A case of star-crossed lovers...and mistaken identity

A case of star-crossed lovers...

Bob Beliveau '91 was grateful to have been only "inconvenienced" when the return flight from his Paris honeymoon was diverted to Newfoundland on the morning of Sept. 11. "Sleeping on a mat on the floor of the band room at Holy Heart of Mary High School in St. John's with 30 other people is not my idea of a honeymoon," he says. "Upon hearing of our plight, some thoughtful volunteers surprised us with a card, a bottle of champagne, and something 'special' for Deborah to wear. They even found us a private room for the night." Ironically, this was the couple's second attempt at a honeymoon. The first was aborted shortly after their June 9 wedding, when Bob jumped over a rock and broke his leg while getting the house ready for a gathering of close friends following the wedding reception.

...and mistaken identity

Alumni were concerned about Chris Mello '96, until it was learned that the Christopher Mello who was aboard American Airlines Flight 11 on Sept. 11 was a 1998 Princeton University graduate. The two were close in age, had similar job titles, and lived in the Boston area. Oddly enough, WPI's Chris Mello would have been on one of the other highjacked planes--United Airlines Flight 175--had a business trip to Los Angeles not been postponed by two weeks.

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