Impact of September 11
The company's prior New York headquarters was located on the 85th, 88th, and 89th floors of the World Trade Center's South tower at the time of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Out of the firm's 172 New York employees, 67 died as a result of the attack when the South tower collapsed. Among the employees killed in the attack were the firm's co-CEO Joseph Berry, CFO Jeffrey Fox, as well as several notable research analysts David Berry, Dean Eberling and Thomas Theurkauf.
Prior to September 11, the firm had been engaged in discussions with BNP about a possible acquisition. The firm had held an annual 9/11 memorial service and also maintains a charitable fund it set up to help victims' families.
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