IP: a story - would be nice if it is true

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Herb Lin" <HLin () nas edu>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 11:57:47 -0400
>
>
> One small point of light re the World Trade Center enabled by modern
> telecommunications.  A friend of mine in NYC just returned from Mexico, where
> she heard the following story.
>
>    A Mexican man working in a restaurant at the base of one of the big 
> towers is
>    received a phone call from his wife in Mexico, who had learned of the
>    airplane incident on television in real time and told him to him to 
> leave the
>    building immediately.  He did leave, and is alive today because of 
> that phone
>    call.
>
> No way to confirm this story, and don't know if it has been written 
> about.  But
> it is consistent with other press reports in the Gulf war that people in New
> York City watching live coverage in Israel would call relatives in Israel to
> warn them of impending or ongoing Scud missile attacks.
>
> herb



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