IP: from a near miss this Tuesday

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 18:14:17 -0400
> To: dave () farber net
> From: Angela Gunn <herself () agunn com>
> Subject: the article my staff writer sent around
>
> This is from someone our editor knows; our own piece will be ready soon, I
> trust. Thanks again for your time today. I truly, truly appreciate it. Take
> care.
>
> All the best --
> Angela G.
>
> *******
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> Author: tim330i (---.ne.mediaone.net)
> Date:   Sep-14-2001 01:43:45 AM
>
> This is from a good friend of Mark, Jordan and mine.
>
>
> My name is Usman Farman and I graduated from Bentley with a Finance degree
> last May. I am 21 years old, turning 22 in October; I am Pakistani, and I
> am Muslim. Until September 10th 2001, I used to work at the World Trade
> Center in building #7. I had friends and acquaintances who worked in tower
> #1 right across from me. Some made it out, and some are still unaccounted
> for. I survived this horrible event.
>
> I'd like to share with you what I went through that awful day, with the
> hopes that we can all stay strong together; through this tragedy of yet
> untold proportions. As I found out, regardless of who we are, and where we
> come from, we only have each other.
>
> I commute into the city every morning on the train from New Jersey. Rather,
> I used to. I still can't believe what is happening. That morning I woke up
> and crawled out of bed. I was thinking about flaking out on the train and
> catching the late one, I remember telling myself that I just had to get to
> work on time. I ended up catching the 7:48 train, which put me in Hoboken
> at 8:20 am. When I got there I thought about getting something to eat, I
> decided against it and took the PATH train to the World Trade Center. I
> arrived at the World Trade at 8:40 in the morning. I walked into the lobby
> of building 7 at 8:45, that's when the first plane hit.
>
> Had I taken the late train, or gotten a bite to eat, I would have been 5
> minutes late and walking over the crosswalk. Had that happened, I would
> have been caught under a rain of fire and debris, I wouldn't be here
> talking to you. I'd be dead.
>
> [continues on site]



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