OSU Football Player Contacted by Mother – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/12/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 12, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Throughout Tuesday, the Ohio State football program was concerned that a parent of a student-athlete had not yet been located who worked in the World Trade Center. The Ohio State football program is pleased to announce that Andrew Maxwell (Fr., Brooklyn, N.Y./Christ the King) was contacted by his mother Olga Thomas last evening via phone. Thomas works for the New York Division of Parole on the 61st floor of the World Trade Center.
“It was just a huge sense of relief to hear her voice,” Maxwell said. “She was trying to reach me all day but because of the phone problems in New York, she was unable to. She finally got a hold of me through (teammate) Adrien Clarke’s cell phone last night. She is supposed to be at work between 9-10 a.m. She was running late and wasn’t in the building yet when everything started to happen.”
Maxwell is a walk-on from offensive lineman from Brooklyn, N.Y.
