Zvika Lantzberg
 

I have known Dan since a very young age when we were still playing tennis in our teens. I got to play against him at 16 and unfortunately I did not have much to offer against him. He defeated me easily and I was very jealous of his performance.

A few years later Dan and I served at the same base in the Army while he was on a pilot course. I happened to be his medic and saw him deal with very difficult situations. Dan Dan has always been a true fighter in everything he did. A guy with crazy ambitions, and I always knew in my heart that this was the guy I should follow.

Towards the end of our military service, Dan Dan told me about his desire to go to college in the US and I of course wanted to go his own way and also started the admissions process during which I signed up to do the American Psychomarial Tests with him, to  That I can consult with. After the test, Dan sat with me for a few hours to advise me on colleges and of course he was already a few steps ahead of us all. He knew and researched the whole process from beginning to end.

In our final year of college, Dan told me about his desire to be hired on Wall Street, and of course since Dan was listening, I followed in his footsteps and so it happened that we both started working at Morgan Stellani that very day - in separate departments. Sometimes we would meet after a day of work and of course while I was complaining about how hard I was working, Dan's response was, "Come on enough ya cry what else do you have to do, watch TV?"

Dan always felt to me like the successful guy who knew everything and was ambitious who could achieve anything he wanted in his life. The sky has always been the limit for him. He proved it every time again when he took on new challenges. This was reflected in his love for marathons, cycling and achievement sports in general.

After Dan was killed, Harel Srugo asked me to run the marathon with him in his memory. My initial reaction was that there is no chance that what is wrong with me and these things. I thought my body would not stand it. But then I thought about it some more and realized that there was nothing I could have done that would have excited Dan more than that.
During the whole period of preparation for the marathon I felt Dan giving me all the strength to keep going and I heard him say to me: "Come on ya cry. Little on you." I did not believe I would be able to finish the marathon without Dan's inspiration.
I also know that Dan will continue to be proud of us if we continue with this amazing tradition every year to commemorate him through one of the events he loved most.

I miss you dear man !!!

Zvika Lantzberg