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Jill Marie Campbell

New York, New York

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Teaching Baby to Crawl
Jill Campbell found out she was pregnant on her mother's birthday. At dinner that night, she gave her mother a "Happy Birthday Grandma" card signed with a question mark. When she opened the card, Ms. Campbell's mother thought it was a mistake. When its meaning dawned on her, she started crying.

Jake Campbell celebrated his first birthday last week without his mother. He falls asleep to the Baby Mozart video she bought. The clippings from his first haircut are still saved in an envelope underneath his parents' bed.

Jill and her husband, Steven, juggled their schedules to raise Jake. Steven worked nights as a police officer in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, so Jill cut back her hours working as an administrative assistant at Baseline, in the trade center, so she could spend more time with Jake.

Marriage to a police officer has its emotional hazards. Before Steven went to work each night, she would put her right cheek next to his and tell him to be careful. "I promised that I would," he said.

Crawling was Ms. Campbell's latest mothering project. She helped Jake by supporting his stomach as he scurried along. She called these his "bunny foofoo" crawls. Real crawls were just around the corner. Indeed, Jake crawled by himself for the first time on Sept. 11.

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You are thought of today. You are not forgotten. Peace ~ Patricia Greene

Jill, I just read your story today, while looking online at items from the 9/11 museum. It sounds like you were a wonderful person and a dedicated mama to Jake. What a loss to not have you in this world!

You are thought of today. You are not forgotten. Peace ~ Patricia Greene

My dearest Jill Your sister Linda is now with you On Oct 29 2024 she lost her fight with cancer I hope you and daddy are with her and you are holding her in your arms I am so lost right now but try to stay strong for Jake I miss you guys so very much love Mom

I was born after 2001, so I didn't experience 9/11, but I like researching about it. Baseline, Jill's company, had so many interesting stories from the survivors as Baseline was on the 77th and 78th floor and most of those who stayed when 175 hit WTC 2 survived, while sadly 4 did not, which included Jill. I only ever teared up twice reading about victims, and one of them was Jill, with the other being Lorraine Lisi, someone similar to Jill! Jill just seemed like the best person you could've...

From October 2001 when I received my bracelet of a random soul that was taken from our world on 9-11-2001. I wore Jill and I never took it off, shared with all that asked what the bracelet stood for. I would love to now share with her family to have and know that even though I did not know Jill she became a part of me.

You are thought of today. You are not forgotten. Peace ~ Patricia Greene