- July 11, 2004 -- The latest World Trade Center victim
to be identified is Daniel Lewin, an Israeli soldier who became a Massachusetts
computer tycoon.
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- The married father of two kids was reportedly the first
9/11 casualty. A passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11 " the
first of two hijacked planes to crash into the Twin Towers " Lewin
is believed to have been the businessman stabbed to death by terrorists.
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- And friends believe the 31-year-old Lewin " on his
way from Boston to Los Angeles for an Internet conference " died while
fighting back against the terrorists.
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- Reached at their Jerusalem home last night, Lewin's parents
confirmed their son's remains have been identified.
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- "A couple of days ago we were informed about it,"
said his mom, Peggy.
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- Lewin was born in Denver, but his family moved to Israel
when he was a teen. Lewin went on to become a captain in the Israeli Defense
Forces and an anti-terrorism expert.
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- After the military, Lewin attended the Technion, Israel's
top technology university. In 1996 the devout Jew returned to the United
States to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.
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- Two years later, Lewin co-founded Akamai Technologies
Inc., which produces technology designed to facilitate online content delivery.
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- At age 29, he had a net worth of more than $3.2 billion
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