Died 9/11/2001 World Trade Center
Frank John Sadocha was weeks away from his dream of opening his own restaurant on Long Island. He was training people to take over for him as manager of the food services division of Cantor Fitzgerald when the World Trade Center was attacked. “All he tried to do was to get us ahead,” said his wife, Nancy. Mr. Sadocha, who lived in Huntington with his wife and two daughters, did the catering for a local temple on weekends and sometimes weeknights, in addition to his job in the city. “He was very much in charge, and he knew catering so well,” his wife said. But as hard as he worked, Mr. Sadocha, 41, always had time for his daughters, Ashley, 5, and Kristy, 4. A few weeks ago, after they had enrolled the girls on soccer teams, Ashley said she didn’t want to play, that she wasn’t any good at soccer. Her father took her outside and worked with her. “He boosted her confidence,” Mrs. Sadocha said. “By the end of the weekend she said she couldn’t wait to play, and she told me, ‘Daddy said I was good.’ “Nearing a Longtime Dream Published online on Oct. 2, 2001