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I was in my office when my wife(who worked in the building in the Attorney General's office) came busting in with the news of a plane crash in NYC. We raced home to watch the news in our kitchen. I remember that day like JFK and MLK and RFK.
It turns out one of our kid's best friends and co-worker(Dave P.) at the Bank of America HQ in Charlotte was in the NY offices that fateful morning. Along with his heroic boss Bob H., they helped evacute the bank's upper floor offices after the security voice told everyone to stay at their workstation- all under control. Bob had been there for the first attack in 1992 so he stood on a desk at ordered everyone out. As they got to the street(walked all the way down dragging people with them) the cops were screaming to run - they got a block away when the first tower came down. He was texting Brett as he came down so we had on-the-scene witness telling the tale from the site. They walked over the Broooklyn Bridge and grabbed a rental car and headed back the Charlotte. The end of the story is about 4 years ago Dave got a package from the NYC Police Dept. It was his battered briefcase and personal stuff(all charred). He has it mounted in a case in his office with an American flag.
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