Al Teixeira

By Gabriel Elizondo in Americas on September 11th, 2011

For Mischelle and Al Teixeira, 9/11 has a different meaning than it does for most other people.

September 11, 2001, will forever be remembered in their personal family photo album as the date they became first-time parents; the day Mrs Teixeira gave birth to twins, Colby and Bryce, oddly enough, very near the exact hour the twin towers fell.

When Mr and Mrs Teixeira arrived at the hospital on that date for her planned Cesarean section, the planes had just flown into the towers.

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The Teixeira family live in a Charlotte, N.C. suburb [Photo: Maria Elena Romero/Al Jazeera]