Middletown, New Jersey
In the Garden, Under the Sea
The plan, Brian Wilkes said with a gentle laugh, was that he and Lorraine Antigua would marry at a drive-through chapel, maybe in Las Vegas, maybe this fall, while on a Harley-Davidson. "She said she would buy the Harley," he said.
Mr. Wilkes met Ms. Antigua, 32, at a going-away party two years ago, on the cusp of a move to North Carolina. They nurtured a long-distance relationship, until he decided to return north to marry Ms. Antigua.
Ms. Antigua loved working in the securities lending arm at Cantor Fitzgerald so much that she refused other job offers. At 8:50 a.m. on Sept. 11, she left a message for Mr. Wilkes on his mobile phone, saying a plane had rammed her building but she was O.K. He never managed to reach her.
They lived together in a house Ms. Antigua had bought in Middletown, N.J., where they had planned to make a new family with her two children from a previous marriage. They filled the garden with azaleas and sunflowers. To hear Mr. Wilkes tell it, Ms. Antigua was all good things -- an avid reader, a scuba diver and a dear friend. "She's awesome," he said, slipping from habit into the present tense. "She ruined me for other women."
Lorraine, I finally went to the 9/11 Memorial Pools and found your name. Thinking of you today and hoping your family and loved ones are okay.
GEANINE WASSERMAN-JAUREGUI
September 11, 2025 | Astoria, NY | Friend
As always this time of year we think about you and your family. It still hearts our heart to know you were taken from your family so young. So many years have passed but you will always be in our hearts. We will never forget . Diane and Billy
Diane DiLiberto
September 12, 2024 | Work
Hi Lorraine, Of course, I was thinking of you today as well as when there was a gathering at Denise's home in July. Kelly, Aretha, Diana, Karen and I were there. Wish you were there as well. Sending you hugs and kisses in heaven.
Geanine Wasserman-Jauregui
September 11, 2024 | Astoria, NY | Friend
I worked at Charles Schwab in Securities Lending and spoke with Lorraine often. I always told her that she was a ray of sunshine and I thought of sunflowers anytime we spoke. Later I saw a photo of her. She was as beautiful outside as she was inside. That smile! I hope her children know she left a lasting impression on me and I am sure many other she met through her work.
Yana Posovsky
September 11, 2024 | Work
Here we are again 9/11. May you continue to rest in peace xoxo.
Geanine Wasserman-Jauregui
September 11, 2023 | Aatoria, NY | Friend
It doesn’t matter how many years pass I will forever think of you on this tragic day. Rest peacefully Lorraine
Diane DiLiberto
September 11, 2023 | Selden, NY | Friend
Thinking of you, right now my little sister, from a different Mister. Love familia Rodriguez.
Lando
September 12, 2022 | Friend
Happy Birthday Lorraine, I think of you everyday
Derek
September 27, 2021 | Friend
John Scott
September 13, 2021 | Other
