Nationality American Parents Evelyn Alderete Name Melissa Doi | Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | |
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Full Name Melissa Candida Doi Residence 180 Davis Avenue, Throggs NeckBronx, New York City, New York, U.S. Occupation Financial manager at IQ Financial Systems Died September 11, 2001, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States | ||
Trapped in the world trade center melissa doi
Melissa Cándida "Missy" Doi (September 1, 1969 – September 11, 2001) was an American businesswoman in the financial industry who was a victim of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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- Trapped in the world trade center melissa doi
- Melissa doi calls from the 83rd floor of the number 2 world trade center during 9 11 01
- Early life and education
- Death and 9 1 1 call recording
- References
Doi is known for the recording of the 9-1-1 call she made during her final moments from inside the South Tower as it was engulfed in flames. The recording was used during the prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only criminal trials to result from the attacks. Her emotional conversation with 911 emergency operator Barnes made several international headlines.
Melissa doi calls from the 83rd floor of the number 2 world trade center during 9 11 01
Early life and education
Doi graduated from the Spence School, before attending Northwestern University, where she graduated in 1991 with a sociology degree and was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. It was said that she wanted to become a ballet dancer. After graduation, she took a job in public relations, then moved to banking. In 1997, she joined IQ Financials and soon became a Financial Manager. Doi was the only child to the single mother Evelyn Alderete.
Death and 9-1-1 call recording
According to the 9-1-1 recording played during the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, at 9:17 a.m., on September 11, 2001, when the south tower of the World Trade Center was hit by United Airlines Flight 175, she and another five people were trapped on the 83rd floor where IQ Financial Systems was located when she called 911. During the call, the operator tries to keep Doi calm and extract information from her. She answered, "Well, there's no one here yet, and the floor's completely engulfed. We're on the floor and we can't breathe, And it's very, very, very hot". Due to privacy reasons, only the first 4 minutes of the dispatch call, which lasted 24 minutes, was released by the courts along with the rest of the recordings, numbering more than 1,600. As the south tower burned, she asked the operator, "Can you stay on the line with me, please? I feel like I'm dying."
Towards the conclusion of the communication, Doi provided the dispatcher with her mother's surname, requesting the establishment of a conference call to converse with her mother potentially for the final time. The dispatcher, however, informed her of the technical limitation: the absence of a facility to facilitate a three-way call. As the conditions worsened, with smoke and heat intensifying, Doi conveyed her mother's contact details to the 911 operator, aiming to relay a final message through them. That evening, Alderete received a call from the 911 operator who had spoken with Doi while she was trapped in the stairwell, who said she had a message for Alderete from her daughter: "Tell my mother that I love her and that she's the best mom in the whole world." After 24 1/2 minutes, the call cuts off. It took three years for her remains to be found in the rubble.At the National 9/11 Memorial, Doi is memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel S-46.