Key facts
- Cantor Fitzgerald lost 658 employees in the September 11 attacks, the most of any company.
- The firm is releasing a book titled "The Families: 9/11 Anthology of Love, Loss, and Lessons of Resilience" to mark the 25th anniversary.
- The book contains 176 essays, poems, letters, and speeches from families, survivors, and witnesses.
- Edith Lutnick, cofounder and executive director of the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, and Caroline Aiken Koster, the fund's general counsel, edited the book.
- Caroline Aiken Koster joined Cantor Fitzgerald in 2002, less than a year after the attacks.
Cantor Fitzgerald is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with the publication of a book titled "The Families: 9/11 Anthology of Love, Loss, and Lessons of Resilience." The firm lost more employees than any other organization, with 658 staff members killed when American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center, where its offices were located on the 101st through 105th floors. In addition, 50 contractors and visitors died, and 61 people were lost at Euro Brokers, which is now part of Cantor Fitzgerald.
The new book, edited by Edith Lutnick, cofounder, president, and executive director of the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, and Caroline Aiken Koster, the fund's general counsel, features 176 essays, poems, letters, and speeches from individuals affected by the attacks. The initiative aims to preserve the memories and stories of those lost for future generations, as firsthand recollections of the event become more distant.
Caroline Aiken Koster, who joined Cantor Fitzgerald in 2002, less than a year after the attacks, is a senior corporate lawyer for the firm and its public companies, as well as general counsel for the Relief Fund. She co-founded the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund with her brother Howard Lutnick, then Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, on September 14, 2001, to assist the victims' relatives. Koster noted that as years pass, younger individuals involved with the fund have no direct memory of 9/11, highlighting the importance of the anthology.