Jake Lynch

"Jesse! Jake! Come on, you’re holding people up."

- Daniel Lynch at O'Hare Airport. March 8, 1999.

Jacob Robert Lynch, better known as Jake, is the youngest and second son of Daniel and Victoria Lynch, younger brother of Jesse Lynch, and cousin of Simon and Peter Lynch. Jake was first seen by Art Jeffries on March 8, 1999, hours after the 1999 "L" attack, and during the course of that day he and his brother Jesse were caught in the midst of the frameup of their cousin Simon. They and their parents remained in Chicago until sometime after March 12 (on which they celebrated Simon's 10th birthday at Jeffries' apartment). Jake and Jesse had returned, though, by April 3, when Simon was tricked into the South Keeler Avenue warehouse where he was betrayed by his older brother Peter. Jeffries explained the full truth behind the events of June 1998 late that evening to Jake and Jesse, even as that month's big storm closed in on the city.