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  Brian Warner

Date of Birth: November 9, 1968
Department: eSpeed Inc.
Position: Senior Systems Engineer

A loving husband, wonderful father, best friend.  While these words are accurate, they cannot begin to describe the man that Brian Warner was.  He was a genuinely nice person, and he cared about everyone.  He’s one of the few people I know who still stopped to help strangers on the side of the road. He got along with almost everyone, and once he called you “friend” it was for life and he would do anything for you.  As a husband and father, a friend of mine called him a “role model for all men”.   To me, he was truly my life partner.   We did everything together – working on his classic 1969 Firebird convertible, planting a vegetable garden, tickling our 3-year old son (and each other!), and planning for our future. After almost 13 years together, he still left me love notes, always bought me more than one card for special occasions (because he liked seeing me find them), and would call me just to say hello.  He worked for eSpeed for exactly one year (start date: 9-11-2000).

My last memories of Brian are seeing him give our infant daughter a bottle after dinner on Monday, September 10th.  She stared up at him and his eyes sparkled with joy as he looked at her – it was wonderful to watch.  The next morning, as I drifted back to sleep after a 5am feeding, Brian kissed me goodbye as he left for work.  That was the last time I saw him.

We love you and miss you Brian.


Pat Warner, Wife
  • I worked with Brian for several years, prior to his employment at Espeed. I will miss his unique, perpetual sense of humor. I’ll always remember how I would utter a sentence, and instantly know that Brian was already thinking of a snappy comeback…I was rarely disappointed. He was a fine friend, always willing to help anyone, in any way…and a devoted family man, so proud of his wife and kids. There are days when I am sending an email out to friends, scrolling through my address book, when I catch myself clicking on Brian’s name, forgetting for an instant what has happened, but I just can’t bring myself to delete his name. We will all miss you Brian, and we will always remember you and your family in our prayers.

    Dean, Former co-worker, friend
  • Brian knew computers and electronics in and out and was always willing to share his knowledge with anyone who crossed paths with him. When we started working at Espeed last September I remember thinking how he was like the candy man because he had so many software goodies and tricks up his sleeve. I still can’t remember how many times he called me over to show me something he had worked on or created himself. We used to play 80’s songs during the day. I remember he bought me speakers for my work area because I had none. He talked about his family all the time and made sure that he was finished up with all his work every day so he could go home and spend time with them. My prayers go out to his wife and two children.

    Rich, Co-Worker
  • Rich still remembers when his niece Patti was born, and when we were dating at age 17, Patti was just a little kid. So when she came to our home with Brian, as a young woman in love, we knew we had to check this guy out carefully. Well, to know Brian was to love him–immediately and forever. What we noticed first was that he made Pat smile, almost always. He always made everyone laugh, especially our kids Laura and Michael. And when our youngest, JT, was born, they quickly became buddies…as did all kids with Brian. Guess because he was just a big kid himself. We’ll miss him terribly.

    Brian,we will be sure to always make your kids smile.

    Love, Aunt Jeannie & Uncle Rich

    Jeannie & Rich Credidio, Aunt and Uncle
  • I knew Brian for 11 years. I worked with him at 2 job sites and watched him grow into the best tech I know. He had the most amazing ability to solve any problem. He could always make me laugh and could exasperate me at the drop of a hat (he said it was his job). He was a wonderful friend. I last saw him the Wednesday night before 9/11. I’ll always miss him and keep him in my prayers.

    Cindi, former co-worker and friend
  • Brian, Dawn, and I spent all of our childhood years together. Brian and I were always up to something, while Dawn always seemed to be looking after us. While reading all of the tributes from his memorial & how much he was always willing to help people brings me back to a time when I was around 5 years old, and he was 8 or 9. We all went for a bicycle ride and I was on the back of Brian’s bike.We were of course going too fast down a steep hill and Brian lost control of the bike.We both flew off the bike and Brian cut his chin open, while I received a couple skinned knees.He was in so much pain, but I remember clearly how concerned he was for me.Pat, Allen & Kathryn, my thoughts are with you.I will always smile when I think of him.

    Nichole, cousin
  • Brian was a very intelligent person and he amazed me with his instant solutions to some of the problems. He was very friendly and always willing to help. I will be missing a very good friend. May his soul rest in peace.
    Venkateshan Pundi

    Venkateshan Pundi, Co-Worker
  • It is amazing how the course of your life takes you to places you never thought you would go. I grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and moved to NJ with only one year of high school left. I was so displaced but I met a couple of great people that year including Patti and through her I met Brian. I was shy and quiet at that time and had a big shell that I would retreat into. Now you did not have to know Brian for long to know that that would not fly. He would lure me out with Dr. Pepper and Star Trek. What a huge help he was with all of that. I had not seen Brian in a while but he called me because he would not let that fly either and I will cherish that. He was a great man, a great friend, my friend and I will miss him.

    Brian Potopowitz, friend
  • Brian’s life was like a person’s finger prints. As you go through life, everywhere you go you touch things and leave your fingerprints. Brian left his fingerprints on every soul he came in contact with, those kinds of fingerprints cannot and never will be wiped away.
    I know I’m not alone when I say “I miss Brian”.
    Rest in peace Friend.

    Paul Rice, Freind, Co-Worker
  • A loving husband, wonderful father, best friend. While these words are accurate, they cannot begin to describe the man that Brian Warner was. He was a genuinely nice person, and he cared about everyone. He’s one of the few people I know who still stopped to help strangers on the side of the road. He got along with almost everyone, and once he called you “friend” it was for life and he would do anything for you. As a husband and father, a friend of mine called him a “role model for all men”. To me, he was truly my life partner. We did everything together – working on his classic 1969 Firebird convertible, planting a vegetable garden, tickling our 3-year old son (and each other!), and planning for our future. After almost 13 years together, he still left me love notes, always bought me more than one card for special occasions (because he liked seeing me find them), and would call me just to say hello. He worked for eSpeed for exactly one year (start date: 9-11-2000).

    My last memories of Brian are seeing him give our infant daughter a bottle after dinner on Monday, September 10th. She stared up at him and his eyes sparkled with joy as he looked at her – it was wonderful to watch. The next morning, as I drifted back to sleep after a 5am feeding, Brian kissed me goodbye as he left for work. That was the last time I saw him.

    We love you and miss you Brian.

    Pat Warner, Wife
  • Brian loved his family very much. We were once having some problems at work. I asked him how he was able to stay so calm. He said, “When I go home and I hold my daughter, nothing else matters.”

    My wife and I have just had our first baby. Sometimes when I hold our baby daughter, I think of Brian.

    May God always be with Brian’s family.

    Raj Bhatti, Co-worker, friend
  • How can you sum up 14 years of friendship in just a paragraph or two. Especially when the person is Brian Warner. So many things come rushing to mind. The first time he introduced me to his brother Jason. Announcing his mother, who had just married John Tucker, as “Mother Tucker”. Trying to fix cars at night in the dead of winter. Moving Brian and Patti into their first place, along with that damn piano. Seeing my daughter pick up the phone, get this strange look on her face, and have her announce “It’s somebody using a fake voice trying to sell a Squishy machine. It must be Brian.” And the list goes on.

    Scroll back to the top of this page and take another look at the man. The world has become a meaner and nastier place without him in it.

    Stop off at a 7-11 tonight, pick up a bottle of Dr. Pepper and remember.

    Love you.
    Bob, Sue & Kim Lyons

    Bob, Sue & Kim Lyons, Friends
  • Words cannot express the sorrow and emptiness that your departure leaves me to dwell on a daily basis. A better step-brother there has never been. God be with you, bro. Be not afraid of the unknown, we will all meet again some other day. Until then, know that we all love you with all our hearts. Thanks for all that you did for me and continue to do.

    Jay Tucker, Step-Brother
  • I never met Brian, but I attended his memorial service. I worked with his wife Pat for several years and know her to be a very giving person. Pat was the one who always organized adopt-a-family, employee volunteer and charity events. Little did I know that Brian had a heart of gold–the stories told at his memorial service were really incredible and inspiring. It is hard to believe that someone so young could have made such a big difference in the lives of others–even strangers. Pat and the children must miss him terribly. I pray that they find peace and strength, and I hope that they know others are here for them too.

    Sherry Cronin, Friend to Brian's wife, Pat
  • I met Brian on my first day of work at TransNet. We were assigned to a two week project at Schering Plough and I had no idea what we were supposed to do or where to go. He took me to the job site and we were friends right away. He never treated me like a newbie or like I didn’t know what I was doing. He would wait for me to ask for help and then push me along with ideas, pointing me in the right direction without telling me exactly how to get it done. He treated me with a respect that I only got from one other person; my wife, Alyssa. Later, he had gotten a new job at NewsEdge and soon asked me to send my resume to him because they were looking for “another Brian” to work there. He was always looking out for his friends this way. If he heard about a job that he thought someone could fill, he would pounce on that person right away. The times we went to customer sites together, people would often ask if we were brothers. We got a big kick out of it after a while. It felt like a great honor to be thought of as his brother.

    The things that will always remind me of Brian Warner:

    Dr. Pepper
    Firebirds
    Spaceward Ho! (a Mac game that he could NOT get enough of)
    The look in his eyes when he found another piece of computer junk that no one else would even pick up, thinking of how cool it was and how he could integrate it into yet another system he was putting together for someone.
    Coasters (old software CDs)
    Wendy’s

    J.R. Amsbaugh, friend and coworker
  • Dear Brian – how can it be 6 months since you were taken from us? I can’t believe it because time has seemed to stand still for me and yet go on for everyone else. Kathryn cut her first tooth this weekend (3/10/02) and seems determined to walk before she crawls. I wish you could see her strong will and how she lets us know exactly what she wants! Allen asks me every night before bed to “tell me about daddy” and I remind him of the trips to Home Depot in the truck, how you chased him around the house when you got home from work, his first kiddie roller coaster ride at Disney World last Christmas, how you called him “Boogie Bear”. Not a minute goes by that we don’t think about you and miss you. I miss your hugs, your laugh, and talking with you the most. As I try to go on without you, I’ll remember what you taught me about having fun and the joy of being silly – and I’ll create some “Brian” moments in your honor. I love you…

    Pat Warner, Wife
  • To Pat and your family,

    My heart goes out to you today as it has for every day since 9-11. I never met you and only know of you through co-workers at Pru. I have been praying for your family and hoping that God may grant you peace. I don’t know what brought me here tonight, but I just read your words from 3-10, and I needed to tell you that people have not forgotten your loss. May you take comfort in these simple words from a stranger.

    Take care, Tricia

    Tricia Wern, Stranger
  • I didn’t get to meet Brian, but I remember my husband Ron often spoke of what a great guy he was. They shared stories about the kids, and Ron always said what a great dad Brian was. You are missed so much.

    Liz Gilligan, Widow of co-worker, Ron
  • Brian first called me regarding a technical service.
    When we met some weeks later, I noticed his cowboy boots. I told him I had never had a business meeting with someone wearing cowboy boots. Then I asked if he had children and his constant smile smiled larger.

    When I called Brian on September 11th, we spoke for a couple of minutes and I had the feeling that the conversation ended a bit abruptly. Less than 10 minutes later, the plane struck. I wanted to tug on my phone wire to bring Brian back, to bring him into my office.

    Mike, a friend briefly

    Mike Piazza, business associate
  • I can’t believe it’s been 15 months already. Allen becomes more like you every day (he can even do some of your “tricks”), and Kathryn has your laugh and says hi to everyone she meets (just like you). She says “g’bye daddy” almost every morning when I get her out of the crib, and I hope it’s because you are with her, keeping her company until I get there. I hope you can see how they are growing and that you can enjoy the milestones as much as I do. I just wish we could watch them together, you and I. I love you, and miss you every day.

    Pat Warner, Wife
  • Today marks 4 years that Brian and more than 3,000 other innocents were taken from us. I, like many, many others, will never forget. There are just too many things in my everyday life that remind me of him.

    J.R., Friend
  • Brian, it has been four years now since you left us, but we still think of you often. Mostly we remember good times and the funny things you did or said. Whenever we watch 9/11 documentaries on TV and hear about heroes of the day, J.R. tells me he’s sure you were helping others in the midst of all the chaos, with no thought for your own safety, because that was just the kind of person you were. God bless you; you live on in our hearts.

    Alyssa and J.R. Amsbaugh, Co-worker and his wife
  • As of today, 5 years have passed since that horrible day. I still see the images as though it were yesterday.

    I will never forget. I will never apologize for my religion. I will never give in. I will never appease.

    Tonight I will open a Dr Pepper (diet) in a salute to my friend.

    J.R., Friend
  • Today marks 6 years yet it could have been yesterday. I still find little reminders of Brian on my desk or in the basement. While the pain of the loss has dulled over the years, it’s still present.

    J.R., Friend
  • July 30, 2008

    Those who touch our lives stay in our hearts forever.

    We will always remember.

    Dawn, Stranger
  • Brian,

    It’s been 7 years, and it still hurts like it was yesterday. You were great to work with. Always funny, always had the answers. God Bless You and your Family, always.

    Brian, former co-worker
  • 7 years ago today I lost a good friend. My memories of Brian will last as long as I do.

    J.R. Amsbaugh, Friend
  • Brian, I still have your email addresses in my outlook contacts list, I can’t delete them.I remember the last time I talked to you like it was yesterday. I know your in a good place.

    Paul Rice, Friend/Co-worker
  • 8 years later and it still feels like only yesterday. The images burned into my mind will not fade.

    J.R. Amsbaugh, Friend
  • It’s been 9 years today. I still miss you, buddy.

    J.R. Amsbaugh, Friend/Co-worker
  • Dear Brian,

    I cherish the time we had worked together and the many stories we shared about family, work and cars. I regret that I’d not had the opportunity to meet Pat.

    I’ve been writing tributes on another memorial site since the tragedy, but will now shift them to here as this will likely be … forever.

    You continue to be missed and loved…and will not be forgotten.

    Your colleague, friend and co-auto enthusiast,

    Baldwin

    Baldwin, Colleague and Friend
  • It’s been 10 years today. The towers have not been rebuilt, the war continues, but you are not forgotten. We will persevere.

    J.R. Amsbaugh, Friend
  • Happy 10th Anniversary in Heaven. You are gone but still not forgotten.

    Eve Marks, Friend
  • I am happy to see that year 11 ends with tributes and memorials on nearly every television station. I miss you, buddy.

    J.R. Amsbaugh, Friend, co-worker
  • 12 years have passed. We keep on keeping on. Miss you.

    J.R. Amsbaugh, Friend
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