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This year, he'll be standing on the sideline in a stadium filled with fans predominantly from the New York/New Jersey area exactly 21 years since that day. 12 at Carolina - coincided with the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. His debut with the Jets last year - Sept. “I’m supposed to be here and I believe that God does things for a reason,” Saleh said after he was hired. That two-decade journey began at Michigan State and brought him to Central Michigan, Georgia, the Houston Texans, Seattle Seahawks, Jacksonville Jaguars and San Francisco 49ers before he became an NFL head coach for the first time last year with the Jets. After a few more months trudging through the financial world, the former college tight end knew he needed to chase his dream. Robert, who thought he lost his big brother, immediately began contemplating his own life and career path. Several agonizing hours later, David called.
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His brother was training as a financial adviser in New York City.Īs Saleh and his family watched on TV as the attacks unfolded there, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, they prayed, hoped and begged for David to be OK. 11, 2001, and just starting out in the financial business in Detroit.
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And then the Long Island train stations and the tragedies that led up to this.” Obviously, I know it’s documented about my brother, but I heard stories this week about the cars being at (the Meadowlands) for months afterward because no one could pick them up. “Not so much for me, but for the people who are in the thick of it. It’s amplified because it is 9/11 in this city,” Robert Saleh said. There were 2,750 others in lower Manhattan who never went home.Īnd chances are, many of the fans rooting for the Jets - in the stands and at home - to beat Lamar Jackson and the Ravens on Sunday have been mourning personal losses since that day. Certainly not Saleh, whose oldest brother, David, narrowly escaped the south tower that day. Football will be played Sunday, but all the cheers won't mean anyone has forgotten.