This first is from his father. "What his eulogy does not say though, is that he also had a great sense of humor. For instance, his sister waited until she was 18 before getting her drivers license. On her inaugural drive, Sean quietly climbed into the back seat wearing his crash helmet. Heather went ballistic so he had to remove it, but everyone else thought it was funny."

"Another anecdote regarding Sean involves a long sleeve white shirt, dress pants and matching sportcoat that I had bought him prior to the Christmas 1998 Caribbean cruise. Although he occasionally wore the shirt and slacks, he steadfastly refused to wear the sportcoat.

A few months later, just before he became 11, I saw him digging a hole with his camping shovel. After a while, he summoned me from the house to show me his work. With a big grin on his face, he motioned that he had neatly folded and placed his sportcoat in the bottom of his hole. He had no intention of burying it, this was just a manifestation of his sense of humor."

"In earlier days, he enjoyed school and had an excellent vocabulary that was noticed in a first grade IQ test, and by his second grade teacher. While doing a lesson on rain forests, the teacher asked for descriptions. Sean offered the word, 'lush', and was told he had the best vocabulary in class. Later he would routinely use words such as, 'ruse' and 'precisely'."