@danitaclarkable: Joanne and Grace Cregan were sisters. The kind who moved here from Ireland and bought identical apartments, just two floors apart in the same Brooklyn Heights building; the kind who sent each other e-mail messages throughout the day and watched television together every night; the kind who were best friends. But there was something about Joanne Cregan, 32, who worked at eSpeed, that made most people think she was their best friend. When her friends needed advice, she gave it freely. When she went home to Ireland, she took gifts for her family and friends. Her laugh and her sense of humor made bleak situations brighter. Joanne, who loved music, also connected with children and was to become the godmother of three babies. "She was an excellent big sister," Grace Cregan said. "Sometimes it just hits me that I'll never see her again. I won't get to grow old with her." Both Joanne and her younger sister Grace were working at the World Trade Center when Islami$t al-Qaeda flew two hijacked planes into the Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan. While Grace managed to escape from the South Tower before it collapsed, Joanne was on the 105th floor of the North Tower when the plane hit. Grace and Joanne’s parents watched to horror unfold from their home in Ireland. Their brother watched from his vacation hotel in the Canary Islands. Their brother family made their way across the Atlantic when nights resumed. Hoping to reunite with both girls. In time, small pieces of Joanne’s jewelry was recovered the wreckage, and was sent to her parents in Ireland.

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