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Hi Jimbo,
I'm just silent today star scout.
Peter Cheng
September 11, 2024 | Atlanta, GA | Friend
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James V. DeBlase
Manalapan, New Jersey
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No one knows how it happened, but Jimmy DeBlase, born in Lower Manhattan and taught how to play football in Little Italy, became one of the Dallas Cowboys' biggest fans in the New York area. His wife, Marion, remembered meeting Jimmy in 1978, when his team, Carmine's Animals, had just won a neighborhood championship in Little Italy. "He loved the Dallas Cowboys," his wife said. "He would take the kids to Dallas to see them play. How it happened is something I don't know."
James V. DeBlase, who was 45 at the time of the attack, was an athlete at St. Joseph's Elementary School and Bishop Dubois High School in Manhattan and then attended Baruch College, known not for sports teams but rather for its business courses.
"He had decided that football couldn't be a profession for him, so he went into business," Mrs. DeBlase said from the family's home in Manalapan, N.J., where she is raising their three sons, Nicholas, Joseph and James, and where Mr. DeBlase had coached them in football, baseball and basketball.
Mr. DeBlase worked on Wall Street after college, including 14 years as a dealer at Oppenheimer. He joined Cantor Fitzgerald in October 1999 as a broker.
He had two brothers, Anthony and Richie. "Anthony was in Tower 2, but he made it out," Marion said. "Anthony was out there looking for my husband. We looked for days." Jimmy DeBlase's body has not been found.
Guest Book
Hi Uncle Jimmy,
We moved back to Jersey just before the holidays. It's been a mad dash but finally things are beginning to settle. While in Texas I met with a few individuals who work for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, they were hiring and I got a new job! I now work on Staten Island, it's funny how some things go full circle.
Please continue looking over your family, you are missed every day. You will never be forgotten.
Thomas Hartnett
January 06, 2024 | Manalapan, NJ | Family
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In a school assignment I have to select a passenger of flight 93 and leave a message on the guest book. I chose Jimmy because he is a cowboys fan. I love the cowboys as well and my mood determines how well the cowboys do that week. Whenever I am watching a cowboys game I will be thinking of Jimmy.
Brock Wellman
September 29, 2023 | Youngstown, OH
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Jimmy, once again on our birthday I looked up to you and raised a glass. I do this every year. I always think of you not just on our birthdays but most all the time. I am so sorry I never got to have you and the family ever come down to visit. You will always remain in my heart.
James Kelley
June 28, 2022 | Jacksonville Beach, FL | Friend
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Hi Jimbo, I'd just found out that our best friend George Gonzalez's sister Janet ( Janet Gonzalez Scotto
June 30, 1959 - September 15, 2021) passed on, I was trying to reach her for a few yrs thru this guest book andf never heard from her till her posting today...... please tell George and Janet Hi from me... missed all of your presence... all I have are memories........love you, Peter
Peter Cheng
June 27, 2022 | NY, NY | Friend
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Happy B-Day Jimbo, times flying by so fast, kids growing up quickly, the world seems to move from one end of the spectrum to the other, technology's changing, friendships diminishing, wonder how the next generations going to handle this life without God as their anchor, Jimbo, if you were here....... our world would be better w/ your presence, as this world needs people like you... tell my mom and brother Hi when you bump into them in Heaven if they live near you......... miss you and wishing...
Peter Cheng
June 27, 2022 | NY, NY | Friend
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Happy birthday from Dallas Uncle Jimmy! I moved here just a few months ago and love it! You're on my mind often. Please continue watching over your Aunt Ma and the boys and your grandkids! You are unbelievably missed.
Thomas Hartnett
June 26, 2022 | Dallas, TX
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Remembering James on the 20th anniversary of 9/11...
Cindy Roe
September 06, 2021 | Galesburg, MI
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Hi Jimbo........Happy Father's Day sir.... it seems that times not getting any better in life..... but you have made this world a lot better when you were here...... I will always think about you when I past by the WTC...... I will miss our conversations w/ you and George G @ Dubois...... you should see that area.. it's tore down to advance progress... all I have are memories only.... Hi Janet Gonzalez scotto if you see this msg.. can you email me please, I was one of your brother's...
Peter Cheng
June 22, 2021 | New Yprk, NY | Classmate
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