Top 10 Olympic Hunks Part 1PAActor and former rapper Mark Wahlberg was scheduled to fly on American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles along with his friends on Sept. 11. But at the last moment, they decided to charter a plane to Toronto, Canada, for a film festival. They flew Los Angeles from Toronto. This close encounter with death still haunts him.PAActress Gwyneth Paltrow had gone to a yoga class in the morning on Sept. 11. While returning home in her Mercedes SUV, she stopped in front of Lara Lundstorm Clarke, who was jaywalking across the street. After a bit of confusion over who should go first, Paltrow and Clarke both laughed and went their separate ways. Later, Paltrow received a letter from Clarke in which she mentioned that she was scheduled to go to building 2 at the 77th floor of the World Trade Centre on the same day when they both crossed paths.PAThe Duchess of York, Sarah FergusonPABusinessman Larry Silverstein had to go to work on the morning of Sept. 11 in the temporary offices of his company, Silverstein Properties, which was on the 88th floor of the North Tower. However, he also had an appointment with the dermatologist that morning. According to Silverstein, his wife told him that he must see the doctor. So, he escaped the deadly attack. Interestingly, Silverstein’s two children, would always attend meetings with important clients at Windows at the World Trade Center. They too were late that morning and were not at the Windows when the attack took place. All the three Silversteins survived.PASinger Patti Austin had a flight on United Flight 93 on Sept. 11 from Boston to San Francisco. However, she changed the flight to a day earlier because her mother was ill. And she couldn't perform on the second night of the Michael Jackson Tribute Concert in New York City. Had Austin boarded Flight 93 she would have been killed along with other passengers, who scuffled with hijackers in order get hold of the controls of the plane.PASeth MacFarlanePA
The deadly 9/11 attack still haunts the world. Over 3,000 people were killed that day.
While so many lives were lost that day, there were people, who, for whatever reasons, narrowly escaped the horrific attack.
In Listverse.com, Patrick Weidinger has mentioned lucky people who escaped death on Sept. 11, 2011.
