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Disney Legend and former EVP of Attractions Ron Dominguez known as Mr. Disneyland passes away at 85 Ron Dominguez, a Disney Legend and former executive vice president of Walt Disney Attractions, passed away at 85 on Saturday Dominguez is survived by his wife of 41 years, Betty, who he met at Disneyland Known as Mr. Disneyland, he previously joked his childhood home was located right about where the entrance to Pirates of the Caribbean and Cafe Orleans are today Starting in July 1955, Dominguez took a summer job at the Anaheim amusement park as a ticket taker at age 20 In 1974, the businessman became Vice President of Disneyland and, in 1990, then the executive Vice President, Walt Disney Attractions for the West Coast ....
‘Mr. Disneyland’ and former Disneyland executive dies at 85 [The Orange County Register] Jan. 2 Ron Dominguez, a Disney legend who grew up on an orange grove ranch that later became part of the Disneyland theme park, has died. He was 85. Starting in 1955, Dominguez worked taking entry tickets as the Anaheim park first opened. He then quickly moved through the ranks, and in 1990, he was named executive vice president for Walt Disney Attractions for the West Coast. He retired in 1994 and in 2000 he became a Disney Legend. He also was given a window on the theme park’s Main Street. Getting a window is a significant honor, said Scott Fleener, who was among the first to learn of Dominguez’s passing early Friday, Jan. 1. ....
And it s just such a powerful vision of what happened that day. and it s a wonderful tribute to our son. it s a beautiful tribute to our son. ainsley: go ahead, steve. steve: i was going to say the story is my daughter went to boston college where your son went. so this is a legendary story. but you didn t know for the longest time that your son, who always wanted to be a firefighter, actually, when he had the opportunity to go to safety, he went back and kept trying to rescue more and more people. at what point did you realize what your son had done that he had died a hero that day. i really didn t know. we didn t know anything until i read the article in the new york times and there were reports there that there was this mysterious man wearing a red kerr chief, a red handkerchief, a red bandanna. all these references. wells walls actually an equities trader but he was also a fully trained volunteer firefighter. ....
Captures where the twin towers once stood and the reflecting pools and in the center the new 9/11 museum. it is standing some seven stories beneath ground. the president stopped to see big red, the ladder truck. on it the brave captain that called from the 35th floor of the north tower that day. this is the command post. we re trying to get up. the president was here to honor the heros that day. he spoke of a group of injured office workers huddled on the 78th floor of the south tower. they thought there was no way out. then there came a voice, a young man. in his 20s, strong. emerged from the smoke and over his nose and his mouth he wore a red handkerchief. that man helped to carry wounded down 17 flights of stairs, going up to do it over and over again. they didn t know his name, but they knew their lives had been saved by the man in the red ....