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Andrew Garcia, known as Sonny to his friends and family, was born in Sunnyvale California. Sonny grew up to run a supply business with his wife, Dorothy, but his true passion was in aviation and airplanes. Though he never earned his pilots license, Sonny did get to serve a few years as an air traffic controller in the California Air National Guard.

On September 11, Dorothy received a call to her home phone. When she picked it up, she heard a single word before the call dropped.

Later Dorothy learned that her husband, who was returning from a business trip in New Jersey, was dead along with 39 other passengers and crew members on United Airlines Flight 93 who all tried to retake the plane from terrorist hijackers.

On the tragic day where three hijacked planes hit into three different symbols of American government and killed nearly 3,000 people, Sonny and 39 others died so that the fourth plane meant to hit Washington D.C. never made it.

Sonny's last word to his wife of 30 years was "Dorothy."

So yes. I still remember.