Unforeseen Fates: Reflections on the Near Misses of 9/11 The annals of American history are replete with tales of chance and circumstance, where fate's twists can be as heart wrenching as they are inexplicable.
The events of September 11, 2001, were no exception, a day when seemingly innocuous decisions or unforeseen events conspired to spare lives that could have been otherwise lost.
Consider the cases of Howard Lutnick and Larry Silverstein. Both men had reasons for being absent from their usual destinations in the World Trade Center on that fateful morning.