Monica

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Monica woke up to the sound of her lovely husband, Chandler, getting ready for work. Usually he worked in a small building but today (11/9/01) he was lucky enough to be having a meeting in floor 186 of the world trade centres.

She looked at the clock - 7:30am- he had half-an-hour but it was only a small commute. A year walk down the road. He walked in and stood watching her for a moment. Monica sat up and smiled at him.

'Morning, Chandler.'

'Morning, honey. I'm off but you get some more rest, OK?' he said caringly. 

'Oh but I have pancakes to make, 'cause you are going to ace this interview, baby!' I said with a big smile.

'Aww,' he chuckled and then 'I love you...' before a sot kiss on the tip of my nose.

'I love you too,' I replied. 'Bye, good luck!'

'Don't need it.' he joked as he walked out of the door, usual Chandler.

Slowly getting up and dressed, I began to make a Chandler special - 10 blueberry pancakes with more sprinkled on top. 

Soon the batter was finished and I began to make the pancakes, eating the extra two (11 and 12). Absentmindedly, I turned on the news and checked the time - 8:30, Chandler's meeting had just finished. I decided to call, ask how it went when boom!  A plane smashed into South Tower, apparently the second that day! It was only a few blocks under Chandler's meeting room!

'Oh my God, Chandler, baby... no!'

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