THE CANTOR "TWIN PATTERNS"
by Simon Shack - Aug 10, 2010
Throughout this long yet fascinating "vicsim" research, I have noticed one particular thing when it comes to wrap our heads around it all (not saying I myself have managed to wrap it all up yet!..). This one thing has to do with the coincidental repetition of given patterns which, as I see it, are quite extraordinary. Yet, many people seem to shove the 'haphazard coincidences' aside - in favor of other oddities which arouse their thinkbone more compellingly. However, I believe no crime investigation can totally ignore issues of 'statistical probability', so allow me to set forth my latest observations.
I have compared and merged two separate listings of the alleged Cantor Fitzgerald victims of 9/11. The 'merging' was necessary as the approx. 360 names of each listing do not always match - don't ask me why! Let us also, for now, ignore the fact that the official Cantor death-toll reported by the media was "658". There is simply no complete listing of those 658 names to be found anywhere on the internet. So, we are dealing here with 2 listings of 360 names of alleged employees of one single company.
OFFICIAL CANTOR FITZGERALD MEMORIAL
http://www.cantorfamilies.com/cantor/js ... .jsp?LNL=A
CANTOR FITZGERALD VICTIMS' MASS SERVICE LISTING
http://myfriendsphotos.tripod.com/cf.html
What strikes me as extraordinary is the amount of identical/similar surnames of employees allegedly working at Cantor Fitzgerald. Moreover, I wonder, just how common is it for pairs of brothers/sisters/cousins to clinch a plum job (and work in the same offices) of a top-notch NY financial company? Out of the approx 360 names listed, we may find as many as 29 groupings of identical surnames (totalling 70 employees). Note that there are such groupings for almost every single letter of the alphabet in the Cantor Fitzgerald 'victim lists'.
ABATE Andrew
ABATE Vincent
(alleged brothers)
ADAMS Donald L.
ADAMS Shannon L.
BURKE Matthew
BURKE Thomas
(no apparent relation - Irish surname)
BRENNAN Edward A. III
BRENNAN Frank. H.
CAHILL Scott Walker
CAHILL Thomas
(no apparent relation /both have fathers called "James"/ Irish surname)
CANGELOSI Vincent
CANGIALOSI Steve
(not common Italian surnames)
COLAIO Mark
COLAIO Stephen
(alleged brothers)
COLEMAN Keith Eugene
COLEMAN Scott Thomas
(alleged brothers)
EGAN Lisa
EGAN Samantha
(apparent sisters- Irish surname)
GALANTE Grace
GALANTE Deanna
(wives of cousins Anthony Galante and Giovanni Galante)
GALLAGHER Anthony
GALLAGHER John
GALLAGHER Daniel
(Irish surnames - but 3 of them?))
GRAZIOSO John
GRAZIOSO Timothy G
(apparent brothers)
GARDNER Doug
GARDNER William (Bill)
(no apparent relation)
HOFFMAN Stephen G.
HOFFMAN Michelle
HOFFMAN Frederick J.
HOFFMAN Marcia
(common German surnames - but 4 of them?)
JONES Christopher D.
JONES Donald Thomas
JONES Donald W.
(was Christopher's middle-name also "Donald" ?)
KELLY James J.
KELLY Joseph A.
KELLY Timothy
(common Irish surnames - but 3 of them?)
LYNCH Farrell
LYNCH Michael
LYNCH Sean
LYNCH Sean Patrick
(common Irish surnames - but 4 of them?)
MC CARTHY Justin
MC CARTHY Justine (ok, perhaps a typo - but on an obituary??)
MC CARTHY Kevin
MC CARTHY Robert
(common Irish surnames - but 4 of them?)
MONAHAN Franklyn
MONAHAN John
(Irish surnames)
MORRIS Lynne I.
MORRIS Seth
MURPHY Brian J.
MURPHY Charles
MURPHY Edward C.
MURPHY James
(common Irish surnames - but 4 of them?)
PALAZZO Tommy
PALAZZOLO Richard
(not exceedingly common Italian surnames)
PEREZ Anthony
PEREZ Angela Susan
(very common latino surnames - both with non-latino first names)
ROSENBAUM Brooke David
ROSENBAUM Sheryl Rosner
ROSENBLUM Andrew I.
ROSENBLUM Joshua
SHEA Joseph
SHEA Daniel
(Irish surnames)
SIMON Ken
SIMON Michael John
SIMON Marianne
THOMPSON Glenn
THOMPSON Nigel Bruce
VALE Felix A.
VALE Ivan
I have used the following site to come to my conclusions: http://names.mongabay.com/most_common_surnames.htm
No geographical statistics are included.
There are 360 names that are known, but I used 300 in my calculations, to make it a little easier.
ABATE:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,00144
Statistically out of 300: 0,00432
ADAMS:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,15313
Statistically out of 300: 0,45939
BURKE:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,04418
Statistically out of 300: 0,13254
BRENNAN:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,0179
Statistically out of 300: 0,0537
CAHILL:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,00748
Statistically out of 300: 0,02244
CANGELOSI:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,00057
Statistically out of 300: 0,00171
COLAIO (NOT LISTED):
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
COLEMAN:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,07734
Statistically out of 300: 0,23202
EGAN:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,00834
Statistically out of 300: 0,02502
GALANTE:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,00137
Statistically out of 300: 0,00411
GALLAGHER:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 3
Statistically out of 100: 0,02524
Statistically out of 300: 0,07572
GRAZIOSO:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,00011
Statistically out of 300: 0,00033
GARDNER:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,0514
Statistically out of 300: 0,1542
HOFFMAN:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 4
Statistically out of 100: 0,049
Statistically out of 300: 0,147
JONES:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 3
Statistically out of 100: 0,50517
Statistically out of 300: 1,51551
KELLY:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 3
Statistically out of 100: 0,09652
Statistically out of 300: 0,28956
LYNCH:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 4
Statistically out of 100: 0,04243
Statistically out of 300: 0,12729
MC CARTHY:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 4
Statistically out of 100: 0,003004
Statistically out of 300: 0,009012
MONAHAN:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,00558
Statistically out of 300: 0,01674
MORRIS:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,11557
Statistically out of 300: 0,34671
MURPHY:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 4
Statistically out of 100: 0,11139
Statistically out of 300: 0,33417
PALAZZO:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,00114
Statistically out of 300: 0,00342
PEREZ:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,18109
Statistically out of 300: 0,54327
ROSENBAUM:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,00333
Statistically out of 300: 0,00999
ROSENBLUM:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,00153
Statistically out of 300: 0,00459
SHEA:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,01189
Statistically out of 300: 0,03567
SIMON:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 3
Statistically out of 100: 0,02774
Statistically out of 300: 0,08322
THOMPSON:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,23887
Statistically out of 300: 0,71661
VALE:
Cantor Fitzgerald: 2
Statistically out of 100: 0,00117
Statistically out of 300: 0,00351
As you can see, Cantor Fitzgerald has some statistically very extraordinary numbers in common names of their victims.