Havre couples daughter goes on with life in New York after 9/11

Our daughter, Jessica Liese, moved to New York City after graduating from Mount Holyoke College in May of 2001. On the morning of Sept. 11, she was traveling on the Q train to her job at Carnegie Hall. The Q runs near the World Trade Center, so Jessica could see smoke billowing from the first tower as the train passed it. The second tower had not yet been hit.

Jessica arrived at work safely, still not knowing what was happening. Soon after, the train service was shut down. There was no telephone service, so for a very long hour we did not know if she was safe. Finally, we received an e-mail sa...