September 11th - A Bit More About Victor Saracini

At the NM Tech Facebook page for alumni from the 70s and early 80s, they had more about Victor Saracini, pilot of United Flight 175 on September 11, 2001. I have a hazy memory of sharing Dr. Loganbill's English class with Victor in the spring of 1975:

Then, in breaking news around 10:30 P.M., the authorities identified the pilot of United Flight 175, the hijacked plane that had flown into the second tower. Terrorists had stabbed a flight attendant and burst into the cockpit, where they killed the pilot and first officer, then took over the controls. All sixty-five people aboard died. 

As if that wasn’t enough, Géza felt a gut-punch when he saw the name of his college roommate flash across the screen: The pilot was 51-year-old Captain Victor J. Saracini, a husband and the father of two daughters, from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 

“Oh, shit,” Géza said. 

One of us, he thought.