I was asleep in bed after working the night shift at the newspaper when my daughter called me. She was quite hysterical saying, "Mom, turn on the tv, a plane just hit the WTC!!!!" Of course she always calls me with some kind of drama, so I was sort of skeptical. That is until I turned on the tv and watched over and over again that second plane crashing into the building. It's something I'll never forget.

Charles, the man who adopted Coco, worked for Smith Barney in the WTC, got out alive, along with all his co-workers.