Kevin Cosgrove

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Kevin Cosgrove
Aon Corporation
SpouseWendy Cosgrove
Children3

Kevin Michael Cosgrove (January 6, 1955 – September 11, 2001) was an American insurance senior business executive and victim of the

Aon Corporation
.

Cosgrove is known for the

South Tower as it collapsed. The recording was used during the prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only criminal trial to result from the attacks. Cosgrove's last words made international headlines.[1][2]

Personal life

Cosgrove and his family lived in West Islip, New York.[3][4][5]

September 11 attacks

Cosgrove was a vice president of claims for

Aon Corporation and a fire warden for the company.[6] According to the 9-1-1 recording played during the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, Cosgrove was located in the northwest corner of the 105th floor in the South Tower, overlooking the World Financial Center when he called 9-1-1 at 9:54 am.[7]

In the recording, Cosgrove tells 9-1-1 dispatchers that he is calling from survivor Jonathan 'Jon' Ostrau's office (Cosgrove misspelled it as John Ostaru) and that he has two other individuals with him, including fellow victim Douglas Cherry. Cosgrove tells the operator: "My wife thinks I'm all right; I called and said I was leaving the building and that I was fine, and then bang!" A 9-1-1 operator later calls him; he answers: "Hello. We're looking in [...] we're overlooking the Financial Center. Three of us. Two broken windows." A rumbling sound is then heard as the building starts to collapse. Cosgrove is heard to scream "Oh, God! Oh—!" in fear. His call immediately cuts off and ends as the South Tower collapses at 9:59 am.[7]

Aftermath and legacy

National September 11 Memorial
's South Pool.

Cosgrove's remains were found in the rubble. He was buried on September 22, 2001, at St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery in Huntington, New York.[8] He was 46 years old.[9] He was survived by his wife, Wendy Cosgrove, a schoolteacher, and his three children.[4][2]

Wendy Cosgrove testified during the punishment phase of Moussaoui's trial, in which prosecutors sought the death penalty for Moussaoui. Wendy Cosgrove testified about her husband's last moments when he was trapped on the South Tower's 105th floor, and jurors heard an audio tape of Cosgrove's 9-1-1 phone call in which he told a dispatcher: "We're not ready to die."

self-mutilation for which she has undergone therapy.[4]

At the

National 9/11 Memorial, Cosgrove is memorialized at the South Pool on Panel S-60.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jury hears 9/11 victim's scream". BBC News. April 11, 2006.
  2. ^ a b Stout, David; Lewis, Neil A. (April 11, 2006). "Moussaoui Jury Hears From Grieving Families and From Victims Themselves". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  3. ^
    National 9/11 Memorial. Archived from the original
    on July 27, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d "Grim 9/11 evidence shown to Moussaoui jurors". NBC News. Associated Press. April 11, 2006. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  5. ISBN 9780805073607
    .
  6. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Kiehl, Stephen (September 10, 2006). "'I think we're getting hijacked'". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on July 26, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  8. Long Island Newsday. September 2011. Archived from the original
    on June 23, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  9. The Chicago Tribune
    , October 15, 2001.
  10. ^ "Prosecution Rests in Moussaoui Trial". PBS NewsHour. April 12, 2006. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012.

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