

Veneto reconstructed the scene over and over again in his head, imaging the fear his nine colleagues, most of whom he considered dear friends, must have felt in those final moments. “I realized that was my crew on the plane,” said Veneto, who started working for the airline in 1997. “It was a just a fluke that I didn’t end up on that plane,” said Veneto, who had that day off, but regularly worked Flight 175, which flew daily from Logan International Airport in Boston to Los Angeles International Airport. He had worked the same route a few days before without incident. 11, 2001, flight attendant Paul “Paulie” Veneto watched in horror as United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the World Trade Center’s South Tower.
