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Kevin Cosgrove is notable because of the recording of the 9-1-1 call he made during his final moments which ended with him crying out from inside the South Tower as it collapsed. The recording was used during the prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only criminal trials to result from the attacks. His final cry as the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed made international headlines.
Cosgrove and his family lived in West Islip, New New York
Cosgrove was a Vice President of Claims for Aon Corporation. According to the 9-1-1 recording played during the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, Cosgrove was located in the northwest corner of the 105th floor in Two World Trade Center (the South Tower), overlooking the World Financial Center.
Cosgrove told 9-1-1 dispatchers he was calling from Jonathan Ostrau"s office and had two other individuals with him. One he mentions by name, Doug Cherry.
Cosgrove says to the operator on the phone, "My wife thinks I"m all right, I called and said I was leaving the building and that I was fine, and then bang!" while 2 World Trade Center was burning.
Then, a 9-1-1 operator called him. He answered "Hello. We"re looking in.. we"re overlooking the Financial Center. Three of us. Two broken windows.
Oh God! Oh!!--" Cosgrove"s words ended as the South Tower collapsed.
Cosgrove"s remains were found in the rubble. He was buried on September 22, 2001 at Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery in Huntington, New New York
Wendy Cosgrove testified during the punishment phase of Moussaoui"s trial, in which prosecutors sought the death penalty for Moussaoui. At the National 9/11 Memorial, Cosgrove is memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel South-60.