Joseph DeLuca

Joseph DeLuca

Quick Facts

Significance:

Flight 93 Passenger

Date of Birth:

04/05/1949

Date of Death:

09/11/2001

Age: 52
Hometown: Succasunna, New Jersey
Occupation: Business Systems Specialist, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
Reason for travel: Vacation

Joseph DeLuca, a lifelong resident of northern New Jersey, graduated from Jersey City State College and worked at Pfizer Consumer Healthcare for 23 years, designing computer software systems. DeLuca was devoted to his parents and is remembered for his sense of humor and caring ways. He was passionate about sports car racing, edited a sports car newsletter, and loved driving his yellow Morgan roadster. DeLuca's alter ego was a car-racing feline, immortalized in his syndicated cartoon, "The Adventures of Raymond the Cat." DeLuca was aboard Flight 93 with his girlfriend, Linda Gronlund, traveling to the wine country of Napa Valley. During the hijacking of their flight, DeLuca telephoned his father to express his love and say good-bye. He was survived by his parents and a sister.