Dr. Sneha Anne Philip - Missing 9/11

[mikem7715]

I remember this story,and just watched it again on volume 11 about the female doctor Sneha Phillips ,who disappeared on 9/10/01 and police assume was killed in the 9/11 disaster.Her poor husband doesnt know what to think.I found a couple of updates,sort of(no clear answers)Here are links:
Heres a newyork mag article.

http://nymag.com/news/features/17336/
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Here she is listed as a9/11 Hero:

http://www.pathrestoration.com/drp/i...Sept1101_4.pdf

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Heres another article stating her name was taken off the 9/11 list:

http://www.newsindia-times.com/nit/2...usa8-top2.html
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Heres a blog article stating that she was leading a double life as a lesbian(this could be true as store surveillance pics showed her shopping with an unknown indian woman who was not determined to be a known friend or relative)

http://capitalregionpeople.blogspot....t-cloaked.html

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This case has taken some weird twists and turns,and her poor hubby hired private detectives to search for info. Can you imagine if your wife disappears on 9/10 or 9/11,and the chaos involved in getting clues? The entire city,was in ruins almost with dirt debris,burning cars,and if there was a crime scene there-FORGET ABOUT IT! ON THE OTHER HAND,if you wanted to fake your death and start a new life somewhere else,IS THERE A BETTER SITUATION THEN TO BE IN NYC ON 9/11?

[kamy]

Yeah, that's a good one. I belived she was a victim of 9/11 for a long time too until I read an article profiling her double life. I'm not sure what happened to her, but I no longer believe that she died in 9/11.

[wiseguy182]

I think the odds would have it that Dr. Sneha Phillip died on 9.11. She lived four blocks from it, and there have been no sightings of her since. I know her husband couldn't account for her whereabouts for a couple of hours on 9.10, but that doesn't mean she had disappeared. And shopping with an unkown woman doesn't necessarily mean she's a lesbian.

[mikem7715]

I didnt want to insinuate she was a lesbian just by the fact that she was with another woman.I was strictly saying that it was a possibility coupled with the info in the articles and by the fact that her family never could identify this woman-it wasnt a known friend or relative.Her hubby did admit she frequented Lesbian Bars.

[wiseguy182]

another reason I don't think she disappeared voluntarily was that after her husband last saw her, she visited the clothing store. Someone that's going to disappear on their own accord probably isn't going to linger around the city and allow themselves to be seen by numerous people, they're more likely to slip out quietly and ASAP.

[Tighthead]

Odds are she died in 9/11, but I have always found this story fascinating. I knew the whole story wasn't coming out early on when it was considered not unusual for this relative newlywed to not come home at night. Maybe she crashed at someone's place, was returning home on the morning of the 11th, and it all ended there.

[James T]

I cannot believe how one sided the show was- I guess her family and husband would only agree to do it if it was presented this way, reading the 6 page article nymag article it reveals a woman who had a drink problem and stayed out all night with people- her husband says family but it sounds like it may have been women in the many lesbian bars she frequented and never phoned home to let him know where she was, had got the push from her job for lateness and lack of interest, had made what seems a false accusation agaisnt a co-worker and the morning of the day she went missing had a court appearance that had led to an argument between her and her husband.

The husband came off as a total sap, if your wife was staying out all hours frequenting lesbian bars and going home with other women, drinking heavily and was ruining her career you would be concerned and put your foot down yet he paints a picture of near marital bliss with the odd small falling out.

Her family seem intent to paint her as a 9/11 victim yet her brother is said to have told police he found her in bed with a woman which he now denies ever saying, I wonder if the woman he found her with is the same one who she was shopping with.

My belief is she was somebody whose life had unravelled- found out she liked women more than men, working different patterns than him, being in a different social scene, alcohol problems, losing the job she had worked so hard for, depression etc and the argument with her husband on the 10th was the final straw- she decided to hook up with her lesbian friend and went shopping and then went back to that womans house with the intention of moving in with her or starting a new life somewhere else, she returned to the apartment the following morning to tell him it was over or to take her things but he was gone and then seeing the planes hit the towers decided to leave with her friend possibly overseas leaving everything so people would think she perished in the tragedy and would not look for her - a fake passport would not be that hard to arrange for a price, the reason I cannot buy her dying is she seemed to be a person who was more concerned with herself than others and could not even bother to phone her husband to tell him where she was at night and I cannot envisage her running into a building to save anybody.

[kamy]

Originally Posted by James T

I cannot believe how one sided the show was- I guess her family and husband would only agree to do it if it was presented this way, reading the 6 page article nymag article it reveals a woman who had a drink problem and stayed out all night with people- her husband says family but it sounds like it may have been women in the many lesbian bars she frequented and never phoned home to let him know where she was, had got the push from her job for lateness and lack of interest, had made what seems a false accusation agaisnt a co-worker and the morning of the day she went missing had a court appearance that had led to an argument between her and her husband.

The husband came off as a total sap, if your wife was staying out all hours frequenting lesbian bars and going home with other women, drinking heavily and was ruining her career you would be concerned and put your foot down yet he paints a picture of near marital bliss with the odd small falling out.

Her family seem intent to paint her as a 9/11 victim yet her brother is said to have told police he found her in bed with a woman which he now denies ever saying, I wonder if the woman he found her with is the same one who she was shopping with.

My belief is she was somebody whose life had unravelled- found out she liked women more than men, working different patterns than him, being in a different social scene, alcohol problems, losing the job she had worked so hard for, depression etc and the argument with her husband on the 10th was the final straw- she decided to hook up with her lesbian friend and went shopping and then went back to that womans house with the intention of moving in with her or starting a new life somewhere else, she returned to the apartment the following morning to tell him it was over or to take her things but he was gone and then seeing the planes hit the towers decided to leave with her friend possibly overseas leaving everything so people would think she perished in the tragedy and would not look for her - a fake passport would not be that hard to arrange for a price, the reason I cannot buy her dying is she seemed to be a person who was more concerned with herself than others and could not even bother to phone her husband to tell him where she was at night and I cannot envisage her running into a building to save anybody.

I agree 100% with you. I didn't buy it the moment I saw it; the husband was trying to portray a loving, secure relationship but after reading that same article, I was like WTF? Maybe I'm too conservative and old-fashioned but I don't stay out all night and spend the night with people without calling my husband, hell, I don't even do it if I call him!!!! I'm not blaming her un-traditional lifestyle, that's their business, but it certainly sheds new light on the case. I think it's a direction her rather conservative family doesn't want to approach and hubby knows more than he's letting on about their "problems".

Just my opinion.......

[crystaldawn]

Yes it seems like the family went out of their way to portray Sneha as some sort of a saint. I can't say I blame them as she is missing and they're only going to want to talk about and remember the good things but it doesn't really help in finding out what happened to her if they leave out some important facts. For instance if they would have mentioned some of the bars she had frequented in the past it may have led to some people calling in who saw her on 9/10, maybe even in those bars. I don't really think she ran off though. She was in the area on 9/10 so chances are she didn't leave town before the towers fell and I think she ended up perishing then unless like James T said she had already planned on leaving her husband and thought after the twin towers were hit and all the panic ensued this would be a perfect time for her to leave and her husband would think she died that day.

[Tighthead]

At the very least, I think this case is a good example of how the real story isn't always presented to the public. The UM victims are often shown in the best possible light.

[James T]

It has always been the one thing that bothered me about the show was the feel good factor- that somehow people's lives were pretty much perfect and then these horrible things just happen, the truth in a lot of these cases is a lot of the peoples lives are probably nowhere near as happy as they make out

Originally Posted by Tighthead

At the very least, I think this case is a good example of how the real story isn't always presented to the public. The UM victims are often shown in the best possible light.

[wiseguy182]

Wow!, I wasn't aware of alot of that stuff, certainly makes me see the case in a different light now.

Regarding the 'certain people being seen in the best light' discussion, here is an article I discovered a few weeks ago. I'm not sure I entirely agree with everything it says, but it does have some valid points:

http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/crime...nt4sample2.htm

[wiseguy182]

follow-up: that would suck to waste all that time, money and whatever to become a doctor, then realize at 31 that that's not what you want to do with your life.

[Todd Mueller]

This was always a weird story. Sounds like she certainly had her share of issues, many of which the family (understandably) seems to want to downplay or ignore.

Without anyone having seen her at the WTC or a specific reason for her to be there, it doesn't seem right to assume she died there.

The one article makes a definite case for the "flee and start over" story.

What a juxtaposition: she either died as a hero or ran out on her family. Unless she turns up alive or they find a piece of her body, I guess we'll never know.

[Kane]

Originally Posted by Todd Mueller

This was always a weird story. Sounds like she certainly had her share of issues, many of which the family (understandably) seems to want to downplay or ignore.

It's very understandable because I think it was generally a matter of the family not wanting to create scandal. Focusing too much on whatever issues that Sneha was dealing with would possibly have reduced any sympathy that viewers may be having towards her and/or her family. I believe that Sneha's family wanted to ensure that the focus was kept on finding her, and that it would be the top priority for the UM segment.