Marina goes forward with publishing her book and with marrying Seeley . At their wedding Danielle asks Murray to spend an entire night with her , something he has never done , always returning home after their trysts to his wife Annabel . Murray has a cancellation on September 10 and thus decides to spend that night with Danielle . They spend the evening together and the following morning are able to see the September 11 attacks from Danielle 's apartment window . Terrified about what has happened Murray abandons Danielle to go to Annabel . Danielle is heartbroken , realizing that though she thought of Murray as her soulmate he has chosen Annabel over her . At the headquarters of '' The Monitor '' Seeley realizes that his project is completely doomed as the launch was to take place that day but the attacks mean that the magazine can not go to print , and that all the articles will seem obsolete anyway . Bootie 's mother Judy waits to hear from her son and becomes disconcerted as days pass and she hears nothing . She enlists the Thwaites to help find her son and though they manage to track down the temp agency where he worked , they are unable to locate him and assume he has died
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
The Emperor's Children