12 years later, We'll always remember

Originally Posted by cigarclifford

My cousin Maria was lost forever on September 11th 2001. Maria called
me from her cell phone on that terrible day from her office located in
the North tower as her office was located on the 72 floor. We talked
about how it was just a fire above her location and soon the firemen
would be there to rescue her. I could hear many screams from both
men and women, Maria stated that the fire was now approaching her
floor but could go no where and she was looking out the window of
from her office. The cell phone conversation suddenly came to a end.
My family was told buy the authorities that Maria was seen in camera
footage plunging to her death from the 72nd floor. Today at church
I took a old photo of Maria and myself when we were children playing
together we were at most 10 or 11 years old and I left it at the church
this morning and drove off.

Originally Posted by mishuko

What was scary was that year (or might have been the year before) I was visiting relatives and we visited the 100th floor in the WTC where my uncle worked. It was amazing how high up it was and how far the ground was below...

That being said the morning it happened my uncle decided to go for a jog. Being OCD on his BO he decided to take a shower which made him late for work. He was actually planning on going in early too... when he was on the ferry he saw smoke coming from the building and he literally fell to his knees in disbelief. The ferry turned around and he went back home. It definitely was not his time and my family all thank our stars for his luck.