Marie Trudeau.

Thinking to call 911, Marie picked up her portable phone, but she didn't dial. She could only watch as two tiny objects suddenly appeared beside the stricken airplanes and tumbled in a leisurely arc toward her.

As she continued to watch, one of the bodies hurtled into her yard 15 feet from where she was sitting.

It buried itself six inches deep in the soft earth behind her rose bushes.