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Changed by 9/11: Raj Mehta, Businessman
Twist of fate kept Plainview man from Trade Center.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Raj Mehta, chairman and CEO of the Plainview-based software company Infosys International Inc., was scheduled to have a meeting at the World Trade Center.
Before the meeting in Manhattan, a moment in time would twist fate for Raj Mehta forever.
“I was supposed to be there and I got lucky,” Mehta said. “I forgot some papers in my office in Plainview. By the time I came here, I heard the news. Normally I go from my house to take the train to Manhattan but I came back to my office.”
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As a result of the attacks on 9/11, Raj Mehta was also forced to close a separate office located in the Empire State Building.
“I had an office on a higher floor and people did not feel comfortable coming to the office,” he said. “We had to close the office.”
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As most Americans remember those lost at that day, Mehta remembered the people who died that day.
“I lost a lot of friends that I knew personally from Cantor Fitzgerald L.P.,” Mehta recalled. “We did business with for almost 10 years. They lost a lot of people on that day unfortunately.”