September 11 Memorial: Remembering the victims who died at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania

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William E. Caswell

Age: 54

Hometown: Silver Spring, Md., USA

Occupation: Physicist, U.S. Navy

Location: Passenger, American Flight 77, Pentagon

"He loved everything about life. He played pool and Go and bridge and racquetball, and tennis with [daughter] Jennifer. He liked folk dancing, too. That's how we met."

--Jean Caswell, wife

Source: The Washington Post, AP and washingtonpost.com

The profiles in this feature were written in the months following Sept. 11, 2001.

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