Mercedes Martinez hopes the power of social media can help find the passengers her father helped on September 11, 2001.
Martinez explained that her father ensured every passenger got"front door service."
"They all offered to pay him for the cost of the van. He wouldn't accept it. They offered him gas money. He didn't take it," she wrote."To him, seeing those people make it to their families when the country was being attacked was the only thing that mattered to him. Many of those people kept in touch with him for several years after 9/11/01. It warmed his heart. We were so proud of him. We still are.
In her final tweet of the thread, which has garnered more than 20,000 shares and 55,000 likes, Martinez underscored the power of social media and asked for the public's help. "I know there were so many heroes that day. I am grateful for each and every one. My dad has and always will be my hero," she said."And I do believe my dad was a hero to 7 people that needed to get to their families in Denver on September 11th, 2001. If you were one of them, please DM me."
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