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To: Pete
"Five years after the attacks, Jonathan Briley, a 43-year-old employee of the Windows on the World restaurant was identified by chef Michael Lomonaco as The Falling Man. Briley was a sound engineer who lived outside of Manhattan, in Mount Vernon, and worked in the North Tower restaurant. According to the documentary he was also identified by his brother in the morgue by his orange t-shirt and shoes. Lomonaco claims that he was able to identify Briley by his clothes and body-type. In one of the pictures, The Falling Man's clothes were blown away, revealing an orange undershirt similar to the shirt that Briley wore to work almost every day. His sister, Gwendolyn, asserted he was wearing that shirt on the day of the attack. She told reporters of The Sunday Mirror, "When I first looked at the picture... and I saw it was a man - tall, slim - I said, 'If I didn't know any better, that could be Jonathan.'" A charity has been set up for Briley's family, and many news programs have aired his story as being the one of The Falling Man.[citation needed] However, the identity of The Falling Man has never been officially confirmed."

In the photo, The Falling Man is looking down. I choose to believe it is because this man was trying to avoid harming any other soul in his last moment of life on this planet.

18 posted on 09/11/2008 12:47:57 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: MHGinTN
In the photo, The Falling Man is looking down. I choose to believe it is because this man was trying to avoid harming any other soul in his last moment of life on this planet.

I agree with you.

22 posted on 09/11/2008 1:13:52 PM PDT by scan59 (Markets regulate better than government can.)
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To: Jim Robinson

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42 posted on 09/12/2008 9:23:25 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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