9/11

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We lost a family member too. He was on the 101st floor of the second tower. He called his wife when the first tower was hit and told her not to worry; he was fine. He and his co-workers were planning on leaving the building but were told to remain where they were When the second plane hit, he called his wife back. He told her he was going to try and get out and that he loved her and their daughter. In mid-conversation, the phone went dead. His name was Martin "Buff" Wohlforth and he worked for Sandler O'Neill as an investment banker. He was from Demarest, NJ and Greenwich, CT. My/his area of NJ suffered the most loss of life of any area. The town is currently completing a memorial wall in our town park, where all the names of those who perished are etched in stone. We were one of the fortunate ones as his remains were identified about a week after the tragedy. His wife was on the Today Show with her daughter Chloe a few days after the event. I'll never forget their stoicism, grace and bravery. Like so many others, they held up a picture of their Dad and pleaded for anyone who may have seen him, to contact them. My heart goes out to your uncle and family. Thanks to his bravery and sacrifice, and the bravery of so many others, many lives were saved. Please tell him that me and my family cannot express our thanks for his and his fellow firefighters heroic sacrifices.

I'm so very sorry for you loss, HaleyRosie. How tragic and ironic that your cousin was on the plane that hit the tower Buff was in. It's hard, isn't it?? It's still somehow unreal to me...until I go to Ground Zero.