As a delivery man for Empire Distributing Corp. in Calstadt, New Jersey, his main responsibility was dropping off office supplies on the many floors of the World Trade Center every day. Alex is orginally from Colombia. He was 2 when he came to the United States. Alex, a fun-loving jokester and single dad, leaves behind his 13-year-old son, Steven, his parents and his sister, Claudia. Since Alex and his younger sister were 11 months apart, they were extremely close and protective of each other.