Return-Path: Delivered-To: alumni.princeton.edu%david90@alumni.princeton.edu Received: (cpmta 9353 invoked from network); 17 Sep 2001 20:53:25 -0700 Received: from fl-mta02.durocom.com (216.53.195.243) by smtp.c007.snv.cp.net (209.228.33.204) with SMTP; 17 Sep 2001 20:53:25 -0700 X-Received: 18 Sep 2001 03:53:25 GMT Received: from computer ([216.97.215.166]) by fl-mta02.durocom.com with SMTP id <20010918035324.VJEP993.fl-mta02@computer> for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 23:53:24 -0400 Message-ID: <000701c13ff4$0eb99ce0$a6d761d8@computer> From: "Norman/Jean Fuhrer" To: "David Simon Bendory" References: Subject: Re: No Words to Describe Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 23:43:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Status: U X-UIDL: O6bFNtHkIcwkjgE Dear David, A truly remarkable story. I am sure that G-d and your GGM had a hand in delivering you to safety, and for sparing your GGM 's siddur from almost certain destruction. L' Shanah Tovah Norman and Jean Fuhrer Titusville, Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Simon Bendory" To: "Hungarian SIG" Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 2:10 PM Subject: No Words to Describe > Tens of people responded to my earlier story of my GGM's siddur, trapped in > the wreckage of the World Trade Center. Several encouraged me to have faith: > after surviving pogroms in Hungary, the journey to America, and 3 > generations of my family, the siddur would surely survive this calamity as > well. > > Well, it seems that the presence of my siddur saved One Liberty Plaza, which > is not only standing but also structurally sound -- in spite of earlier > reports of its collapse. > > As to my siddur, it has been retrieved and is safely in the hands of a > friend who will personally deliver it to me tonight in time for Rosh > HaShannah. > > Earlier, I said that I have no words to describe the catastrophe from which > I narrowly escaped. I now have no words to describe the miracle which has > emerged from that same catastrophe. > > God willing, there are more miracles to come, in the form of survivors who > emerge from the debris. > > Shanah tovah, > > David Simon Bendory > Livingston, NJ > david90@alumni.princeton.edu > Looking for Hungarian KOHN, POPPER, BRAUCH, HECHT in Resita, Timisoara, > Anina > Looking for Romanian SCHWARTZ or SIEGAL, VACSMAN in Botosani or Braila, > Romania > Looking for Romanian HARR near Bucharest, Romania > Looking for SIMON and GOETZ from Germany > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/m/David-E-Simon/index.html > > > > > This SIG (h-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org) is hosted by > JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy > Visit our home page at http://www.jewishgen.org > To post a message to this mailing list please address it to > > Visit our website at http://www.jewishgen.org/hungary/ , and remember the > H-SIG message archives at > http://www.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.isa?jg~jgsys~sigspop >