Musing about Cantor-Fitzgerald and 9/11.

[Baitball Blogger]

It is funny how, regardless of how ordinary we are, we all have experiences with historical events. Some of us are fortunate enough just to brush by them, rather than being at the epicenter of a calamity. What we see is peripheral, and sometimes, we may have the tendency to amplify the few details that do come our way by those who were close to the tragedy. That's what may be happening with this post as I recollect a conversation I had with a mother who lost her son on 9/11.

He was a relatively new hire at Cantor-Fitzgerald prior to 9/11. A very good looking young man. Would stand out in a crowd. Very kind and considerate. Probably because he was a new hire he had the practice of arriving very early in the morning to begin his day at work. September 11th was no exception. Then the planes hit.

His mom said that she never received a call from him that morning, so the assumption is that he died without ever knowing what was happening. She said that afterwards, she saw the portraits of all the Cantor-Fitzgerald victims -- not sure if the pictures were posted at the special services she went to, or if she saw them compiled in the paper -- but she said she was startled to see that everyone of them was young and remarkably attractive.

This was no exaggeration. I did see their photos in the paper back then and I was left with the same impression. Her comment, "Something must have been going on in that company." It always stuck with me.

I remember wondering whether it's even legal to hire based on an applicant's looks. I have a vague remembrance that they were all Caucasian, but I could be wrong. It's a question I buried a long time ago, and only comes up now that I know that Howard Lutnick was the CEO of that financial company. In lieu of his association with Epstein, it just raises suspicions.

Now it just gives me the creepy feeling that there was just too many different ways for these devils to weave their evil desires. I suspect it was not just beauty pageants and modeling agencies. Maybe they were doing the same thing in financial institutions, where they could sort them out for grooming potential? If not as victims of rape, then potential blackmailing purposes?