Did you listen to the other episodes? Some of the others have very useful information. (I remember listening to some of the early episodes quite a while ago, before some of the later episodes had been posted).
Episode #8 talks about the Post Secret postcard, which was published before Sneha's story was a major news story.
Episode #10 reiterated some statistics about 9/11 WTC deaths.
These statistics actually come from the
reports published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
- 99% of civilians who were below the points of impact were successfully evacuated
- Only 1% of civilians who were below the points of impact died
- 147 people died on the planes
- Only 18 bystanders or people in nearby buildings were killed (by falling debris or jet fuel)
- 1,974 civilians died at or above the points of impact
- 148 civilians died below the points of impact
- 421 first responders died*, including (*415 are named in Wikipedia)
------ 403 who worked for the NYPD (23), FDNY (343), or Port Authority (37)
------Classifications vary for the remaining 18 (or 12)
------------8 paramedics named in Wikipedia (7 according to Walczak)
------------Wikipedia lists 1 federal officers, but Walczak says there were 2
------------1 patrolman from the New York Fire Patrol (not mentioned by Walczak)
------------3 New York State Court Officers (not mentioned by Walczak)
------------Walczak mentions 9 volunteers, possibly including the 3 court officers above
- No information is known about 17 of the victims
This article also relates that of the 624 occupants who died in the South Tower, 618 were at or above the point of impact.
One theory that can be virtually ruled out is the theory that Sneha ran into the World Trade Center to help. For one thing, people who needed medical treatment were directed to triage sites set up outside the towers. Even if Sneha had wanted to help, it's unlikely that she would have tried to enter either of the towers, and it's even less likely that she would have been allowed to enter. Not only that, but it's probable that some survivors would have remembered her, and no one has recalled seeing anyone fitting Sneha's description participating in the rescue efforts or entering either tower. She also wasn't captured in any of the known photos or videos taken outside the Twin Towers.
The odds that Sneha could have died at the World Trade Center if she was not in the towers prior to the first impact are astronomically low, all things considered.
The only way that a WTC death makes any sense at all is if she was already in one of the towers above one of the points of impacts. Even though Sneha's mother claimed that Sneha had expressed a desire to check out Windows on the World, the wedding that she would have attended there was not scheduled until April of 2002. Sneha had seven months to check out that restaurant. How likely is it that she would have checked it out first thing in the morning after a night away from home?
To me, the case for Sneha's having died in the WTC collapse is a weak one.
I think that Sneha could have succeeded in running away if she had help, and she apparently spent the night with someone who has never come forward, so someone is keeping a secret. It's been argued that the person Sneha was with might have died in the collapse as well, but Sneha cannot be connected to anyone who is known to have died in the collapse, and if another person who was not known to have been there also died, then there should be a second missing person from 9/11. The WTC scenario just doesn't add up.
It is entirely plausible that the 9/11 disaster caused Sneha to have an epiphany. Maybe she realized that life is too short not to live the life that she wanted to live. An unplanned disappearance would have been very difficult without help, but it is likely that she had help. It could have been as simple as another woman who vaguely resembled Sneha allowing Sneha to leave the country using that other woman's passport.
