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She survived the 9/11 attacks but died two months later in a plane crash. 25 years later, her family is telling her story

She survived the 9/11 attacks but died two months later in a plane crash. 25 years later, her family is telling her story
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Hilda Mayol was working in the World Trade Center when terrorists struck on September 11, 2001. Evacuating, she saw people fleeing beside her hit by the falling debris and covered with dust from the burning skyscrapers. “Keep going,” she told herself. Two babies a...

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