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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 19:49:25 -0400
To: "David Simon Bendory" <david90@alumni.princeton.edu>
From: "moishe@langsam.com" <moishe@langsam.com>
Subject: Re: No words to describe
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I work at the Seaport and was going to take the N/R to Cortland but changed 
my mind and took the A to Broadway/Nassua . I saw most of the early morning 
unfold. I was on the Brooklyn Bridge Ramp (Manhattan side) when the first 
tower fell. Thank G-d we are here today to write about it.
Moishe Miller
moishe@langsam.com

At 10:51 PM 9/11/01 -0400, you wrote:
>I work across the street from the World Trade Center in One Liberty Plaza.
>My office windows were blown in by the blast when the southern tower
>collapsed. Thank God I was already on my way home.
>
>Thank God I made it home safely today, without a scratch. I will be
>bensching gomel in shul on Thursday.
>
>Locked in my desk sits my great-grandmother's siddur, published in Vienna in
>1878. I had an appointment to meet with a book conservator tomorrow to have
>it properly preserved. Inside the cover, my GGM, then my GM, listed the
>births, marriages, and deaths in our family from the death of my GGGM and
>GGGF in 1893 through the marriage of Uncle Charlie in1932. The text is
>below.
>
>This siddur survived pogroms in Hungary, the journey to America, and 3
>generations. I won't know if it survived today's tragedy until I can get
>back into my office, and I don't know when that will be. Thank God I have a
>scan of the writing inside the cover.
>
>My unforgettable blessed late Mother died on May 4, 1895. Father - January
>3.
>My unforgettable blessed Mother died on May 16, 1893.
>My unforgettable blessed Father died on July 18, 1893.
>Married on August 17, 1901.
>My dear daughter Fanni was born on May 2, 1902.
>My dear Filip was born on January 2, 1905.
>My dear Karl Moritz was born on February 9, 1906.
>My dear daughter Teresine was born on March 3, 1908. Harrison
>Tess
>My dear daughter Rose was born on August 7, 1910. Harrison
>My dear son Leopold was born on March 9, 1914.
>My dear daughter Bertha was born on September 7.
>Fanny got married on August 21, 1926.
>Katherin was born on June 6, 1927.
>Elaine was born on November 11, 1930.
>My dear husband died on December 28, 1931.
>Tessi got married on April 30, 1932.
>Cha... got married on June 12, 1932.
>
>Please say a prayer for peace.
>
>David Simon Bendory
>Livingston, NJ
>david90@alumni.princeton.edu
>Looking for Hungarian KOHN, POPPER, BRAUCH, HECHT in Resita, Timisoara,
>Anina
>Looking for Romanian SCHWARTZ or SIEGAL, VACSMAN in Botosani or Braila,
>Romania
>Looking for Romanian HARR near Bucharest, Romania
>Looking for SIMON and GOETZ from Germany
>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/m/David-E-Simon/index.html
>
>
>
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