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Barbara Guzzardo Street
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Photo of Barbara Guzzardo courtesy of Legacy.com

Barbara Guzzardo (b. 1952) a Glendale resident and Cuban immigrant, worked for Aon Corporation at the World Trade Center. Guzzardo came to America when she was five years old and taught herself English, working her way through high school and college. She was killed in the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.

Sources:

Gil Tauber, "NYC Honorary Street Names," accessed June 15, 2022, http://www.nycstreets.info/

"Barbara Guzzardo Obituary" New York Times, November 29, 2001, via Legacy.com https://www.legacy.com/sept11/aon/Story.aspx?PersonID=108001&location=3&psl=1

Robert Brodsky, "WTC Civilian Victims Honored At Glendale Street Renamings," Queens Chronicle, Feb 27, 2003, https://www.qchron.com/editions/central/wtc-civilian-victims-honored-at-glendale-street-renamings/article_eb8206d9-5e67-5eeb-b8c5-8660acc7cf4c.html

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