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Local man who died in World Trade Center attacks remembered
Posted: 05.02.2011 at 2:55 PM
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Brock Safronoff, a 1993 graduate of TC Central High School died in the World Trade Center. attack

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TRAVERSE CITY -- The death of Osama Bin Laden has brought back memories of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Eighteen people from Michigan were among the 2,819 who died that day. One was a native of northern Michigan.

Brock Safronoff, a 1993 graduate of Traverse City Central High School was a computer programmer working in the World Trade Center.

Safronoff was a standout on the baseball team and went on to star at Amherst College in Massacussets.

A Brock Safronoff Scholarship Fund is set up at the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation.

You can donate by CLICKING HERE.

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