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Alayne Gentul was more than a manager. She was a friend with a great sense of humor, a terrific personality and "a smile that will light up the stars," former colleagues said in a tribute to her.
Gentul, senior vice president of human resources for Fiduciary International, died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York. But her memory lives on in many ways, said her husband, Jack Gentul of Mountain Lakes, N.J.
"We're doing OK," Gentul said of himself and the couple's two sons, Alex, 17, and Robbie, 13. "I think that you learn a lot from something like this-I guess you can't help it."
Five years ago, amid the confusion and hysteria of the attacks, witnesses said Gentul, 44, implored colleagues to get out of the World Trade Center south tower after the first hijacked plane struck.
Gentul and a...