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Ryan Morin, 31; explorer had found 'the one'
Jodi Zides met Ryan Morin at a bar on Nantucket nine months
ago. Right away she liked him. He was funny -- he told her he was from L.A., then amended: "Lower Allston," in Massachusetts.
The two sparred back and forth, using the old tools of flirtation: sarcasm and wit.
But she also felt at
ease around him. A month later, they took a trip to Canada -- a 12-hour car ride that gave them a lot of time to get to know
each other. They hiked the coast and kayaked along the shore through heavy mist. It was something Ryan, an adventurer, had
done before, but a whole new world for Jodi. "That was not my background," she said. "He was able to bring
me up there and show me something new."
Ryan Morin, 31, was known as an explorer. He was a world traveler,
looking forward to a trip to New Zealand at the end of the month. He drove a red Jeep Wrangler and loved hiking, kayaking
and bungee-jumping. He surfed before work and snowboarded on the weekends.
Listening to a litany of Ryan's accomplishments
at a memorial service, his boss, Maria Cirino, was amazed. "It sounded like you were listening to fifty years of activity,"
said Cirino, CEO of Guardent, the computer-security company where Ryan was an engineer. "When did this guy have time
to do all this?"
But Ryan found time to stay close to his parents, Paul A. Morin and Susan Morin, both of
Thompson, Conn., said Kevin Brown, a close friend. He'd visit his mother at least once a week, Brown said.
An amateur
guitarist, Ryan also loved music -- especially Van Halen and other classic rock bands. When a group of friends from work scored
free tickets to the Great White show, he was excited.
Jodi talked to him as he was leaving work that Thursday.
"I told him to have a good time," she said. "I told him to be careful and drive safely."
It
was only after Ryan's death that Jodi heard from his friends and family that he'd been thinking about marriage. Jodi was the
one, he'd told them.
He was even trying to decide whether their children would be raised Catholic, like him, or
Jewish, like Jodi, Kevin Brown said.
Whether he would have spoken -- and what she would have said -- they'll never
know. That was all in the future. They were just starting out.
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Ryan and Jodi's trip to
The Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada
4th of July Weekend,
2002 |
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Ryan and Jodi's trip to
The Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada
4th of July Weekend,
2002 |
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The Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada
4th of July Weekend, 2002 |
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