He loved aviation as a child but surprised himself and others when he pursued an entirely different career.

Twenty-eight years after he married his wife, he mourned her death and talked about what she meant to him.

After much tragedy, he is happy with his children and current life.

Growing up in New Jersey, this young man’s father was a semi-professional football player who owned a tire shop. However, the young man was not interested in either as a potential career.

Instead, he thought he might work at the airport as a baggage handler or ticket salesman, as he had taken an interest in the industry when his high school offered an aviation class. Yet he also didn’t end up working in aviation.

Now, he admits that he has always been impatient, saying he was impatient as a child and teenager and is still impatient as an adult. He shared:

“I was the kind of guy who said, ‘If I hit 25 and I’m not making a mark in this business, tell me to do something else.’”