In the summer of 1999, a retired UPS executive named Edward G. Quinn, a 58-year-old male, found a new interest in the world of day trading. After a long and successful career, he was enjoying his retirement and had taken up this new hobby. On the afternoon of Thursday, July 29, 1999, he stopped by Momentum Securities, a day trading firm in Atlanta's Buckhead district, a place he frequented about three days a week for a few hours.
That day, however, his life was cut short in a horrifying act of violence.
A man named Mark O. Barton, who was also a day trader, entered the office and opened fire. Barton's rampage through two different day-trading firms that day left several people dead and others wounded. Edward Quinn was one of the unfortunate victims who was gunned down in the attack. His sudden and brutal murder sent shockwaves through his family and community, who remembered him as a kind and wonderful man who was devoted to his family.
Hundreds of people attended his funeral, wearing yellow ribbons to honor his memory. Friends and family eulogized him as a person who never had a bad word to say about anyone and was universally liked. He was described as a man who cared deeply for others and whose presence brought warmth to those around him. His wife and three children were left to grapple with the senseless loss of a cherished husband and father. Mark O. Barton, the perpetrator of the massacre, took his own life hours later, leaving behind a note that offered a glimpse into his troubled mind but no real solace for the families of his victims.
