Lauren Grandcolas Explained

Lauren Grandcolas
Birth Name:Lauren Catuzzi
Birth Date:31 August 1963
Birth Place:Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. on board Flight 93
Death Cause:Plane crash during the September 11 attacks
Nationality:American
Known For:Passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93
Spouse:[1]
Children:1 unborn child

Lauren Grandcolas (August 31, 1963 – September 11, 2001) was one of the passengers on board United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, who made calls providing information about the hijacking of the flight as part of the September 11 attacks. She made a call to her husband on an airphone and left a message telling him of a "problem with the plane".

Biography

Grandcolas (née Catuzzi) was born on August 31, 1963, in Bloomington, Indiana.[2] She attended Stratford High School in Houston, Texas, and later the University of Texas at Austin where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi.[3] She met her husband, Jack Grandcolas, at the university.[2]

She worked for a law firm and for PricewaterhouseCoopers[2] before becoming a marketing expert for Good Housekeeping. Grandcolas was also writing a book on self-help for women, covering finance and other topics. At the time of her death, a publisher was interested in her book.

Her sisters worked together with the publisher, Chronicle Books, to get the book published after her death.[4] The book, entitled You Can Do It!: The Merit Badge Handbook for Grown-Up Girls, was published on April 10, 2005.[5] It provides a guide, modeled on the Girl Scouts' merit badge system,[6] covering skills, such as negotiations, and life goals, such as horseback riding, scuba diving, and completing a triathlon.[7] [8] Book excerpts have appeared in Parade, Glamour, Shape, Good Housekeeping, and other magazines.[9] Grandcolas's sisters appeared on Good Morning America on April 19, 2005, to discuss the book.[10] The proceeds from sales of the book go to the Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas Foundation, which contributes funds to a college scholarship program.[11]

Grandcolas was also involved with charitable organizations, including the United Way, March of Dimes, Project Open Hand, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Breast Cancer Awareness, and Glide Memorial.[2] She was also a certified emergency medical technician.[12]

September 11 attacks

"Jack, pick up sweetie, can you hear me? Okay. I just want to tell you, there's a little problem with the plane. I'm fine. I'm totally fine. I just want to tell you how much I love you."
Message left by Lauren Grandcolas from United 93.
Grandcolas had been attending her grandmother's funeral in Carlstadt, New Jersey, and was returning home to San Rafael, California.[13] [14] She arrived early at the airport on September 11, 2001, allowing her to board United Airlines Flight 93, which was earlier than her originally scheduled flight.[13]

Grandcolas, who was originally seated in seat 11D, called her husband from towards the rear of the aircraft in row 23.[15] She left a message for her husband, who was still sleeping, telling him of the "problem with the plane".[16] Her last phone message to her husband was played in the docudrama The Flight That Fought Back.[17] She then passed her phone to Honor Elizabeth Wainio.[18] At the time of her death, at the age of 38, she was three months pregnant with their first child.[17]

Grandcolas's father, Lawrence R. Catuzzi, served as co-chairman of the Flight 93 National Memorial task force, from 2002 to 2005.[19] [20]

Grandcolas and her unborn child were memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel S-68, along with other passengers on Flight 93, at the National 9/11 Memorial.[21]

Published works

In popular culture

References

23. Elizabeth Wainio

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Pelletiere . Nicole . Love Lost: 9/11 Spouses Reveal What They Wish Their Partners Knew . 30 October 2020 . . 9 September 2016.
  2. Web site: House Document No. 107-285 . September 9, 2002 . Senator Barbara . Boxer . Senator Barbara Boxer . https://web.archive.org/web/20080706005720/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/107-285/text/senate.html . July 6, 2008 . 7 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas Foundation: About Us . Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas Foundation . 21 January 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060717184908/http://lcgfoundation.org/about.htm . 17 July 2006.
  4. News: Vaughn Lohec; Missing a Sister Killed on Flight 93 . . September 11, 2006 . Ward . Paula Reed . 7 December 2018.
  5. Book: You Can Do It!: The Merit Badge Handbook for Grown-Up Girls (Paperback) . 0811846350 . Grandcolas . Lauren Catuzzi . 24 March 2005 . Chronicle Books .
  6. News: Book by Sept. 11 victim is going on tour . . April 25, 2005 . Upshaw, Jennifer.
  7. News: Leisure reading . . June 3, 2005.
  8. News: This way, her spirit lives on . . February 5, 2005 . Upshaw . Jennifer.
  9. You Can Do It! Women doing something different in media . . Blyth . Myrna . April 21, 2005 . 7 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050919111054/http://www.nationalreview.com/blyth/blyth200504210759.asp . 19 September 2005.
  10. Dream On . Kinsella . Bridget . . April 11, 2005 . 7 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061113213614/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA516197.html?display=current&industry=Book+News&verticalid=792 . 13 November 2006 . Reed Business Information.
  11. You Can Do It! . . 17 November 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061016023626/http://www.lhj.com/lhj/category.jhtml?categoryid=%2Ftemplatedata%2Flhj%2Fcategory%2Fdata%2FDareToDream_YouCanDoIt.xml . October 16, 2006.
  12. News: Sept. 11, Flight 93 Forever Changed Husband's Life . . September 11, 2006 . 7 December 2018 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090325112501/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,213303,00.html?sPage=fnc.national%2F_911 . 25 March 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
  13. Book: Longman, Jere . Among the Heroes . registration . Harper Collins . 2003. 9780060099084 .
  14. News: Passenger: Lauren Grandcolas . . October 28, 2001 . 7 December 2018 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20011105011352/http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20011028flt93grandcolasbiop8.asp . 5 November 2001 . live . dmy-all .
  15. Web site: Exhibit #P200018, United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui . . . 7 December 2018 . 14 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120814033755/http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/notablecases/moussaoui/exhibits/prosecution/flights/P200018.html . dead .
  16. News: Remembering The Victims: Lauren Grandcolas . Paula . Zahn . . December 28, 2001 . June 23, 2008.
  17. News: 9-11 special tells story of the struggle on Flight 93; Unsettling documentary imagines the jetliner's final journey over Pennsylvania . . September 10, 2005 . Toby . Mekeisha Madden.
  18. News: Pauley . Jane . No greater love . https://web.archive.org/web/20150724124131/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/14789502 . dead . July 24, 2015 . September 11, 2006 . . August 24, 2008 .
  19. Web site: Planning for the Flight 93 National Memorial . June 2004 . National Park Service.
  20. Web site: Co-Chairs Announced for Flight 93 National Memorial Task Force . John . Murtha . John Murtha . December 13, 2002 . 7 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071231121414/http://www.house.gov/murtha/news/nw021213.htm . 31 December 2007 . United States House of Representatives.
  21. Web site: South Pool: Panel S-68: Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas and her unborn child . . October 28, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120909141712/http://names.911memorial.org/#lang=en_US&page=person&id=84 . September 9, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .

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