From: "David Simon Bendory" <david90@alumni.princeton.edu>
To: "Schelly Dardashti" <dardasht@barak-online.net>
References: <3BA6F255.9531BE13@barak-online.net> <02aa01c14167$7307ea20$64fa1dc7@david> <3BAA07FB.243E1F60@barak-online.net>
Subject: Re: Your siddur
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 23:03:59 -0400
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How the siddur was recovered. Here's the e-mail chain, which reads from the
bottom up. Note that Barry & Anthony are attending to the good & welfare of
everyone at my company right now, so I have omitted any identifying
information about them.

Anthony passed the siddur to a friend of mine who lives up the block and
works for the same company (he was also in One Liberty Plaza). He
hand-delivered the siddur to me on his way home.

----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony
To: David Simon Bendory
Cc: Barry
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:49 PM
Subject: valuables

> Mission accomplished.  We have the prayer book.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Simon Bendory
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 9:44 PM
> To: Barry; Anthony
> Subject: Re: valuables
>
> Oh my, thank you!
>
> Here are instructions to the location:
>
> My office is on the 33rd floor, facing the WTC. If you go to the SW corner
> and walk north along the corridor, starting in the corner, you will pass
on
> the left side the corner room followed by 3 offices.
> The next office is mine. It is followed by another office, then the Twin
Towers room.
>
> When you enter my office, there is a locked credenza under the window. The
> prayer book is in the top right drawer of the credenza on the right side.
It
> is an old brown book inside a white plastic bag inside of 2 zip-lock bags.
> The book is about 5x7 in size and about 1 inch thick. This is the treasure
I
> am seeking.
>
> In the same drawer, probably underneath that prayer book, there is a white
> cardboard "floppy disk mailer" approximately 7x7 in size which contains a
> small thin prayer book (approx. 2x3 in size). This book is of much lesser
> value, but was also on the way to the conservator. If it is possible to
> retrieve this as well, I would be most grateful.
>
> I will provide the keys to you.
>
> Good luck. Please telephone me if you have any questions.
>
> Thank you!
> David
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barry
> To: David Simon Bendory; Anthony
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 9:01 PM
> Subject: RE: valuables
>
> > We will do everything we can to facilitate getting this back to you, if
> > possible, before Rosh Hashunah.  By way of copy of this e-mail, I will
ask
> > Anthony to coordinate trying to get this back.  If you could
> send
> > him an e-mail with your office location, floor, side, and brief
> description
> > of where you think it is, we will see what we can do.
> >
> > Access to the building is restricted, but hopefully we will make
progress
> in
> > the next 24 hours.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Simon Bendory
> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 8:53 PM
> > To: Barry
> > Subject: valuables at One Liberty
> >
> > Barry,
> >
> > Are there any arrangements being made to procure valuables for those of
us
> > with offices in One Liberty Plaza?
> >
> > My great-grandmother's prayer book, published in Vienna in 1878, is
locked
> > in my desk inside two zip-lock bags. I brought it to work and locked it
> > there in preparation to bring it to a book conservator in Wednesday
after
> > work. This prayer book survived pogroms in Hungary; a walk across Europe
> > from Temesvar, Hungary to Hamburg, Germany; and the journey to America.
It
> > was handed down to me through three generations of my family. Every
birth,
> > marriage, and death in our family was recorded by my great-grandmother
and
> > grandmother, inscribed inside the cover.
> >
> > I would be most grateful if I would be permitted to provide a key to my
> desk
> > and instructions as to the whereabouts of this book to the next group of
> > engineers to assess the building, assuming it is safe to send someone to
> my
> > office on 33.
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> > David Simon Bendory
> > (Please note that I currently have no access to my office e-mail. I
> > can be reached at david90@alumni.princeton.edu)