He died at age 39 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on board American Airlines flight 77.
He was on the first leg of a trip to the Channel Islands in California, where he was to conduct an educational field trip.
He was survived by his mother, Barbara Harrell, brother Randy Ferguson and sister-in-law, Jennifer Ferguson of Mississippi. According to his friends, he loved clothes, his dog Winston, cooking, music and dancing. David Merlin Duke, a friend in Nashville, says, "[w]hen Joe got up in the morning, first thing he'd do was blast the music. He'd dance while he got dressed, and I mean he dressed. Joe didn't have clothes -- he had 'outfits'."
"I was a student on an 'educational field trip' with Joe (Project Marco Polo) in 1994. I remember his love of music and good food. I also remember that he and Ann Judge, another passenger that day on flight 77, were a brilliant team, leading us through Italy, Malta, and Tunisia. Not only did they make sure everything went smoothly, but they conducted the trip with a sense of style, grace, and humour. I will never forget that trip or the horrible events on 9/11/01." ~Meghan Spyker, 23, Music Therapist in San Francisco, CA.
See September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Casualties.
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