World Trade Center Disaster

Our apartment building was without power, electricity or phone service for several weeks. We were not able to move back in until October 21st. Thirty to 35% of the tenants chose not the return. My fatherís apartment building was hit harder. All the windows in his apartment were blown-in by the collapse of the south tower. Thankfully, he had returned to his apartment after he heard the horrific sound of jumpers from the WTC hitting the pavement and was protected from the force of the blast by his curtains.

Many others obviously were effected much more. Our industry lost five professionals in the events of September 11th. Lisa Raines of Genzyme died when American flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. I had known Lisa since the early 1990's and had been working on a report on the FDA with her for the last several weeks. Amgen lost one of its employees on that same flight who had been working with the FDA to get a new drug approved. Three healthcare investment professionals I knew were in the WTC when it collapsed.



Matt

