from The Dallas Morning News Wednesday, March 29, 2006
A New Hampshire woman whose life was spared from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by the chance scheduling of a medical appointment has died of injuries from a car crash in Denton County. Relatives said flight attendant Marilyn Gates, 52, was in Texas to attend a weekend wedding when a sport utility vehicle hit the car she was riding in Saturday at Hebron Parkway and Marsh Lane. Texas Department of Public Safety officials identified the SUV driver as Stephen Mole of Keller. DPS spokeswoman Lisa Block said that speed was a factor in the crash and that Mr. Mole ran a traffic light. Ms. Gates' husband, Don Gates, was hurt in the crash and was released after hospital treatment. Also injured in the crash were the driver, Eugene Cordes, and two other passengers, Beverly Brooks and Griffin Cordes, all of Fremont, NH. Ms. Gates was supposed to be working aboard American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the World Trade Center.
A New Hampshire woman whose life was spared from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by the chance scheduling of a medical appointment has died of injuries from a car crash in Denton County. Relatives said flight attendant Marilyn Gates, 52, was in Texas to attend a weekend wedding when a sport utility vehicle hit the car she was riding in Saturday at Hebron Parkway and Marsh Lane. Texas Department of Public Safety officials identified the SUV driver as Stephen Mole of Keller. DPS spokeswoman Lisa Block said that speed was a factor in the crash and that Mr. Mole ran a traffic light. Ms. Gates' husband, Don Gates, was hurt in the crash and was released after hospital treatment. Also injured in the crash were the driver, Eugene Cordes, and two other passengers, Beverly Brooks and Griffin Cordes, all of Fremont, NH. Ms. Gates was supposed to be working aboard American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the World Trade Center.
