Melissa Doi
American businesswoman, 9/11 victim
Melissa Cándida Doi (September 1, 1969 – September 11, 2001) was an American senior manager at IQ Financial Systems, who died in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Doi is known for the recording of a 911 call she made from the 83rd floor during her final moments inside the South Tower, as it was engulfed in flames. Her call was used during the prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only criminal trial to result from the attacks, and a portion of it was also featured in the 2012 film Zero Dark Thirty.
Early life and education
Melissa Cándida Doi was born on September 1, 1969, in the Bronx, New York, to Evelyn Alderete. Doi's father was Japanese, while her mother's parents were from Río Grande, Puerto Rico.
Doi was an only child, and was raised by her single mother in East Harlem.
In 1987, Doi graduated from the Spence School, an all-girls' school in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Later that year, she enrolled at Northwestern University. Although she initially studied engineering, she graduated in 1991 with a sociology degree. She was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority.
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