150: Tara's only option was the attic

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever been in a situation and had the thought, “I actually might die here today”? We recently observed the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and I learned about a woman named Linda Gronlund, from New York. She was an attorney, an accomplished sailor and scuba diver, a certified EMT, and she held a brown belt in karate. On September 11, 2001, Linda was on United flight 93. The plane had been hijacked, and the passengers knew that two other planes had already been flown into the twin towers in New York. Before the plane went down, she called her younger sister, Elsa and left a message. Linda acknowledged that she was probably not going to live to see another day, and her primary message was to say “I love you” one last time. Sadly, none of the people on that flight survived when it crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The average person alive today has probably not been in a situation like that, where death could happen at any moment. But in this episode, you’ll hear from someone who has. Tara was at home with her wife, Catherine, and their 6 year old daughter, Hazel. They also had 5 dogs. They all survived, including the dogs, but as it was happening they didn’t know what the outcome would be. What they feared was drowning. Because a category 5 hurricane was coming, and their home was on an island in the Bahamas. Tara’s website: TaraPyfrom.com Tara on Instagram: @Tarapyfrom Tara on LinkedIn: Tara Pyfrom Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: WhatWasThatLike.com/150 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Deals: Head to factormeals.com/wwtl50 and use code wwtl50 to get 50% off! What Was That Like is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com/whatwas for 10% off your first month. For a limited time, save $10 on your first StoryWorth purchase when you go to StoryWorth.com/what Head to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code WHAT and receive UP TO 39% off or UP TO $300 off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.
0:04.6	Have you ever been in a situation and had the thought I actually might die here today?
0:17.4	We recently observed the anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, and I learned about
0:22.7	a woman named Linda Grohnland from New York.
0:27.2	She was an attorney, an accomplished sailor and scuba diver, a certified EMT, and she held
0:34.4	a brown belt in Karate.
0:38.2	On September 11, 2001, Linda was on United Flight 93.
0:45.3	The plane had been hijacked, and the passengers knew that two other planes had already been
0:50.8	flown into the twin towers in New York.
0:55.4	After the plane went down, she called her younger sister, Elsa, and left this message.
1:01.4	Elsa, it's Lynn.
1:02.4	I'm only half a minute, I'm on United 93, and it's been hijacked by terrorists who say
1:11.4	to have a bomb.
1:12.4	Apparently, they have flown a couple of planes into the World Trade Center already, and it
1:16.8	looks like they're going to take this one down as well.
1:19.4	Hopefully, I just wanted to say I love you, and I'm going to miss you.
1:26.4	And please keep my love to you.
1:33.4	I hope you had some love you, and I just wanted to tell you that.
1:36.4	I don't know.
1:37.4	I don't know if I'm going to be able to tell you where to go or not.
1:43.4	All my stuff is in the safe.
1:45.4	The safe is in my closet, my bedroom.
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