NANCY DIAZ: Preparing for Caribbean
Trip
Nancy Diaz loved to shop, but in her last days she was
shopping with a purpose: Her daughter's birthday was
coming up, and she was planning a trip to the Dominican
Republic, where the girl lived with a
greatgrandmother.
Planning to fly to the Caribbean on Sept. 14, she
started her workday three and a half hours early, at 7
a.m., the previous Tuesday so she could use the free
afternoon to prepare for her trip, said her brother,
Leonel Diaz. A kitchen assistant, she was tending to the
breakfast buffet on the 107th floor of the north tower
when the first plane hit, he said.
Ms. Diaz, 28, who lived with her sister in the Bronx
and had moved to the United States from the Dominican
Republic less than three years ago, liked her American
life, particularly her job, her brother said. She had a
boyfriend at work (he was off on Sept. 11), and she had
just heard from her boss that she had promotion
potential. "They said `You can be a manager. You're such
a hard worker,' " Mr. Diaz said. Now Ms. Diaz's daughter
is preparing to come to New York visit her family.
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