Michael McCabe , 42 , worked in the equity trading department of Cantor Fitzgerald, a company he had only recently joined. A lifelong resident of Rumson, New Jersey, he graduated from Christian Brothers Academy in Middletown and Rutgers University.
After 18 years at Prudential Securities, Michael J. McCabe quit in June 2001. He took a trading job at a Cantor Fitzgerald office near his Rumson, N.J., home so he could convert commuter time into family time. He took the summer off so he could spend it with his wife, Lynn, and their three children. There were lazy days at the Jersey Shore, barbecues, swimming. There was a glorious late-summer stay at a rented house in Provence with his best friend of 40 years and their wives.
He started work for Cantor at the World Trade Center exactly one week before the attacks of September 11th, 2001. The stint was supposed to last only a month or so, while the company completed work on its Shrewsbury, N.J., office.
Mr. McCabe, 42, was an unpretentious man with a ready laugh, happy in his own skin, his family and friends said. He was a big guy, strong enough to rescue several people over the years from the surf. "We sort of thought that if anybody could come out of this, Mike could," said his sister Mary Ellen McCabe.
He was predeceased by a daughter, Shannon, and remembered still by his wife , Lynn , two daughters and a son , his parents , two sisters and two brothers. He was honoured by the congregation of the Holy Cross Church of Rumson, and by the The Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in the City of New York, of which he was an active member.
Mike McCabe was my uncle and he left behind plenty of people who love and miss him. He had 3 kids who are my cousins and a loving wife lynn. They lived in New Jersey and was really special to me. I remember sitting on his lap looking at his cool braces! haha.My uncle Mike was a really great person and he was described always a kind person. I feel like i should of treasured him more or something. We now have what is called a "Mike" or golf tournament in his honor and also his friend Mikes honor. They died together. I miss him so much and i wish he was still here with us <3 I love you and miss you R.IP MJM
I pray for: Regan McCabe, Lynn McCabe Cassidy McCabe Liam McCabe and the rest of the McCabe/ Hemberger family
*** Posted by Kim on 2005-12-10 ***
Mourn the life lost, but celebrate the life lived, and lived well.
