N.Y.C. World Trade Center
 September 11, 2001

 

Among the many fatalities were two people identified to be from Istrian families, one of whom was also of Istro-Romanian ancestry:

  • Martin Lizzul, 31, New York, NY, USA
    Account Executive, Krestrel Technologies
    Confirmed dead, World Trade Center, at/in building
    Parents: Julia and Victor Lizzul of Dix Hills, NY
  • Ronald Tartaro, 39, Bridgewater, NJ
    Executive Vice President, Fred Alger Management
    Confirmed dead, World Trade Center, at/in building
    Mother, Teresa Musich, born in island of Cres (Cherso); father Vjeho Tartaro, born in Dalmatia

Othe possible Istrians or Croatians:

  • Anthony Jovic (b. 1962). firefighter of Engine Co. 279 for 12 years in Red Hook, Brooklyn. A son of Croatian (or Istrian?) longshoreman who grew up in Hell’s Kitchen. Jovic met his wife Cynthia when he was working at a butcher shop on Ninth Avenue and she, also a Croatian immigrant and longshoreman's daughter, was working at a deli nearby. Anthony’s burned and mangled shield turned up in the south tower, but no remains have been identified.
  • Dominick N. Mircovich
  • Dominick Pezzulo (may be a variation of Pezzulich)

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