United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001.
David Alan James Rathkey was born on 28 April 1954 in Eton, Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire) a son of Colin James Rathkey (1919-1993) and Eileen Florence Violet Rathkey née Bray (1924-2014). Electoral registers from 1955 onwards show that the family resided at 65 Oaken Grove, Maidenhead, Berkshire.
His first job as a financial trader with Barclays took him to the Channel Island of Jersey and to Cardiff, Wales, before a career change landed him in the United States in 1981. He took a job with Arbat Systems in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, met his wife, Julia, and in 1988 moved to Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. They had twin sons, Matthew and Ian, and a daughter, Emma.
He became a systems consultant for IQ Financial Systems and died, aged 47 years, whilst working in their offices on the 83rd Floor, North Tower, 1 World Trade Centre, Manhattan, New York, USA, on 11 September 2001.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan
