Mary Pat Christie pursued a career in investment banking , eventually working at a Wall Street investment firm located two blocks from the site of the September 11 attacks . On that date , she lost cell phone reception and was unable to contact her family . Governor Christie has spoken about how long those hours were that day . He was dealing with a disaster that struck an enormous number of New Jersey and New York families , all while having no contact with Mary Pat . He remembers thinking , " What am I going to do without my best friend ? " , " What kind of single dad am I going to be ? " Four hours passed before she was able to cross the Hudson River to New Jersey on a ferry , and someone was able to contact her husband . When Chris came to the ferry landing , he found his wife soaking wet and wrapped in a blanket , having been drenched with water sprayed from a fire hose along with other survivors , to prevent contaminated debris from reaching New Jersey
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Mary Pat Christie