20 Year Anniversary of the Terror Attacks on 9/11/01

[SaguaroSpirit]

 

[Murphy1950]

I watched much of the coverage yesterday and we ended the day watching "Come from Away" I had been to Toronto fall before pandemic hit to see it. Apparently the plan was to make it into a movie using some of the Newfoundland locals as extras. Covid changed that plan. A live production was filmed instead. A time when the world came together. If you have not seen it I would invite you to do so.

It was a fabulous play. I saw the Washington DC premier years ago. I mention that because at that time some of the cast were local residents who took people in and some were actual passengers from stranded planes. There was a couple who met while stranded and ended up married who were part of the original ensemble.

 

[steeltowngirl]

Juliana Valentine McCourt was just 4 years old the day she died on United 175.

The deaths of Juliana McCourt and her mother Ruth on Flight 175 represent one of the crazy coincidences of the day in which part of a family survived the tragedy while part was lost. Ruth McCourt’s brother, Ron Clifford was a software salesman working in the North Tower when first American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the skyscraper. He managed to get out before the tower fell, but he witnessed United 175 slam into the South Tower, not knowing at the time that his sister and niece were on board. Clifford told ABC News, “I think when I was on the floor saying the Lord’s Prayer … when the second plane hit, just in a strange way maybe Ruth guided me out of there.”
Ruth and Juliana were also going to spend time at Disneyland on their planned California vacation.

Remembering the Children of 9/11: Meet The 8 Kids Who Were Killed On 9/11/ 2001

 

[kakadu]

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Thank you. Such true and heartbreaking words.

 

[Deleted member 199554]

Juliana Valentine McCourt was just 4 years old the day she died on United 175.

The deaths of Juliana McCourt and her mother Ruth on Flight 175 represent one of the crazy coincidences of the day in which part of a family survived the tragedy while part was lost. Ruth McCourt’s brother, Ron Clifford was a software salesman working in the North Tower when first American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the skyscraper. He managed to get out before the tower fell, but he witnessed United 175 slam into the South Tower, not knowing at the time that his sister and niece were on board. Clifford told ABC News, “I think when I was on the floor saying the Lord’s Prayer … when the second plane hit, just in a strange way maybe Ruth guided me out of there.”
Ruth and Juliana were also going to spend time at Disneyland on their planned California vacation.

Remembering the Children of 9/11: Meet The 8 Kids Who Were Killed On 9/11/ 2001

I remember reading this. Also, to make this even crazier, Ruth McCourt's best friend Paige Farley Hackel was supposed to take Flight 175 but ended up using her frequent flyer miles...on Flight 11.

 

[HMSHood]

It is hard to believe it has been 20 years.

 

[Diogenetic]

It is hard to believe it has been 20 years.

It was a pivot point in my life. I had just taken my first high paying job after finished my masters a few months before. And I dropped all that, joined the Marines and did three tours instead.

 

[steeltowngirl]

It was a pivot point in my life. I had just taken my first high paying job after finished my masters a few months before. And I dropped all that, joined the Marines and did three tours instead.

Thank you for your service @Diogenetic
Much respect for the sacrifice you made for our country.
I hope you were able to return to your career choice.

 

[Murphy1950]

It was a pivot point in my life. I had just taken my first high paying job after finished my masters a few months before. And I dropped all that, joined the Marines and did three tours instead.

Thank you and God bless. @steeltowngirl covered it so well, many of us will always be grateful and you have our upmost respect for your sacrifice. I too hope you were able to return and enjoy your career choice.

 

[Laughing]

A fave positive story about Salty & Roselle:

image from wikipedia

Salty, a relative of Wrangler’s, led blind owner to safety from 71st floor on 9/11

Heroes, they led many people to safety!

Back again with Salty & Roselle.

Since last year, learned that an engineer friend was meeting with defense contractors in DC on 9/11 -- but no one in the family knew that the meeting was NOT in the Pentagon!

On the 12th, the hotel had the shuttle vans avaialable for anyone who wanted a ride to the big blood drive.

Changes your focus, for certain.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[Caylee Advocate]

Circleville New York Deli Owner Releases Never Before Seen Photos of 9/11 - Scioto Post

CIRCLEVILLE – “Things changed for New York after 9/11,” said Richie Verito a Brooklyn New York native, who owns the New York Deli in Circleville Ohio. “It wasn’t a big deal for us to spend the day in Lower Manhattan where the towers were, we worked there, we played there, shopped, we grew up, we […]

www.sciotopost.com

 

[kaen]

Even though this is so far in the past, I still mourn my friends lost that day. Never forget.....

 

[Murphy1950]

Was getting ready to leave for work, actually in my car and my husband came out and said 'hey you may want to see this, a commuter plane just hit a trade tower in NY." He had on Katie and Matt as I recall. I went inside and a few minutes later the second plane hit the second tower. I remember being physically ill, realizing it wasn't commuter planes. I couldn't watch anymore..went outside on our screened porch to pray. It wasn't long after that I heard a noise I could never fully describe, (the two largest blocks of concrete ever made clapping together,) the house shook, the cat flew off her perch, and in the inside of our house all doors slammed shut. I said to my husband 'they just bombed D.C. and looked toward the city waiting for a mushroom cloud." The noise I heard was the plane hitting the Pentagon..seemed like forever before the news announced what had happened.

 

[Caylee Advocate]

Local New Yorker Shows 9/11 Newspaper Collection - Scioto Post

CIRCLEVILLE – A local New Yorker broke out his collection of 9/11 papers telling a story on why they are so important to him. Richie Verito owner of Richie’s New York Corner Deli in Circleville says he kept the papers to remember that day. “My family has always collected items that mean...

www.sciotopost.com

 

[realanastasia]

Tribute in light as seen on 9/10/22.
I took this last night when I was just steps from Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan.

 

[dotr]

Hopefully this posted in the correct thread.

8 August 2025 rbbm.​

Remains of three 9/11 victims identified more than 20 years after attacks

New York's medical examiner's office has tested and retested remains from the World Trade Center as DNA techniques have advanced over the past 24 years.

news.sky.com

''The remains of three 9/11 victims have been identified thanks to evolving DNA technology, New York City authorities have said.

Officials announced on Thursday that they have identified the remains of Ryan D. Fitzgerald, a 26-year-old currency trader, Barbara A Keating, a 72-year-old retired non-profit executive, and another woman, whose name is being kept private at her family's request.

They were identified through now-improved DNA testing of remains found in the wreckage after the attack on 11 September 2001, New York's medical examiner's office said.''

MSN

Ryan Fitzgerald and Barbara Keating were killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack at the World Trade Center. © Wikimedia Commons user Bri Rodriguez/Voices Center for Resilience

 

[realanastasia]

Hopefully this posted in the correct thread.

8 August 2025 rbbm.​

Remains of three 9/11 victims identified more than 20 years after attacks

New York's medical examiner's office has tested and retested remains from the World Trade Center as DNA techniques have advanced over the past 24 years.

news.sky.com

''The remains of three 9/11 victims have been identified thanks to evolving DNA technology, New York City authorities have said.

Officials announced on Thursday that they have identified the remains of Ryan D. Fitzgerald, a 26-year-old currency trader, Barbara A Keating, a 72-year-old retired non-profit executive, and another woman, whose name is being kept private at her family's request.

They were identified through now-improved DNA testing of remains found in the wreckage after the attack on 11 September 2001, New York's medical examiner's office said.''

MSN

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Ryan Fitzgerald and Barbara Keating were killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack at the World Trade Center. © Wikimedia Commons user Bri Rodriguez/Voices Center for Resilience

Bless the indefatigable folks who continue to examine the rubble and debris to bring closure to families of as-yet-unconfirmed victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. I know it’s just idle speculation on my part, but I wonder if it is at all possible that the woman whose identity family members did not wish to publicly disclose could be Sneha Ann Philip?

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NY Thread 'NY - Sneha Ann Philip, 31, New York City, 10 Sep 2001'

Feb 2, 2008

I saw this case mentioned in the missing 9/11 not WTC thread but I thought Sneha should have her own thread. The following is from the CharleyProject:

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearanc
Missing Since: September 10, 2001 from New York City, New York
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: October 7, 1969
Age: 31 years old
Height and Weight: 5'6, 115 pounds
Distinguishing...

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