Khalid M. Shahid : Three Passions
and a Plan
Khalid Shahid and his fiancée, Jamie Castro,
had everything planned. They were building a house in
Mount Olive, N.J., close to Union, where he grew up and
where his parents still live. They were to marry in
November. When the first baby came, Leonor Shahid, his
mother, was going to quit her job to baby-sit while her
son and daughter-in-law were at work.
Mr. Shahid, 25, had three passions:
Computers. He was a network systems administrator at
eSpeed;
Sports. He had been in the ski club and tennis club at
Montclair State University. "He was very, very fond of
skiing," Mrs. Shahid said;
Most of all, his family, present and future. "His idea
was to create a family just like ours," his mother said.
He had a younger sister and brother. His father, Syed, an
engineer, came from Pakistan, and his mother was from
Colombia. "He'd tell us all the time, he was so
proud."
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