9/11, 25th Anniversary Remembrance: #11 – Evan J. Baron
By Steve Wilson // September 1, 2026
Baron worked on the 92nd floor of the North Tower at the World Trade Center in New York City
Evan J. Baron (pictured) tragically was killed on 9/11 while working on the 92nd floor of the North Tower at the World Trade Center in New York City. (Image: legacy.com)
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – In remembrance of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the Friday Night Locker Room’s Steve Wilson randomly selected 25 people that were killed on that tragic day. Space Coast Daily will release one story per day leading up to September 11, 2026. Today’s story is about Evan J. Baron, who was killed on 9/11 while working on the 92nd floor of the North Tower at the World Trade Center in New York. Story courtesy of legacy.com.
#11 Evan J. Baron loved bringing members of his family together. Whether it was a two-week vacation with his wife, Jeannine, and their two children on Long Beach Island or a dinner party with his sister and her family at his Bridgewater home, Mr. Baron prided himself on keeping connected with his loved ones.
Even when his work as an energy futures specialist for Carr Futures took him around the country, the 38-year-old Mr. Baron would find time to meet with family. “He would make attempts when he went on business trips to visit with cousins,” said his father, Irwin Baron of Holmdel. “That was very important for him, to see family together.”
While Mr. Baron enjoyed playing golf, his father said you would rarely find him spending weekend hours on the course when he could be with his children, Ethan, 6, and Julia, 2. “He never lost sight of family as the most important thing,” Irwin Baron said. “I was in awe of how he grew up — a wonderful father and a wonderful husband.”
Mr. Baron was working on the 92nd floor of World Trade Center’s North Tower when a hijacked plane struck the building Sept. 11. His family last heard from him when he left for work that day.
Though Mr. Baron did not enjoy commuting from Bridgewater, where he moved nearly nine years ago, his father said he enjoyed the challenge and atmosphere that came with working in Manhattan. “I think he had a genuine interest in the activities that took place down there,” Irwin Baron said. “It had the excitement and the ambiance that went with the market.”
At Holmdel High School, Mr. Baron played guitar and toyed with the idea of making it his career. He considered studying music when he attended Rutgers University in Newark. “He was always interested in music,” Irwin Baron said. “He was a pretty accomplished guitar player in high school.”
But he soon turned his analytical mind to big business and went to work in the stock market. “He was a quick thinker,” Irwin Baron said. “He was able to assimilate numbers quickly.”
His success allowed him to buy a big house in Bridgewater, just a few miles from his sister — another example of Mr. Baron’s attempt to keep family together. “He wasn’t just my brother; he was my best friend,” Julia Driscoll said. “He was really a part of my soul.”
Mr. Baron also is survived by his mother, Marcia Baron.
This article is sponsored by Erdman Automotive and Craig Technologies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Steve Wilson was born in DeRidder, Louisiana and grew up in both New Orleans and Macon, Georgia. He moved to Brevard County in 1984 and retired from local government as the Community Advocate/Assistant to the City Manager with the City of Rockledge in 2018.
Among the awards and accolades Steve has received over the years are 15 + year Rockledge Little League volunteer, Brevard Public School Jefferson Award Recipient, Rockledge High School Raider Booster Award 2001, 2006, City of Rockledge Employee of the Year 2006, Rockledge Kiwanian of the Year 2006-2007, City of Rockledge Quality Public Service Award 2008, 2012, 2017, Rockledge Kiwanis Citizen of the Year 2012-2013, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Sportscasting 2015, Rockledge High School Leadership and Service Award 2016, Central Florida Humanitarian Award 2017, Space Coast Inspiration Award – 2018, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Lifetime Achievement – 2020, Ecofest Achievement Award – 2022, Quality Floridian Award – 2022, presented by U.S. Congressman Bill Posey, Florida House District 32 Constituent of the Week 4/20/25.
Wilson is especially proud of his chairing two fundraisers in support of pediatric cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation in honor of Merritt Island resident Julie Spurlock that raised over $25,000.00.
He has been a partner, along with Orville Susong, for the past 27 years with the Friday Night Locker Room, a broadcasting team that covers and reports on a wide variety of local events that are of significance to the residents of the Space Coast and beyond. Their mission is to promote youth sports, support first responders and law enforcement personnel, and showcase community and charitable events that are produced by our nonprofit partners in central Florida.
The Friday Night Locker Room has awarded hundreds of sports achievement plaques to Brevard County student-athletes over the years. They have also awarded more than $18,000 in academic scholarships to Brevard County high school seniors.
