[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 126 (Tuesday, September 25, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1736]
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                          TRIBUTE TO DAN TRANT

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 25, 2001

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, sadly today many American families 
continue to mourn the loss of their loved ones during the senseless 
tragedies at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. As each day 
passes, their stories are being heard by a growing number of Americans 
who are becoming intimately affected by these devastating losses.
  I have spoken of several of these Americans here on the floor. I am 
also drawn to the story of Dan Trant, a former basketball legend at 
Clark University in Worcester, MA, and the older brother of a friend. 
Dan was a successful bond trader with the firm Cantor Fitzgerald at the 
World Trade Center.
  Recently, the Boston Herald described Dan as an icon in New England 
college basketball who was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1984 and 
went on to play professional basketball in Ireland, his family's 
ancestral home. Dan later played for the Springfield Fame during the 
inaugural season of the U.S. Basketball League, assisting his team in 
the first-ever league championship.
  Off the court, Dan was even more inspiring. He was a father and 
neighbor who used his great successes in sports and in the business 
world to inspire hundreds of children in his church congregation, local 
school district and a nearby university near his home in Northport, LI. 
Many of the local children he helped attended his memorial service in 
New York, where they had an opportunity to express their love and say 
goodbye.
  Mr. Speaker, our thoughts and prayers are with Dan's wife Kathy, his 
children Jessica, Daniel, and Alex, and all of those who loved him.

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