Valley residents' lives touched by terror attacks

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Gayle Schmidt

Buffalo Wild Wings owner Gayle Schmidt, shown Wednesday, September 7, 2011 in her Gilbert restaurant. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

A postcard view

Valley residents Stacey and Brian Kunnari on December, 30, 2000 on the walkway in front of their apartment. The Kunnaris lived in a high-rise apartment in Jersey City, N.J. on the Hudson River for a little more than a year and witnessed the second World Trade tower collapse in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Their building had subway line underneath of it that ran under the Hudson and to the World Trade towers. The couple often rode it into New York in the morning. Photo courtesy of Brian and Stacey Kunnari

Soon to be gone

The first World Trade tower has fallen and the second one is minutes away from collapsing on Sept. 11, 2001. Photo courtesy of Brian and Stacey Kunnari

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John Zoeller

John Zoeller, shown Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011 inside the Iowa Cafe in Mesa, was going to meet a friend at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2011 but left the city after the first plane hit. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]