[Leica] FW: In memoriam: Bill Biggart WTC

["Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

For those not on EP or NPPA - freelance and former Impact Visuals
photographer lost


> Subject: In memoriam: Bill Biggart
>
>
> I am very sorry to have to pass on some very sad news.  The
> following email
> was posted on EP, and I repost it on here with the author's permission.
> The remains of Bill Biggart, a freelance photographer who was
> very involved
> with Impact Visuals in NYC, were just identified.
>
> Our thoughts and prayers are with Bill's family at this very difficult
> moment.
>
> With sadness,
>
> Paula Lerner
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>
>
> Dearest Friends:
>
> With tears streaming down my face, I write to tell you Bill
> Biggart has been
> found.  I just got off the phone with his wife Wendy, and the
> Coroners office
> has confirmed the identification of his remains.
>
> Bill has a huge family, of which many are already in town.  They have
> gathered together as a typical Irish family to mourn his loss.  He will be
> greatly missed. Services have not been planned yet, but will
> develop over the
> next few days.  I will keep everyone posted.
>
> He was likely killed with a large group of firemen he was with after the
> first building at the World Trade Center came down.  The family
> sees a silver
> lining by at least being able to know he has been identified, and they can
> now go on to grieve.
>
> Wendy wants to thank all of the photo community for the kind calls and
> prayers.  She has been surprised at how many people have reached
> out over the
> past four days; which she described as "pure hell."
>
> She summed up the family's thoughts by saying, "Bill was kind of an ornery
> guy, and luckily, he went out doing what he loved.... and, it
> took two of the
> world's largest buildings to do it."
>
> Chip
>
>
> Chip East
> Documentary Photojournalist
> 917.603.4243
>
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