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The Other Side of Our Story
On September 11, 2001 the Hackel family experienced the loss of Paige Farley Hackel, Peter's friend and father Allan's wife of 20 plus years.
Paige was on her way to California with her best friend Ruth McCourt Clifford and Ruth's daughter Juliana for a spiritual retreat at the Deepak Chopra Center and for a surprise trip to Disney Land for four-year-old Juliana. On the morning of the 11th, all three left Paige and Allan's Newton home for the drive to Logan. Although their destination was the same, the two friends chose to use frequent flyer miles they had on separate airlines. Paige was booked on American fight #11 while the McCourt's were booked on United flight # 175.
Ironically, in New York, Ruth's brother, Ron Clifford had arrived at the World Trade Center from his home in New Jersey 15 minutes early for a business meeting. As he paced the lobby waiting, he felt the building shake. It was Paige's plane crashing into the North Tower. Ron was helping a woman out of the building for medical attention when he saw a plane that unknown to him was carrying his sister and niece crash into the South Tower.
Since 9/11 PH Productions has dedicated much of their time working with worthy causes we feel Paige would have supported if she were still alive.
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