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2002-09-12

Having suffered a seizure on 8/25 I was due to come home on 9/11. My son just having his first child on 8/07 had been to see me every night after work before he went home. On the evening of 9/10 he called me and said "Mom I'm really tired. Would you mind if I didn't come to see you tonight?" I replied "of course not I'm coming home tommorow." "He said that's great now we can have the baby baptized. I'll see if I can leave work early so that I can take you home." I replied "If you can that terrific if not grandma can take me home. I love you Jimmy." He said "I love you too Mom." We didn't know it then but this was the last conversation we would ever have. You see Jimmy worked on the 105th floor of Tower 1 at the World Trade Center. We did have the baby baptized but not until December. Before that we just couldn't believe that he was gone at the age of 33. My beautiful baby was gone forever and his beautiful baby boy would never know just how special his Daddy was.

Kathy Roman