In my opinion, it is unconscionable that the family, particularly her brother, has withheld pertinent details concerning Dr. Philip's disappearance in order to portray her as a "hero" of 9/11. I appreciate their loss and their desire to locate her, but for her brother to lie to reporters and state that he spoke with her as she was going in to the Tower to save people, is an offense to the memory of those who we did so. I also find troubling the filing of a 9/11 victim's compensation claim to the tune of approx. $4 million for the purported reason of establishing a memorial fund. Of all of the circumstances of her disappearance, including the ones that are just coming to light, none place her at ground zero the morning of 9/11. Maybe I would feel differently if I was in there shoes, but it is troublesome.
One of the items in the article that gave me pause was the comment that the only surveillance footage in the Century 21 shopping area taken the day she disappeared, showed that Dr. Philip was shopping alone, and that the only evidence of a mysterious friend accompanied her was from a sales clerk who made the remark. I thought I remember UM showing this surveillance footage and highlighting the woman next to Dr. Philip as the "person of interest." I did not realize that there was no surveillance footage of this person. Does anyone else remember this?
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