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Asking since people supported the likes of Rhea Chakarabothy and Shilpa Shetty also. edit : come out instead of not come out*
a) Shopping Bags: It's pretty much been accepted as a fact that Sneha never returned home with her shopping bags, because the bags themselves were not found in the apartment.
But do we actually know for a fact that she never stopped at home to drop off the bags?
Whenever I get home from shopping I immediately put everything away in the closet or wherever it goes. I don't just leave shopping bags full of stuff lying around.
Yes, it's true that in this case Ron might have noticed there were new items in the closet. But he may not have necessarily known what was new and what was already there. A lot of men are not familiar with every piece of clothing in their wife's wardrobe. Especially if their wife is really into fashion and probably shopping and updating a lot, like it sounds like Sneha did. Some people even leave the tags on items until they wear them for the first time.
Yes, it is true that Sneha bought three pairs of shoes, and therefore there should have been shoe boxes. But a lot of people keep shoes in the original boxes when storing them, so that they can be stacked. Or perhaps she took them to the recycling room immediately. I know I usually do that if I buy something with bulky packaging because I don't want piles of cardboard taking up space in my small apartment.
(Also this is more of a technical question, but how do the investigators know what Sneha purchased at Century 21 if there was no footage of her at the checkout, and only footage of her shopping in the coat department?)
b) The 4:30 AM call: I'm not sure why the 4:30 AM call is even a question. There's a very obvious answer to what that was. Ron probably woke up and couldn't find his cell phone. So, he called from the landline to find it.
Just throwing a theory out there.
Perhaps Ron doesn't remember calling his own cellphone from the landline because he didn't! What if Sneha was creeping into their apartment not knowing whether Ron was there or not, but didn't want to go into the bedroom in case he happened to be lying in the dark awake or risk waking him.... so she calls his cellphone. She hears it ringing so she dashes out quickly and quietly never to be seen by Ron ever again.
She very well could've had her shopping bags. Maybe she stayed overnight with someone or at a hotel and wanted to maybe pack a bag to leave or who knows. After she left their apartment in the early morning hour maybe she went back to whoever she was staying with or decided to rent a room somewhere like the Millennium Hotel.
What I actually think happened is she somehow found herself in the wtc and was killed. Which tower and where and with who if anyone, I dont know.
But I just got this idea about the mysterious phone call that I hadn't heard before.
I made a Reddit account just to post this theory and wondering everyone's thoughts. To start, I'm a native New Yorker who was in NYC on 9/11. I've listened to the Missing on 9/11 podcast, seen the Unsolved Mysteries episode about her, have obsessively read through this page, have gone down to the 9/11 Memorial a few times, seen Sneha and Ron's apartment from the outside/her name on the panel, and so much more.
I wish I had a concrete answer about what I think happened to Sneha. I definitely do not think she ran into the towers that morning to save people. A theory that just came to me last night places in the towers that morning, specifically the North Tower (but truthfully, it could be either one).
She leaves Century 21 anywhere between 6-7:30pm (forgetting the specific time, so apologies) calls a friend/lover who works in the WTC, and wants to meet up. It's been a long day for her especially after everything in court earlier. The person still has a bit of work left to do but tells Sneha to come upstairs since she'll be off soon and they can get dinner/drinks. Sneha says she has shopping bags with her but since it's raining, she brings the bags to the towers to avoid running home, dropping them off, and then going back out again, especially if she thinks once she's home, she may not feel like going back out again. Side note that probably doesn't matter much: I'm wondering if 1) Sneha can just go on upstairs when she gets to the lobby, 2) if she has to sign in, 3) if the friend can call down to the front desk to let her friend up or 4) if she comes downstairs to sign Sneha in. Obviously all security footage is destroyed the next morning.
Meanwhile, the friend finishes work, Sneha either accidentally leaves the bags behind or because the rain is still coming down asks if she can leave them behind and come back for them in the morning. They go out, it gets late, & she goes back to the friend's place to sleep. Ron is working late regardless and after the "fight" in court, she doesn't want to have to face him, so she doesn't come home that night while things cool over between them. The next morning (9/11), she goes to collect the bags before 9am since, who knows, maybe the friend has a meeting then and tells Sneha she'll have to pick them up before. Sneha shows up at 8:30-8:45, placing her in the North Tower at 8:46am when the first plane hits. This is also why nobody came forward about where she was the night of 9/10, assuming the friend died that morn
... keep reading on reddit β‘I have the urge to scour through every video shot on 9/11 around the WTC. I am especially interested to see if there are any videos recording the triage areas that were set up in the shadows of the towers. (Have you ever seen videos of triage areas?)
Do you think there's footage out there that has never been shared of that day? What if Sneha's shown in a clip? That would be amazing proof of life prior to the towers collapsing.
I think I will collect as many videos as I can and look for her. Some may think it's a waste of time but who knows. Even 20 years later I run across clips I've never seen from that day. I bet some people out there have video that they simply never digitized and shared online. Maybe someday they'll upload what they have and there she is!
Actually, now that I think about it, I want to look at photographs as well. Also, videos and photos from 9/10. I know it's a long shot but still...
Too bad this was before everyone had smartphones recording everything.
Thoughts?
I am debating with myself about which 9/11 victim theory is more plausible.
Did Sneha run to the towers to help and provide medical assistance, and die either by falling debris, jet fuel, or by the tower collapse itself. This is the hero narrative that her family publicly believes.
Or was Sneha already inside the WTC before the plane hit, and was in the towers when they collapsed. She could have been visiting WOTW, a friend's office, or the wedding venue that her cousin would be married in.
What do you guys think?
It's been a while since the last poll.
I am just curious of what you all think happened to Sneha?
Choose the answer that you think is the most likeliest
Sneha Anne Philip (October 7, 1969 β legal d. September 11, 2001) was an Indian-American physician who was last seen on September 10, 2001, by a department store surveillance camera near her Lower Manhattan apartment. She may have returned to the building at some point that night or the next morning. Due to the proximity of the World Trade Center and her medical training, Philip's family believes she perished trying to help victims of the following day's terrorist attacks.
Independent also wrote a current update for the 20 year remembrance of Snehaβs disappearance
Note: Given this weekend marks 20 years since 9/11, I wanted to share this case for some who may have not heard of it before as it has been heavily linked to the WTC attacks.
The case of Sneha Anne Phillips is one of the first true crime cases/mysterious disappearances that I read about in depth, and given the βpopularityβ of true crime/disappearances in the last few years Iβve noticed that I rarely hear this case come up in online discourse.
I find it baffling the incredible lack of leads there have been to finding out what happened to this woman and wonder if this case will ever be even close to being solved. Itβs truly like she disappeared out of thin air.
What do you think happened?
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