I remember seeing you in your wedding dress and you looked so happy. I just wanted to let you know I love you and Im stuck in this building in New York. He is encouraged. Bye babe.. ''He tried to pass what he learned from scouting,'' Mr. Schweiger said. She didnt think of herself, she thought of her husband," Harrington said, adding that the world fell in love with her through her voice. He says he still gets calls around Sept. 11 and holds on to notes about his daughter. It's been 10 years since that tragic day. Of course not. Otherwise, just know that she was the inspiration to change my life and I will always be grateful to her for that. ", The odds are not good. God bless. Melissa must of been a GREAT person and she must be truly missed. ''You can't run away from what was meant to be.''. Desperate for help to arrive, Kevin told emergency dispatchers in the full audio recording, My wife thinks Im alright. But when she talked to Sean, I could see in her voice that see knew she was going to die, her father lamented. East Newark 9/11 Memorial. Hi baby, Ms Lyles said in her voicemail. Danny Smith had forgotten something. Madeline Amy Sweeney was a 35-year-old flight attendant from Acton, MA. Melissa, I never knew you, but i remember hearing your message to your husband in the years since those horrific events. He flew to Los Angeles and Dublin, just to see U2 concerts. Melissa Harrington Hughes, Dickinson College Catherine MacRae, Princeton University Mary Alice Shehan Wahlstrom, Ohio State University. In one instance, its really good that I talked to her, he said through tears. There's an idea floating around out there that the State invests better than private industry does. Stephen J. Cangialosi N-43. Melissa was born and brought up in West Springfield, MA, she lived in Washington for five years before settling in San Francisco, CA, in 1996. Sean P. Lynch, Cornell University A. Todd Rancke, Duke University . Melissa..I think about you still. Patricia Kellett remembered the day Joe Kellett called to say hi, and was she doing anything that night, and how about going to see ''Les Miserables''? So Melissa, this is in honor of you. She became one of the faces and voices forever connected to Sept. 11. We're going to make it. ''It was part of his breathing, almost. When he awoke he heard this message left on his answering machine. She was born on May 29, 1970 in West Springfield, MA to Bob and Beverly Harrington. He got other jobs -- substitute teacher, sanitation worker -- before the Fire Department called him to work in May of last year, when he was 31. The statue wears her United Airlines uniform and looks out over the Intracoastal Waterway. Speaker Bennett Walsh, superintendent of the Soldiers Home in Holyoke and a Marine colonel, recalled hearing of the attacks while serving at Fort Bragg, a massive Army base in North Carolina. Mr. Cascio, 23, was the tour director for a flotilla of friends, who followed in his wake. It is so important that we as parents keep each and every person who lost a life.. loved one friend on that tragic day in our hearts. and purchased the candle sold in memory of Melissa at the Big E while visiting family. You and your family are still in my thoughts. They're not a map to follow, but simply a description of what people commonly feel. Bobby, the youngest of seven children, had quit hisjob as a mobile salesman after finding his calling as a flight attendant in November 2000, his mother Ruth recalled of her son shortly after the attacks. God bless all of her family! To Melissa's family .. Our thoughts are with you; Share Melissa's spirit thru your actions. Policastro made subsequent attempts to contact the planes cockpit, but was unsuccessful in his attempts. Vincent A. Cangelosi N-41. Her VM message haunts me to this day. She graduated from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, and later she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Masters Degree from George Washington University, Washington, DC. Lorne said his wife was eventually able to reach him on the phone about five minutes before the plane crashed into a field in Somerset County, PA. We are from a Harrington lineage also so her name caught our attention. ''My brother loved to save his money,'' said Angela Frunzi, offering an explanation for Mr. Pesce's ascetic rhythm of life. I didn't know Melissa, but I wanted to honor this day. '', At the corner of 50th and Broadway, before they said hello, she asked: ''Was I the first person you called? Our purser is stabbed. Even his dream was discounted -- a Ford Taurus SHO. An employee of Slam Dunk Networks, she was attending a conference high atop one of the two towers of the World. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Brian Sweeney made the call to his wife, Julie, in the minutes before 9 a.m. Jules, this is Brian. In honor of Melissa and in rememberance of today 9/11 and all those we lost, I purchased breakfast for and delivered to firestations in my area for 911day.org. ''It's probably killing him right now, me talking about him,'' Mrs. Frunzi said. Ride the bus back to his parents' home in Staten Island, where he lived. She enjoyed helping single mothers get on their feet without leeching off the system, according to her aunt,Mareya Schneider. Later, they skied in Switzerland, went to the opera in Vienna, toured everywhere. In honor of Melissa, the family has set up a foundation which will give annually to charitable organizations in Melissa's name, the Melissa Harrington Hughes Endowment Fund, c/o Toomey-O'Brien Funeral Home, 1043 Westfield St., W. Springfield, MA 01089, or make contributions to any organization whose efforts are supporting the families and friends of the World Trade Center victims. She didn't work there; she was on a business trip for her San Francisco-based technology firm . Register, Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. I want to say I'm sorry for this. She said no, but there is a lot of smoke," Harrington said. I hope to be able to be able to see you face again baby. There they spent summers with their daughters, Julie Anne, now 5, and Cameron, 6. Watch the video below and read on to hear the stories behind the voices: Betty Ong, Amy Sweeney, Daniel Lewin, Brian Sweeney, Bobby Fangman, CeeCee Lyles, Melissa Hughes, Kevin Cosgrove and Missy Doi. Listen, Im on an airplane thats been hijacked, said Brian Sweeney, a 38-year-old aeronautics consultant and former Navy pilot. Missy continued, in audio not included in the video above. Keeping with her promise, the 9-1-1 operator called Evelyn on the evening of September 11, 2001 with one last message from her loving daughter: Tell my mother that I love her and that shes the best mom in the whole world.. Melissa, that day was tragic for everyonebut I will always remember your message to your familyIt touched me deeply even till this day..Hope your flying with the angelsGOD BLESS. I am a total stranger, I never knew you but you are one of so many voices lost that day, forever etched in our consciences from your recorded message to your family.20 years on we still remember that day, May God bless you and keep you. You have funeral questions, we have answers. to see what was unfolding. It can also refer to a tax increase that is disguised or hidden in some way. May you rest in peace. She was a flight attendant for American Airlines, where she worked for 14 years. Leslie Prather, Daughter of Gay Harrington, Me and my daughters have been blessed to have been introduced to Melissa's story. I never knew you. I want you to do good, go have good times same to my parents and everybody and I just totally love you and Ill see you when you get there. '', A persistent person, too. Biography American employee of Waters Financial, attending a conference in New York on 9/11/2001 in the World Trade Center on the 106th floor. Will always have you and your family in my thoughts and prayers always. CEECEE LYLES was a flight attendant working on board United Airlines Flight 93. AAL: Well if they were shrewd, they would keep the door closed, and . They are the last words of passengers, crew members and office workers who were among the 2996 killed when terrorists hijacked planes and crashed them into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Marc Policastro, whom Bobby spoke with in the San Francisco office, said that Bobby reported both pilots were dead and a flight attendant had been stabbed. Just about every Friday night, he came to Staten Island's Troop 43 meeting in his khaki pants and beige shirt festooned with patches and medals. I dont know what to say. Calling hours are Thursday, 3-8 p.m., TOOMEY-O'BRIEN FUNERAL HOME, 1043 Westfield St., West Springfield, MA. Harrington said he knows of at least a few people named after his daughter. Peace to your family always. Why today it's on my mind I don't know, but I take it as a sign that I should reach out. Im Number 3 on Flight 11. John Arnatt. Cosgrove: Hello theres three of us, two broken windows Oh God oh! I will always remember. They honeymooned in Capri. She was so unselfish. soared. Like Kevin Cosgroves final call, Missys was usedby the prosecution in the only criminal trial to result from the September 11 attacks. Ragnar . Our number one has been stabbed and our five has been stabbed,, The aircrafts erratic again. Just in case. God rest her big, beautiful soul. I will never forget. CeeCee married her husband, Lorne, in May 2000, blending their families with her two sons, Jerome (16 at the time of his mothers death) and Jevon (6), with Lornes two boys, Justin (11) and Jordan (9). Happily spending every penny he earned, Mr. Carpe Diem, a proud denizen of downtown Manhattan, went scuba diving in Fiji and skiing wherever the air smelled of snow. We have a network here. We are going to try to do something about this.. I will never forget your phone calls to your father and husband. The Sunday before, he and his mother, father, sisters and brothers had all spent the day together on the beach. She would want any article written about her to mention the Junior League (of San Francisco), said her father. I did not know Melissa but after seeing the documentary phone calls from 9/11 I really felt alittle of the cruelty of those lost, especially those like Melissa, trapped above the impact zone who could not exit the tower. Stewart D. Harris N-47. And Mr. Myhre, 37, wanted the time he spent with people, whether family or friends, to be special, she said, describing him, simply, as a ''happy'' person -- ''an ordinary person who died an extraordinary death. We'll help you find the right words to comfort your family member or loved one during this difficult time. They helped me walk up the stairs. We cant even get into the cockpit. I looked at my daughter who I had brought home because of things I had heard and I immediately started to cry. 1 Beds 1 Full Bath 693 sq ft 1 Days on Market. Click image or button bellow to READ or DOWNLOAD FREE The Law School Admission Game: Play Like An Expert, Third Edition Book Informatio. Her remains were located in the rubble three years after the attack. His phone call ends abruptly, with screams and the sound of debris falling as the call cuts off. He would change his voice so it was always hard for her to tell. Bless your family and live life full of knowing. Harrington-Hughes left an emotional message for her husband on that day. Melissa Harrington Hughes died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Thoughts to your family. He choked up as he tried to say her name aloud. She also reported the passenger sitting in 9B had his throat slit by the hijacker sitting behind him. United 93 was the plane on which passengers and crew decided to fight the hijackers, and it was during the clash that it crashed in Pennsylvania, just 200 kilometres northwest of Washington, DC. Her pasta sauce was not just about garlic and tomatoes. ''When it came to me, no, he wasn't cheap,'' Ms. Reynolds said. Sean was still alive but the couple both knew the noise that had ripped through the . Nydia Gonzalez was on the phone with Betty and can be heard communicating with her in the video. That was our Christmas Day.''. I want to tell you I love you. They read her story, they read what she said to her husband and they named their kids after her," Harrington said. Melissa Hughes left an answer phone message People in the hijacked airliners and the World Trade Center made frantic phone calls as Tuesday's tragic events unfolded. I'm hoping three, four months max. Melissa Harrington Hughes. The man was seen struggling in the surf 30m from the shore before he vanished from sight. For Jonathan Myhre, who is 3 now, what little he remembers of his father is of happy moments -- like the time ''Daddy took me to buy ice cream.'' She was active in Spinsters, a professional women's organization. So I took him to a toy store and said, 'You can have anything you want.' Say your prayers, the dispatcher tells Missy. Harrington-Hughes tried to reach her husband Sean at their home in San Francisco. ''This was Italian sauce,'' her father recalled. His day job, human resources information specialist at Cantor Fitzgerald, was a source of pride, but his real joy was scouting; he relished the prospect of passing it along to his son, Liam, now 2, and a second son, Jack, who had not yet been born on Sept. 11. Melissa Missy Doi was 32-years-old when she died on September 11 in the South Tower. She was such a great person.