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Alfred Brociner, a prominent mechanical engineer who helped design an emergency cooling system for the World Trade Center after the 1993 terrorist bombing, died Thursday at his Plainview home after a long illness. He was 80.
Newsday, the Long Island, newspaper says “Brociner was born in Bucharest, Romania, and graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from what is now known as the Polytechnic University of Bucharest.
He emigrated to the United States in 1963 with his wife, Rolanda, and son, Dan.
For nearly three decades before his retirement in 1996, Brociner worked for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, retiring as chief mechanical engineer in the engineering department. He enjoyed his work and was dedicated to his job, and he appreciated the friendship of his colleagues, his family said.
Brociner’s family provided excerpts from a speech given at a retirement dinner honoring him. “At the core of the [Port Authority’s] mechanical engineering accomplishments for 29 years, he was responsible for designing some of the largest and most complex mechanical systems serving transportation anywhere,” the speaker said.”