His family was from Croatia and his wife's family was from Guyana. They lived in Brooklyn and met on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
In the genre of "only in New York," Alfred Vukosa and his wife, Shirimatti (nee Lalman) Vukosa, 34, lived the dream. Their two families were nearby as well, a dense, extended old-fashioned network of aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins that could be fully several hundred strong when assembled.
The couple, along with his parents, Sam and Irma, and his sister Sonja, all lived in the same building in Kensington, Brooklyn. Annette's family, including four sisters and a brother, were almost as close at hand, in Queens.
He worked for Cantor Fitzgerald as an information technology specialist and had to be at his desk in the North Tower by 7 AM. When he would arrive home every day about 4, another family tradition would unfold: a walk with his two boys, Austin (7) and Adam (2). The children would wait for him to come.
In the genre of "only in New York," Alfred Vukosa and his wife, Shirimatti (nee Lalman) Vukosa, 34, lived the dream. Their two families were nearby as well, a dense, extended old-fashioned network of aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins that could be fully several hundred strong when assembled.
The couple, along with his parents, Sam and Irma, and his sister Sonja, all lived in the same building in Kensington, Brooklyn. Annette's family, including four sisters and a brother, were almost as close at hand, in Queens.
He worked for Cantor Fitzgerald as an information technology specialist and had to be at his desk in the North Tower by 7 AM. When he would arrive home every day about 4, another family tradition would unfold: a walk with his two boys, Austin (7) and Adam (2). The children would wait for him to come.
His family was from Croatia and his wife's family was from Guyana. They lived in Brooklyn and met on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
In the genre of "only in New York," Alfred Vukosa and his wife, Shirimatti (nee Lalman) Vukosa, 34, lived the dream. Their two families were nearby as well, a dense, extended old-fashioned network of aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins that could be fully several hundred strong when assembled.
The couple, along with his parents, Sam and Irma, and his sister Sonja, all lived in the same building in Kensington, Brooklyn. Annette's family, including four sisters and a brother, were almost as close at hand, in Queens.
He worked for Cantor Fitzgerald as an information technology specialist and had to be at his desk in the North Tower by 7 AM. When he would arrive home every day about 4, another family tradition would unfold: a walk with his two boys, Austin (7) and Adam (2). The children would wait for him to come.
In the genre of "only in New York," Alfred Vukosa and his wife, Shirimatti (nee Lalman) Vukosa, 34, lived the dream. Their two families were nearby as well, a dense, extended old-fashioned network of aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins that could be fully several hundred strong when assembled.
The couple, along with his parents, Sam and Irma, and his sister Sonja, all lived in the same building in Kensington, Brooklyn. Annette's family, including four sisters and a brother, were almost as close at hand, in Queens.
He worked for Cantor Fitzgerald as an information technology specialist and had to be at his desk in the North Tower by 7 AM. When he would arrive home every day about 4, another family tradition would unfold: a walk with his two boys, Austin (7) and Adam (2). The children would wait for him to come.
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