Sellam wrote: I have staff at 40 Broad, two doors down from the NYSE and about four blocks from Liberty Plaza/World trade. One of them just checked in. As he put it, when the second aircraft hit it started raining down concrete on Broad Street. He took everyone down the stairs to the lobby, looked outside and decided that they had to get the hell out of dodge. Down broad to the river, then up the side of FDR heading uptown until they were clear of the dust. It appears I lost a staff member today; he was visiting Cantor on the 103rd floor of the WTC. Just got married. No word yet from friends who work across the street from the WTC. I gotta go fire up the disaster recovery plans, after which I'm planning on re-evaluating some of my priorities in life. Chris. -- Chris Kennedy chris(a)mainecoon.com http://www.mainecoon.com PGP fingerprint: 4E99 10B6 7253 B048 6685 6CBC 55E1 20A3 108D AB97

I worked for some years for 3DG in the World Trade Center. I left about a year ago to join IBM. I have lost friends and colleagues there that I know, love, and respect. I lost my former secretary. Luckily the office hadn't started up operations for the day yet, so the majority of the staff wasn't there. My brother was in the World Trade Center a mere two hours before the attack. He was back in midtown at that time. He is fine. My cousin works at 112 Wall St., and he's also fine. I count my blessings. I pray for the souls of my absent friends. Peace... Sridhar On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Sellam Ismail wrote: