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![]() A young Rose Riso with her parents and brother (center), at her junior high school graduation (top left), and at a reunion of 60 families who immigrated to America from the same small town in Sicily (top right). (photo ctsy. Riso family)
Rose Riso's brother Peter is heartbroken over the loss of his sister.
"She was the crutch in the family," he says. "The one who went to college,
got her degree. She was able to take care of the family affairs." Ms.
Riso was also a very intelligent woman, according to both her brother
and coworkers. Diane Fattah remembers with a smile how Rose Riso always
said something witty to her in the morning, and how Ms. Fattah would
scheme all day to come up with an equally witty comeback. But most importantly,
Rose Riso was someone who cared more about others than herself. "You
may ask yourself why didn't Rose make it out since she had been so adamant
about the urgency of leaving the building immediately," Ms. Fattah says.
"Well if you knew Rose you knew the answer to that question. She took
being our office fire warden as a serious responsibility. And as long
as there were coworkers in the office she would not abandon them."
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