Dave Retik of Boston-based venture capital firm Alta Communications Partners and a colleague were headed for Los Angeles on a business trip when American Airlines Flight 11 sliced into the World Trade Center. ''He was incredibly smart. He was incredibly funny. I never saw anyone travel like he did or work as much as he did,'' New Times CEO Jim Larkin tells The Boston Globe about his financial partner. ''We miss him terribly.''

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