I received an email from Lani this morning, and with her permission am reprinting some of it here:Update on family: Eleanor is back to normal, she has a few scratches but seems untouched! Aleisha is banged up but didn’t break anything- she was released last night from the hospital she was in so she could go see McKenzie in the separated children’s hospital. McKenzie was … [Read more...]
Tragedy Begets Triumph: Why I Love this Community
by on September 24, 2007
As word spread across the real estate blogging community this morning about the tragic death of Aaron Anglin, some pretty amazing things began to happen.First was the gut wrenching news -- Ben Aaron Anglin, just 24 years of age, was killed in a car accident yesterday. Aaron leaves behind his wife Aleisha Anglin, 25 and their two babies -- Eleanor who turns 1 THIS week and Mackenzie who is only 6 … [Read more...]
A Day of Mixed Emotions
by on September 11, 2007
September 11. It's probably safe to say that date evokes pretty similar feelings in the majority of the people on the planet. Feelings that are difficult to capture in words.From 1970 - 1972, I lived in Brooklyn, New York while my dad was stationed at Ft. Hamilton's Army Chaplain School. (Long since relocated to Ft. Jackson, SC) During that time, the World Trade Centers were under … [Read more...]
A Tribute To Harry Ramos
by on September 11, 2006
"I'm coming down with you," Harry told the stranger. "I'm not going to leave you." Those are the last words we know of that Harry Ramos said. No doubt there were other words spoken after that by Harry Ramos to Victor, a heavy-set man that Harry was trying to help out of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Harry Ramos was the head trader at May Davis, whose offices were … [Read more...]
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