thomas clift:  

Thomas's schools include West High School class of 1966 - a great class to have been a part of - seems like just yesterday. Moved to CT in 1987 and went to work for Aetna in Hartford as manager of visual communications department for nearly ten years - great job until they downsized. Married and divorced another West High Grad - who I had two wonderful boys with - we divorced in in 1992. Built a home on beautiful CT lake after the divorce. my boys and I felt like every day was a vacation - fishing - sailing - swimming. Met someone special a couple years late, at the lake and was planning on getting married but an impaired driver hit us from behind one night on the way to the lake after having a nice dinner in Hartford, while planning our wedding - she died in my arms. Been single ever since. sold the house - went to work for Microsoft - RCA - Direct-TV under a four-year contract and moved to Stamford, CT - 30 minutes from NYC by train - and spent lots of time in Manhattan - love the energy of the place but was not so good after 911 - was there in Battery Park the day of the attack - never thought I'd live to see something like that. After my contract ran out with RCA I continued to do commercial photographic projects for some very large clients in NYC including Microsoft. I developed congestive heart failure in 2007 and nearly died...Expand for more