Thomas Ashton: Sharing Old
Memories
It was home movies night on Monday, Sept. 10, at the
Ashton household in Woodside, Queens. No one is quite
sure why the family decided to break out the old
videotapes after so many years. But there they sat, glued
to the screen: Thomas; his sisters, Colleen and Mary; and
their parents, John and Kathy Ashton.
There were a lot of laughs, especially at the scenes
of Thomas, barely out of a diaper, whipping the Frisbee
at his father with the precision of someone 10 times his
age. Monday was also Thomas's first day at electrician's
school, part of his apprenticeship with Local 3 in
Manhattan. The second day on the job, Thomas, 21, was
sent to the 95th floor of the north tower.
''We hope that wherever he is, he is able to have
those memories from the home movies in his mind,''
Colleen Ashton said. ''It was special that we were able
to share that time together.''
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