Kevin Cosgrove
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Kevin Michael Cosgrove (January 6, 1955 – September 11, 2001) was an American
business executive
in the insurance
industry who was a victim of the 9/11 attacks
on the World Trade Center
.
Cosgrove is notable because of the recording of the 9-1-1
call he made during his final moments which ended with him crying out from inside the South Tower as it collapsed. The recording was used during the Moussaoui trials, the only criminal trials to result from the attacks. His final cry as the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed made international headlines.
Cosgrove was a Vice President of Claims for Aon Corporation. According to the 9-1-1 recording played during Moussaoui's trial, Cosgrove was located in the northwest corner of the 105th floor in Two World Trade Center
(the South Tower), overlooking the World Financial Center
.
Cosgrove told 9-1-1 stations he was calling from Jon Ostrau's office and had two other individuals with him. One he mentions by the name, Doug Cherry. The second individual is often assumed to be Jon Ostrau since the call was made from his office, but Ostrau had evacuated before the building collapsed. It could have been Eisenberg, the president of Aon Corporation at the World Trade Center. A voice other than Cosgrove's is also heard on his phone, who is presumed to be Cherry. Cosgrove says to the operator on the phone "My wife thinks I'm all right, I called and said I was leaving the building and that I was fine, and then bang!" while 2 World Trade Center was burning. His last words were "Hello? Hello! We're looking, we're looking over the Financial Center. Three of us, two broken windows". A second later, he yells "Oh God! Oh...!!" as the South Tower collapsed. It's possible that the phone line was cut off before he died, meaning that he could have said something else before he died, but this will never be known.
His remains were found in the rubble. He was buried on September 22, 2001 at St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery in Huntington, New York
. At his death he left a wife, Wendy Cosgrove, a schoolteacher, and three children.
At the National 9/11 Memorial, Cosgrove is memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel S-60.
United States
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business executive
Executive officer
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in the insurance
Insurance
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industry who was a victim of the 9/11 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
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on the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
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Cosgrove is notable because of the recording of the 9-1-1
9-1-1
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call he made during his final moments which ended with him crying out from inside the South Tower as it collapsed. The recording was used during the Moussaoui trials, the only criminal trials to result from the attacks. His final cry as the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed made international headlines.
Cosgrove was a Vice President of Claims for Aon Corporation. According to the 9-1-1 recording played during Moussaoui's trial, Cosgrove was located in the northwest corner of the 105th floor in Two World Trade Center
Two World Trade Center
Two World Trade Center is an 88-story skyscraper under construction as part of the new World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan of New York City. The tower will be located in the northeast corner of the World Trade Center site, where the former 5 World Trade Center stood, with the original 2...
(the South Tower), overlooking the World Financial Center
World Financial Center
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.
Cosgrove told 9-1-1 stations he was calling from Jon Ostrau's office and had two other individuals with him. One he mentions by the name, Doug Cherry. The second individual is often assumed to be Jon Ostrau since the call was made from his office, but Ostrau had evacuated before the building collapsed. It could have been Eisenberg, the president of Aon Corporation at the World Trade Center. A voice other than Cosgrove's is also heard on his phone, who is presumed to be Cherry. Cosgrove says to the operator on the phone "My wife thinks I'm all right, I called and said I was leaving the building and that I was fine, and then bang!" while 2 World Trade Center was burning. His last words were "Hello? Hello! We're looking, we're looking over the Financial Center. Three of us, two broken windows". A second later, he yells "Oh God! Oh...!!" as the South Tower collapsed. It's possible that the phone line was cut off before he died, meaning that he could have said something else before he died, but this will never be known.
Personal life
Cosgrove lived on Long Island.His remains were found in the rubble. He was buried on September 22, 2001 at St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery in Huntington, New York
Huntington, New York
The Town of Huntington is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, USA. Founded in 1653, it is located on the north shore of Long Island in northwestern Suffolk County, with Long Island Sound to its north and Nassau County adjacent to the west. Huntington is part of the New York metropolitan...
. At his death he left a wife, Wendy Cosgrove, a schoolteacher, and three children.
At the National 9/11 Memorial, Cosgrove is memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel S-60.