nmah547.xml

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I did.. I even wore pin for about 6 months. I always respected the american flag, even before September 11.

I think some emphasis should be put into all those innocent victims who were citizens not FDNY or NYPD.

One of the first person to arrive to work at 632 Broadway (NOho area) i remeber getting a voice mail from Chantal Vincelli asking me to find her a sales kit and take it over to here at 1 world trade, where the a Financial conference was to take place. My first reaction was, Im scared of HEIGHTS.. I called her on her celllphone and asked if she found what she needed and she replied" odont worry I have it.. hey whats for lunch?" I said listen girl its 8:40 in the am, are you crazy! she says back "wait for me and we'll do our everyday lunch" and ends the conversation with "I love you" I say "ditto" that would be the last time I hear her voice, her laughter. 5-10 minutes later I get a call from Rajesh MIrpuri saying "a bomb went off" we're fine but tell us what u want us to do. I quickly told our CEO and he informed me to call emergency services. we all tuned our radios and computers to msnbc and heard " plane crashes into WTC" 15 mintues pass, choas is finding its way down Braodway and I go down walk to the corners of Mulblurry and Greene(i think) I looked up and saw this ohter plane coming straight into the other tower.. as 1,000s of us just watched in amazement this fireball crashes into 2 world trade, I quickly lost the ground under my foot and fainted! I suddenly realized "hey, we have 4 employees up there"! a few other co-workers brought me back from what I thought was a nightmare. ONce in our office, wifes, brothers, sisters, mothers wre showing up or calling asking for their loved us.. we lost 4 employees, co-workers , family and friends on that faithful day; 3 unrecovred but presummed dead. It is a day that will live forever in my heart.

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2002-08-29