West Palm Beach – September 16, 2026 -- Good Greek Moving & Storage Founder and CEO Spero Georgedakis is publicly honoring John A. Katsimatides, his childhood friend who was killed at age 31 in the North Tower of the World Trade Center, as the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Katsimatides worked on the 104th floor for Cantor Fitzgerald, a firm that lost 658 employees
Katsimatides, a resident of East Marion, New York, was a bond broker with Cantor Fitzgerald, whose offices occupied floors 101 through 105 of the North Tower. The firm suffered the single largest corporate death toll of any company on September 11, losing 658 employees. Georgedakis and Katsimatides attended school together from kindergarten through 12th grade before their careers diverged.
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Katsimatides' name is inscribed at the National September 11 Memorial, where families will gather to read names aloud
His name, John A. Katsimatides, appears on Panel N-39 of the North Pool at the National September 11 Memorial in New York City. On September 11, families will again gather at the site for the annual reading of victims' names, including his.
"Twenty-five years later, I want people to know John's name and know that he was more than a name on a memorial,