The following was written by John Beaven, Warriors Executive Vice President of Ticket Sales and Services. On September 11, 2001, John's father, Alan Beaven, was aboard United Flight 93. Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, John reflects on his father’s legacy.
“Higher. Throw it higher.”
Sports have always been an integral part of my identity. Some of my earliest memories involve me and my dad playing catch together in Central Park in New York for hours on end. An avid tennis player himself, he would bring his racket and launch balls increasingly higher into the air, and I would wobble and twirl before settling under the ball for catch after spectacular catch.