Im coming home: Last words haunt a 9/11 daughter 25 years later as she builds a legacy in his honor

"I'm getting out.I'm coming home."Those were the final words of William Lawrence Fallon Jr.

before he was killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center 25 years ago.He worked as an IT manager for Cantor Fitzgerald and was just 38 years old when he was killed.I LOST MY WIFE ON 9/11.PLEASE LET THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY BELONG TO THE FAMILIESAn old photo shows Kayla Smith and her sister posing with their father, William Lawrence Fallon Jr.

(Kayla Smith)His daughter Kayla Fallon Smith was 8 years old when she learned her father would not be coming home.Before the attacks, Smith, now 33, said her father – who always commuted into work early – would call the house phone in the morning to wish her and her sister well before they would head to school.Send me a story idea: [email protected] Instagram: kelsiecairns_tv Facebook: Kelsie CairnsHe went in early so he could leave earlier in the afternoons to take her to dancing school after her school day."That was the kind of man he was.

I remember he would get up and work out in the morning before even going to work, so you'd hear the weights dropping in the house.I do remember that as a kid," Smith said.Those quick and light-hearted morning phone calls to his daughters set the tone for the day.Kayla Smith and her late father pose for a photo on the beach.

(Kayla Smith)"He would tell us what the skyline looked like.Sometimes it would be cloudy below him and he couldn't even see the street, but it'd be sunny up there," she said.FRANK SILLER: 'I LOVE YOU, BROTHER' -- THE 9/11 LOSS THAT INSPIRED A MISSION OF SERVICESmith remembers hearing her father's voice for the last time on Tuesday, Sept.

11, 2001.Kayla Smith and her father pose for a lakeside photo on a boat.(Kayla Smith)"I spoke to him on the house phone that day, as I always did," she said, to which he said on the phone, "Have a good morning," she said."I'm sure I said something like, 'I love you, have a great day'," Smith said.Her dad called again...