Al says that the morning of September 11 his brother, Fred, was scheduled to fly on United 175.
"Fred was packed and ready to go. He made sure that everything was turned off in the house since his wife was spending some time at her sisters. He got behind the wheel of his six month old Toyota Celica, but the engine wouldn't turn over.
"Disgusted, he returned to the house and called Triple-A. He stressed the need for speed, since he had to catch a flight. Half an hour later he thought about calling for a cab. He can't say why he didn't, just that he decided to take a later flight.
"He flipped on the TV but wasn't really paying a whole lot of attention to it. Triple-A finally showed up and he went outside to deal with them. Funny thing was, he decided to try turning the key one more time. The car fired rigth up.
"He thanked the tow guy, went back inside to call his boss and let him know he'd missed the flight, when he caught sight of the smoke roiling out of the World Trade Center. He turned the volume up, and as he watched, he saw an aircraft fly into the picture, then a second explosion, this one in the other tower."
"He had, in fact, just watched the plane he was supposed to be on explode.
"Call it what you like, but whatever kept him from going to the airport that morning saved his life."
I can't stop thinking about that story. I mean, how lucky can you get?
2 comments:
Maybe his wife had left him and was never going to return from her sister's?
Maybe he was suicidal?
If this was the case, perhaps he was unlucky?
Or maybe Fred was the cowardly 20th hijacker?
Unlucky? That's an interesting twist Rhet. Guy's wracking his brain for a way to do himself in, sees his plane smack into the tower and realizes the missed opportunity there...
20th hijacker, I doubt.
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