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Originally Posted by cyclone3483
true story: two people I worked with were scheduled to be in New York for a conference. They had everything booked. The conference was to start a little later in the morning, so they agreed to go to the top of one of the twin towers for site-seeing before the conference. Sept 7th, a sudden business opportunity means they both (manager of strategic planing, manager of treasury) are required to stay in Calgary and cancel their trip.
They would have both been at the top of the tower when it was hit.
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A very close friend of mine was the last tour group to the top - the day before. The 'day of' apparently there were no tours. Is this true?
Coincidently, I was on a plane to Edmonton that morning when it all went down, the pilots clearly knew what was happening and had to change altitudes. We landed in Edmonton knowing nothing, except there were firetrucks with lights flashing on the runway. They dropped us off with no comments at the far end of the airport and we had to walk across a field and through a makeshift whole in the chain link and barbwire fence. They at least had cabs waiting for us. We still had no idea. It was not until I arrived at the Mcdonald hotel when we saw the TV in the bar what took place.