| 3.20.2003
Samuel J. Miceli Jr., 37; laughter was his specialty
Samuel J. Miceli Jr. was quiet, until you got to know him.
Then, he'd start making jokes, tossing in humorous comments throughout
the day, getting coworkers to laugh outright as they installed windows,
working hard all day.
"He could make anyone laugh at any time," says Dan Laferriere,
who worked with Sam for a year and a half for the home-improvement section
of Tri-State Window Distributors Inc., in Montville, Conn.
Sam, 37, worked as a contractor for the window company.
"All day long, we'd be talking. He was really funny and outgoing."
Sam won tickets to the Great White show from a New London radio station,
and brought his girlfriend, Jude
Henault. They both died in the fire.
The two lived together in Lisbon, Conn., and Sam was devoted to Jude's
three children, Angela, 19, Rachel, 12, and Andrew, 10.
The two youngest lived with Sam and Jude near a pond, and the whole family
enjoyed the wildlife there. Dan said Sam particularly liked feeding the
swans and would spend hours just "hanging out" by the water,
soaking up nature, paddling a canoe.
Along with listening to live music, Sam loved fast cars and "all
types of automotive racing," Dan said.
Dan, who is 20, said he looked up to Sam, and often asked him for advice.
The two had grown close in less than two years.
"He was the type of person who was friends with everyone, wherever
we went," Dan said. "I'm just going to miss his presence, talking
to him every day, working with him."
-- Jennifer D. Jordan
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