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CNN Saturday Morning News

One of the Lives Taken by Flight 11

Aired September 15, 2001 - 08:29   ET

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PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Right now we're going to pause to take a look at a tribute to so many of those lives that were wiped out in these multiple attacks. Frank Sesno has more.

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FRANK SESNO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lost on American Flight 11 from Boston headed to Los Angeles Carol Buchard, an emergency room secretary. She was on her way to Las Vegas with her friend Rene Newell. Renee worked for the airline and gave Carol a buddy pass so the two could vacation together.

Tara Creamer was on a business trip to Los Angeles and worried about leaving her two children, Colin, four, and Nora, one. Her husband, John, called her a kind and loving wife and mother.

Seventy-one year old Thelma Kusonelo was on her way to visit older sister Grace and her brother-in-law in Los Angeles. Thelma did not get to see her sister often and was overjoyed when her daughter found her a discount cross country fare.

Nellie Casey was on her first business trip since coming back from a six month maturity leave. She would have celebrated her fifth wedding anniversary with husband Michael on September 21st.

Linda George, 27, was on a buying trip for an apparel company. She and her fiancee were planning their wedding -- it was scheduled for next month.

American Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center at 8:45 a.m. Eastern time on September 11, 2001.

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