Remembering The Texans Who Died During 9/11

It's one of those days in history that you'll never forget where you were. The day the Twin Towers went down and we were attacked.

I remember it clear as day. I had just gotten into work out in Colorado, and just as I was getting settled in at my desk, people started murmuring. Now everyone was standing up at their desks in complete awe.

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Just like everyone, we thought it was some fluke that a plane had crashed into one of the towers. We had TV's on in the office and everyone was gathered around it. Then another one takes out the other tower. It was at that moment, we all knew this wasn't a fluke. We were being attacked.

No one knew if we were safe anywhere as we had no idea how widespread this could be. We were sent home from the office that day, 40 minutes after we started working. Sadly, there would be 2,996 people who wouldn't ever get the chance to return home.

Four of those victims were Texas residents, and on this day, we remember those four individuals who lost their lives in the horrific attacks 23 years ago.

DANIEL MARTIN CABALLERO

Daniel was a resident of Houston. He was also a U.S. Navy electronics technician. He was assigned to the Pentagon and was setting up a teleconference when the Pentagon would be attacked after the Twin Towers.

Caballero was just finishing up a two-year tour of duty at the Pentagon and had hoped to become a professional engineer after leaving the Navy. Daniel was only 21 years old.

JIMMY NEVILL STOREY

Storey was a resident of Katy. He was the Senior Vice President of Houston-based company Marsh & McLennan Cos. He happened to be in New York for some meetings that were taking place on that fateful day. He was on the 99th floor of the World Trade Center when he was last seen.

Storey moved to Texas when he was 18 years old, and settled in Katy in the late 1970's. He was a member of the Corps of Cadets and graduated from Texas A&M in 1965. He was a father and a grandfather and passed away at age 58.

MICHAEL E. TINLEY

Tinley was a recent newcomer to Texas, moving to Dallas from Iowa. His family was a prominent one in Iowa, but he was forged his own path in the world. He was a vice president of construction for Marsh USA, which is a insurance brokerage unit of Marsh & McLennan.

Tinley was also in New York for business meetings and was one floor above Storey on the 100th floor of the World Trade Center when tragedy struck. A few days before the attacks, Tinley was able to visit his daughters in New York and had a video chat with his sister and nephew less than an hour before he passed away. Tinley was 56.

LT. COL. KAREN WAGNER

Wagner was a fourth-generation soldier who had spent 17 years in the Army. As you can see, she had worked her way up the ranks. Wagner was a personnel officer at the Pentagon, specifically in the Inspector General's Office of the U.S. Army Medical Command. She passed away that fateful day on the job.

Wagner lived in Converse and went to Judson High School in San Antonio where she was a big-time athlete. She was a well-educated woman who received a bachelor's degree from UNLV, a master's degree in health services administration from Webster University and was continuing her education as a graduate student at Old Dominion.

Wagner was posthumously awarded with several honors, including a Purple Heart, Legion of Merit, and Order of Military Medical Merit. She was only 40 years old when she passed away.

OTHERS WITH TIES TO TEXAS

Those were the ones who were currently living in Texas when they passed away due to the attacks. However, sadly there were many that passed away who had ties to Texas, and you can read about them here.