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9/11: Two Years Later
As the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks at
the World Trade Center and Pentagon approached, NABE began
receiving phone calls and emails from people who had seen
our 9/11 pages and wanted to get in touch
with us.
We learned about a new Marriott World Trade Center web
site, created by a survivor, and touched base with a Florida
author who is writing a book about the Marriott. We heard
from the wife and sister of an Iowa businessman who perished.
They
hoped we could provide them with more information about
what happened inside the Marriott World Trade Center hotel
on Sept. 11, 2001, where several hundred of us had gathered
in the Grand Ballroom to hear Morgan Stanley President
Robert Scott address us on the final day of our 2001 Annual
Meeting.
We learned that the flag that flew atop the Marriott WTC
hotel was recovered and is now on permanent display at
Marriott headquarters in Bethesda, Md. In New York City,
the New York Marriott Financial Center and the New York
Marriott Marquis planned to observe the second anniversary
of the attacks with moments of silence and a display with
two pillar candles in the lobby, in memory of the two Marriott
WTC hotel employees who died after helping guests out of
the hotel. The hotels will also host families and organizations
participating in memorial events, according to Marriott
spokespersons.
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