that just made working with him an absolute pleasure."

Adams and his wife had two children, Lucas, 7, and Theresa, 5.

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Hello, my name is john lapi. I am a public safety worker in the United States. Over 20 years ago I donated money to the Fallen2light foundation for all those taken on 911. I believe the number was 2982. I have a one of a kind football jersey that is dedicated to Christian Adams. There was one jersey made for each individual lost that day and they were randomly sent to the people that donated money. I would very much like to get it to his family! Please contact me if you can help [email protected].

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In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

Although I did not know Christian, it sounds like he was a remarkable guy with a family I'm sure dearly misses him even more this time of year. Gone, but never forgotten. 21st anniversary.

it takes a lot of courage to try to take the plane back from terrorists especially when you know they are armed and they are trying to kill you so you take them back over and instead of them taking lives of a lot of people you guys took the plane back and made them crash into a field and you will definitely be missed

Remembering Christian on the 20th anniversary of 9/11....

Hey, it takes a lot of bravery to do what you did. Just know your looked up to today and you and everyone else are loved and never forgotten, We relate on how much we love our family im sorry you had to leave them.

Thinking of your family! RIP