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Patrice Braut Obituary
At a company Christmas party four years go, Patrice Braut danced with a girl named Lupe. She fled into the night before he could learn her last name. The next day, Lupe Mendez found a note on her desk in Midtown, saying, "You left without saying goodbye." She felt like Cinderella.
Mr. Braut, 31, loved to travel, to play soccer and to take pictures, especially of the twin towers. He took Lupe to Brussels, Belgium, his hometown, to meet his parents. He excelled in his M.B.A. courses at Pace University. The first week of September, Lupe and Patrice, who lived in Riverdale, in the Bronx, went house-hunting in the suburbs. Mr. Braut was an only child, born after three failed pregnancies. "He was the little god of the family, adored by everybody," said his mother, Paola. "We lost everything through him."
His colleagues in technology at Marsh & McLennan have endowed a scholarship in his name at the Lycee Theodore Bracops, his childhood school. It is not for the best student, but for the most tenacious.
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Cindy Roe
September 2, 2021
Remembering Patrice on the 20th anniversary of 9/11...
June 21, 2019
Sending my condolences to Patrices family & friends
Vincent Marie
September 10, 2018
Repose en paix, Patrice.
Del Newberry
April 14, 2018
We will never forget. Thinking of your friends and family today. With love from Texas,
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Ed Lawrence
September 10, 2015
RIP Patrice. Thinking of you on this day.
August 29, 2015
The sad events of 9/11 touched the hearts of many. May the peace of God bring you comfort knowing you will hold him again.
Sherry
milagros ortiz
September 24, 2014
Pratice Braut,may you r.i.p. and may your family find some comfort.and strenght to go on! god bless your family..
Elizabeth De Rosa
September 24, 2014
Patrice, I have just read that your remains have been found! I am glad as it is some small consolation for your poor parents. RIP and know that you are still remembered. xxx
Anthony Schueller
September 11, 2014
I was born in a small town in Wisconsin named Belgium, a place filled with immigrants from what was once part of Luxembourg. My thoughts and prayers this day are with Patrice (Rest in peace!) and his parents and all whose lives were touched by the events of 9/11/01. Too many gone too soon!
Barbara Boam
July 1, 2013
I walked a mile for you (mile #244) on 5/18/13 as a dedication to your life.
JB
September 11, 2012
Thinking of you today. RIP my friend. I think of you daily and your glowing, friendly spirit.
September 10, 2012
Gone but never forgotten, today let us remember the victims of 9/11
Monique GIJSBRECHT
September 12, 2011
Patrice,
...het is hartverscheurend, via de RTBF, te horen dat jij ook bij dit ongeluk betrokken was.Jij was zo'n lieve, oprechte kerel met een ewige glimlach. Ik zal altijd aan je denken en mijn medeleven aan Paola en echtgenoot. Niki ( ex Lefort)
marc Thys
September 11, 2011
to all those who lost their lives, to all the families who lost their beloved ones, to all the other people , involved with the loss of all these people...today my hearth is more than ever with you all ...I send you all my love...
f. caicedo
September 11, 2011
to Patrice life was an adventure. i still remember your journal, you wrote down all the funny american sayings and quotes for future use. today i will kick back and listen to the tape you made or me. Rest in peace.
J B
September 10, 2011
Patrice,
You and I attended Pace University together and I think about you once a day. As a survivor of that day, I feel terrible that I made it home that day and you didn't. When I received my MBA in 2002, I imagined you at my side collecting yours as well. I pray for you and know you are looking down over the people you have touched during your short life. I pray for your family that they can find the strength to live and continue your legacy. May you rest in peace friend and have eternal love and comfort. I miss you.
JB
Michelle Fernandez
September 8, 2011
Although i never meat Patrice Braut it is horrible to imagine what all these innocent people had to go though. I want to give my sincere condolences to all the victims families. May all the victims rest in peace. They will forever be remembered.
Doug Abraham
August 8, 2009
Happy Birthday!!!
Laurent Clairbois
September 11, 2008
Never forget this incredible friends and boy scout of the 45 Anderlecht, Belgium.
Kristine
October 25, 2006
As I cross-stitched your name on the memorial that I am doing for all of the victims, I prayed for you and your family. Please know that your death was not in vain. We will always remember. God Bless.
Kristina
September 11, 2006
Cher Paola, Michel et Lupe:
Aujourd'hui ca fait 5 ans que Patrice et parti...je me souviens encore de son integrite, sense de l'humeur, et comment il adorait voyager, prendre de photos, et decouvrir le monde. Vous etes dans mes pensees. -Kristina
P Tabbernor
August 28, 2006
In memory....
Margaret Whittemore
October 5, 2004
I read the recent NY Times article describing Patrice's parents trip from Brussels to New York to participate in the 3rd anniversary of 9/11 and to be close to their son. It's a heartbreaking story of love and loss.
I work in the downdown area of New York and will think of those parents and Patrice's friend, Lupe.
I wish them peace and healing.
Yulia DeJesus
September 11, 2004
Hi Lupe,
I never had the pleasure of meeting you or Patrice but all I hear are great things about both of you.
I would like to express my sincere sympathy for your lost three years ago and may God’s love heal you sorrow. I will always wish you the best and happiness because I know you deserve it.
Yours truly,
Yulia
Mary Garofalo
September 7, 2002
Dearest Patrice,
I have thought about you often as we near the one year mark of the horrible tragedy that took you away from us.
I have fond memories of a funny, tenacious man who convinced me to do a story about a horrible TWA flight from the Dominican Republic back to New York. You were a true leader and helped get justice for those passengers. I remember how funny it was sitting in our freezing studio with you, Lupe and the other passengers listening to your ordeal. I loved your spirit and I know how much Lupe and your friends and family miss you very much. It was an honor to know you. Always know how loved you are and how you will never be forgotten.
Rest in Peace.
Mary Garofalo
Nicholas Estavillo
March 11, 2002
Hello Lupe. I don't know if you remember me, but I am the Police Officer who helped you complete the Missing Person report immediately after 9/11. Yours was the very first report, one of many (too many) that I had taken. Hardly a day goes by that I don't think about or see Patrice's face or those of the many families I tried to help. In an odd way, I've always felt like I knew so many of those we lost, because of my interaction with the families, the personal details of the interviews and the photos submitted. I was recently at Ground Zero and was telling my Dad, how I had taken the Missing Person report for you. I showed him Patrice's picture on the wall and we shared a moment of silence. I'll never forget what you said to me, when you showed me your half-heart pendant and told me, "he has the other half of my heart!" My heart broke with yours. I never had the pleasure of meeting Patrice, but through your eyes I could see that he was loved very much and undoubtedly loved you very much too! Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, not only today, but always! I'm proud to be a New York City Police Officer, a New Yorker and an American! God Bless! Nick
Teresa Jahn
January 7, 2002
We are deeply sorry for your loss of Patrice. Our hearts cry with you.
America Cries
We see your sorrow-
and our hearts cry....
We can not erase your pain
but you do not have to face the anguish alone-for we-
-the American people-
are beside you.
We so desperately want to have the touch that brings you comfort,
the strength that gives you courage,
and the words to lighten your spirits.
And when we are left speechless
may the silence of our nation weave love into your hearts
to ease your sorrow.
May you find healing through our nation's strength as we-
-the American people-
face this difficult time together. Our hearts are with you. Teresa Jahn
Dixon, IL
Kathy
December 18, 2001
Patrice - we will never forget you.
December 10, 2001
GOD BLESS PATRICE BRAUT AND MAY SHE
REST IN PEACE.GOD BLESS HER FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.GOD BLESS AMERICA AND
MAY WE NEVER FORGET 9/11/01
Muser Hall Ursinus College
December 5, 2001
We wanted to tell that no matter how much time passes you will always be remembered and may God be with you.
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