Thursday, September 12, 2002
Fifth Third Bank
Phone call may have saved lives
Fifth Third's Jim Russell remembers traders he had talked to on a daily basis who were lost in the attack on the World Trade Center.
Wednesday, as he watched brokers on a trading floor at Fifth Third Bank shortly before the stock market opened, he talked about how those deaths had stunned him and co-workers.
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Mr. Russell, Fifth Third's director of core equity strategy, said a conference call set for last Sept. 11, may have inadvertently triggered a decision that saved some lives.
Morgan Stanley representatives working with Fifth Third decided to move the call to a midtown Manhattan location, instead of making it from Morgan headquarters in the World Trade Center.
About 2,700 Morgan Stanley employees were in the South Tower, the first to collapse.
“We may have saved their lives,” Mr. Russell said.
He and colleagues at Fifth Third knew 15 Wall Street executives who died that day.
“Days like the one-year anniversary today are hard,” Mr. Russell said.
“It's like a bad dream. It brings all of it back to you.”
— Jeff McKinney
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