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Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 07:23:22 +1000
To: "David Simon Bendory" <david90@alumni.princeton.edu>
From: Abelsohn Family <abelfam@optushome.com.au>
Subject: Re: No Words to Describe
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Unbelievable!  I told so many of your story!
Shana Tova
Lesley Abelsohn
Sydney Australia


At 06:10 PM 9/17/01 +0000, you wrote:
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>Tens of people responded to my earlier story of my GGM's siddur, trapped in
>the wreckage of the World Trade Center. Several encouraged me to have faith:
>after surviving pogroms in Hungary, the journey to America, and 3
>generations of my family, the siddur would surely survive this calamity as
>well.
>
>Well, it seems that the presence of my siddur saved One Liberty Plaza, which
>is not only standing but also structurally sound -- in spite of earlier
>reports of its collapse.
>
>As to my siddur, it has been retrieved and is safely in the hands of a
>friend who will personally deliver it to me tonight in time for Rosh
>HaShannah.
>
>Earlier, I said that I have no words to describe the catastrophe from which
>I narrowly escaped. I now have no words to describe the miracle which has
>emerged from that same catastrophe.
>
>God willing, there are more miracles to come, in the form of survivors who
>emerge from the debris.
>
>Shanah tovah,
>
>David Simon Bendory
>Livingston, NJ
>david90@alumni.princeton.edu
>Looking for Hungarian KOHN, POPPER, BRAUCH, HECHT in Resita, Timisoara,
>Anina
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>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/m/David-E-Simon/index.html
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