An excerpt from Vinny's Tower Survey: "Since I have been at Tower,I have become a happier person (I know it sounds strange) but I have. You see we move back and forth in life to find out who we are and where we are going. Everyone we meet plays an essential role in your life and where it's goin. So basically what I'm sayin is that people are really cool. Whether you are an asshole or really cool it is my duty to know your stupid ass so I can write that book one day on the trials, tribulations, and all the strange interesting people I have met in life. So to all who read this-------Keep your life interesting cause one day you will meet me and I am lookin forward to it."

From Abby:

WoW...where do i begin? When i first started at Tower, i figured i'd just be workin' there to make money, but after i started making bonds with people, it became more than that. It was a place to go when i felt out of place somewhere else, somewhere i could go just to get away from the hardships of life in general, a family. While every single person at Tower Recca(hehe) is always incredibly wonderful in helping out with problems, i think there should be no doubt in any of your minds that Vinny was one of the most trustworthy and kind people of them all. There are so many good things that can be remembered about the mushy teddy bear we all know and love...Vinny...he was smart, funny, and god knows incredibly kind. I don't think i have ever met someone so helpful in my entire life. I know this has been said over and over again in the past few days, but its true. There was not a time i can remember that i needed something and Vinny would not stop right in his tracks and help me. He was always willing to give 110% into making everyone at Tower (and i'm sure everywhere else) feel 150% better. And the hugs...c'mon guys, who can resist a Vinny hug?...

There was one negative thing that i can think of when it comes to Vinny...but even then, it only shows his willingness to give 100% to everything...when he would come in, and there was a lot of work to be completed, he'd make sure everything was done. Even if he was busy with accesories(did i spell that correctly? ms. english major needs some work...)he would drop them and clean upper receiving or take on an extra countout session, just to let a fellow supervisor go on break. Honestly, if i write anymore, i am going to cry...i think the last thing i need to say is this: No matter where you go, what you are doing, who you are with, just always remember to love them endlessly, and not to judge things right away. You never know when you'll have to say goodbye...and you'll never know when someone will be gone.

Vinny left us too quickly, but there is a time for everyone, i guess. To everyone: Remember the good times and always know that Vinny is at peace and it's not goodbye...we'll all meet with him again some day.

From Dara:

Dear Vinny,

Today July 20, 2001 my friend is getting buried.

I cant believe that you would be the one to go first, out of all of us. Why, Why, Why?

What kind of sick joke is this? I cant believe it. I just want you to get up and say it was all a joke. Please. I kneel down in front of you saying get up please, please get up. You must try but you aren't listening. What are you doing up there? Listening to KISS, shaking hands with Joey Ramone, meeting Jimi, petting a dinosaur? Stop that and come back here!! We need you down here more than they do up there. They have enough big hearts we need yours down here.

I keep seeing you there in that coffin knowing that you are in a much better place, but I want you to be here in front of us. Laughing, smiling, just being you. You are the sweetest man a person could know. Your heart is so big I don't know it could happen to someone like you. I don't think you knew how all your friends loved you so much and will always think about you everyday, and we will miss you forever.

You leave a lasting impression on whomever you meet and my heart is forever branded with your name. I will always love you and miss you. I hope you are looking down on us to see how stupid we look crying every 5 minutes but I'm sure you can understand after all you did leave us. I cant believe that God would do something like that I know God works in mysterious ways but why Vinny? You are like the closest person to me that has past away, I didn't think I would take it like this though. We acted like we hated each other but I hope deep down you know that I didn't.

Linda loves you so much and I wish you were here just for her, she would be so happy just to have you around one last time. You need to take care of Linda while you're up there. She's a strong girl, and a wonderful person. I know she will always love you. Always have and forever will.

I have to go to your funeral now.

Good Night Vinny….sorry to see you go way too soon.

Love Dara

From Linda:

 Hey Vinny can you please pick up your phone....(silence) Then can you at least answer my IM because I know you are not really away from the computer....(silence) At least call me at 17 because you know I will be there....(silence) Hey, remember those times we would be together or on the phone and you would be so upset because you couldn't get your dad off your mind. Then I would say things to remove the sadness from your heart like "he's in a better place now" and "he will no longer have to feel any pain." YEAH well easier said then done because I can't seem to grasp these concepts!! I am going to be honest with you Vinny, I am not doing good. Why did this happen to you Vinny?? I miss you so much. Where are you now?? Can you see us? Are you visiting me frequently or are you sneaking a peek at Julia Stiles in the shower?! (woo - woo) Or better yet are you "in between molecules of oxygen and carbon dioxide" because right now "only in dreams" is where I can see you. (=w=oo - =w=oo!!)

Did you find happiness up there in the stars? Is it as beautiful as I imagine it to be? I guess I should have take astrology instead of entering meteorology hell. Remember how mad and stressed I used to be from that class!! And remember who used to make me the happiest grrrl at Tower by just having to smile at her!! Not to mention the glasses and the messy hair. (cutest boy) Remember when I went to your apartment to dye your hair and I put all those little pieces of tinfoil in your hair to cover the bleach. You looked sooo cute and I didn't want to take them out. That was funny. Or what about that time we were all in Sindee's backyard and all of a sudden we saw that green flash from the field to the sky. That was really bizarre but then you told me how your friend's mother was into supernatural stuff and how it freaked you out. It was a creepy thing to witness but I loved it when you told that story because you reminded me of a big "Chuckie." You were so a-scared. Overall, the ultimate was the best bonding experience I could ever have with another human being. Trekking it to the Stone Pony to rock out to =w=eezer. I knew you for about a month and baby I'm afraid I was already "falling for you." I remember walking around Asbury Park and how abandoned it was and how lonely it felt. We walked around reading all the scary graffiti and admiring the broken down carousel. Remember how I brought about 50 pounds of candy and you weren't expecting that. (it was all about the "sugarhigh" baby!!) We opened up completely and the funny part is that we were both nervous. Hey, look where it got us.

We had amazing moments together Vinny and some were a little too amazing. Every phone conversation, every laugh, every tear, and every single hug we shared was not to be believed!! I still don't believe this Vinny but I am told that I have to though. I miss you so much. Where's that smile I love so much?? Where's that boy I used to find all frazzled and out of sorts because of upper receiving being a mess or aSSessories was to overwhelming?? (don't worry we will make that all better!) Where's the boy that wanted to take me to my first Kiss concert?? Remember I see Kiss you see Beck. Well we made a promise and I'm not going to break it so you better not either!! And I don't care what Julia is doing that night!! ; )

Before I go I would like to write a few things that are little personal so don't be mad at me. Vinny, I would like to apologize so I am going to take a moment to do so. I am sorry for all the fights. I am sorry for all the stress. I am sorry for the sadness. I am sorry for being mean sometimes. I am sorry for calling you uptight. I am sorry for not returning your tape (I forgot). I am very sorry for the fact that that dirt bag showed up to your funeral, and I am just sorry for everything! But of course most importantly I want to thank you for the love, the smiles, laughing, happiness, the advice, the help, for being there when I needed you, the pajama bottoms, and for being the coolest boy in the whole entire world. I also want you to know that everything I ever said to you I meant with every ounce of feeling and truth. I wanted to make you the happiest person in the world. You were always on my mind and still are. There was just too much on my mind and I couldn't figure it out even though I knew what would have made me the happiest. I will always love you Vinny I can't deny that. You will always be my special angel as I remain being your "Earth Angel." And I will be saving the last dance for you, "I promise you I will." Sweet dreams Aceman703 <3

Love always and forever,

~Linda~