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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Remembering Sharon Cristina Millan Paz - Then and Now (part of Project 2996)
Then, 09/11/06:
September 11 2001 started out like every other day. I was half awake and half asleep, snuggling with Claude (my cat) and admiring a clear blue sky over the river. And then it all changed forever. My housemate came in to make sure I was awake, I was definitely awake and changing channels like crazy to see if it was real. It was real.
I don't remember how I ran across the 2,996 site but when I did I signed up immediately. It didn't matter what person's name I was given, I just wanted to be a part of this because I, along with so many others, have not forgotten or healed completely from the events of 9/11.
Sharon Cristina Millan Paz was 31 years old on 9/11. She worked for Harris Beach LLP as an office coodindator. The Harris Beach offices were on the 85th floor of the South Tower. Five employees were killed on 9/11, Sharon, 2 lawyers and two office workers.
Sharon was a beautiful young woman from Colombia with a positive outlook on life and a smile that lit up the room. She lived in New Jersey and was in love with her boyfriend. She had a large family and many friends who are still missing her and trying to understand how someone so special can be taken so early. She was daughter, sister, cousin and friend.
What is evident about Sharon is how much those around her felt she touched their lives. The words left in memory at Legacy.com and the 9/11 Victims Site are testament to just how much she mattered to the people around her. That's something not everyone has, the power to truly leave an impact on the people that wander in and out of your life and it's a power Sharon apparently had.
Five year later friends and loved ones are still shedding tears and remembering Sharon Cristina Millan Paz in her Legacy Book and their words speak better than anything I could come up with. I didn't know Sharon but I think I would have liked her and I think we would have gotten along.
To all of Sharon's friends and family I can only offer my condolences and thoughts and assure you that Sharon has not been forgotten by the world. I spent some quiet time today thinking of all that is good in my life and I did it with thoughts of Sharon and the smile she brought to so many, she was the good in so many lives.
Sharon Cristina Millan Paz. Gone but never forgotten, remembered by myself and so many others today.
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Now, 09/11/11:
The first thing I noticed when I went back to Sharon's Legacy book was just how many people were still actively leaving messages and words of love. If it wasn't obvious before how much Sharon meant to her family and so many friends it really sunk in when I saw a letter from a group of school children leaving her a tribute and the pain and love in the words of her friends who still seem to miss her as much today as they did ten years ago.
I came across an article written by her ex-fiancee that really seemed to sum up the kind of unique person Sharon was and I share it here today:
"''I used to play baseball with her older brother, Richie,'' Tommy Demaris was saying of Sharon Christina Millan, 30, his ex-fiancée, who worked the last two months at the trade center in the human resources department of Harris Beach, a law firm. ''This was in school, when we were young, in Astoria. One day I saw her in a little restaurant, a cafe. I asked a friend of mine who she was. And my friend said, 'Richie Villa's sister.' I thought she was stunning, a beautiful girl. She was always worrying about making other people happy,'' Mr. Demaris said. ''She was the type like if you told her something, she'd always believe you. She'd always give you the benefit of the doubt.'' He added: ''I'll put it to you this way. The day that Sharon and I finally let each other go, we sat in a restaurant in Long Island that was filled to capacity. I remember sitting there for 45 minutes, not saying a word, and both of us crying. Because we knew we loved each other, but we had to let each other go. We were best friends. That never ended.''
Sharon was a special woman and I smile to see her friends posting memories of her life and celebrating the times they had with her. It makes me want to cling a little tighter to those I truly call friend and I thank Sharon for helping teach me this lesson.
Sharon Cristina Millan Paz, I and many others remember you today and every day. You truly left an impact on those around you and on those of us who learned of you later. You will never be forgotten.
In memory of and in tribute to Sharon Cristina Millan Paz
Age: 31
Place of Residence: New York, NY
Location on 9/11: WTC
Occupation: Harris Beach LLP
Another guestbook page for Sharon Cristina Millan Paz here and here , this one with pictures of Sharon, her friends and her family
(written as a part of Project 2996, original pot 9/11/06)
September 11 2001 started out like every other day. I was half awake and half asleep, snuggling with Claude (my cat) and admiring a clear blue sky over the river. And then it all changed forever. My housemate came in to make sure I was awake, I was definitely awake and changing channels like crazy to see if it was real. It was real.
I don't remember how I ran across the 2,996 site but when I did I signed up immediately. It didn't matter what person's name I was given, I just wanted to be a part of this because I, along with so many others, have not forgotten or healed completely from the events of 9/11.
Sharon Cristina Millan Paz was 31 years old on 9/11. She worked for Harris Beach LLP as an office coodindator. The Harris Beach offices were on the 85th floor of the South Tower. Five employees were killed on 9/11, Sharon, 2 lawyers and two office workers.
Sharon was a beautiful young woman from Colombia with a positive outlook on life and a smile that lit up the room. She lived in New Jersey and was in love with her boyfriend. She had a large family and many friends who are still missing her and trying to understand how someone so special can be taken so early. She was daughter, sister, cousin and friend.
What is evident about Sharon is how much those around her felt she touched their lives. The words left in memory at Legacy.com and the 9/11 Victims Site are testament to just how much she mattered to the people around her. That's something not everyone has, the power to truly leave an impact on the people that wander in and out of your life and it's a power Sharon apparently had.
Five year later friends and loved ones are still shedding tears and remembering Sharon Cristina Millan Paz in her Legacy Book and their words speak better than anything I could come up with. I didn't know Sharon but I think I would have liked her and I think we would have gotten along.
To all of Sharon's friends and family I can only offer my condolences and thoughts and assure you that Sharon has not been forgotten by the world. I spent some quiet time today thinking of all that is good in my life and I did it with thoughts of Sharon and the smile she brought to so many, she was the good in so many lives.
Sharon Cristina Millan Paz. Gone but never forgotten, remembered by myself and so many others today.
__________________________________________________________________
Now, 09/11/11:
The first thing I noticed when I went back to Sharon's Legacy book was just how many people were still actively leaving messages and words of love. If it wasn't obvious before how much Sharon meant to her family and so many friends it really sunk in when I saw a letter from a group of school children leaving her a tribute and the pain and love in the words of her friends who still seem to miss her as much today as they did ten years ago.
I came across an article written by her ex-fiancee that really seemed to sum up the kind of unique person Sharon was and I share it here today:
"''I used to play baseball with her older brother, Richie,'' Tommy Demaris was saying of Sharon Christina Millan, 30, his ex-fiancée, who worked the last two months at the trade center in the human resources department of Harris Beach, a law firm. ''This was in school, when we were young, in Astoria. One day I saw her in a little restaurant, a cafe. I asked a friend of mine who she was. And my friend said, 'Richie Villa's sister.' I thought she was stunning, a beautiful girl. She was always worrying about making other people happy,'' Mr. Demaris said. ''She was the type like if you told her something, she'd always believe you. She'd always give you the benefit of the doubt.'' He added: ''I'll put it to you this way. The day that Sharon and I finally let each other go, we sat in a restaurant in Long Island that was filled to capacity. I remember sitting there for 45 minutes, not saying a word, and both of us crying. Because we knew we loved each other, but we had to let each other go. We were best friends. That never ended.''
Sharon was a special woman and I smile to see her friends posting memories of her life and celebrating the times they had with her. It makes me want to cling a little tighter to those I truly call friend and I thank Sharon for helping teach me this lesson.
Sharon Cristina Millan Paz, I and many others remember you today and every day. You truly left an impact on those around you and on those of us who learned of you later. You will never be forgotten.
In memory of and in tribute to Sharon Cristina Millan Paz
Age: 31
Place of Residence: New York, NY
Location on 9/11: WTC
Occupation: Harris Beach LLP
Another guestbook page for Sharon Cristina Millan Paz here and here , this one with pictures of Sharon, her friends and her family
(written as a part of Project 2996, original pot 9/11/06)
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