“It was a real turning point in my life, and it was an awful day,” says Sara Botkin of the 9/11 terrorist attacks

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Sara Botkin was delayed going to her job as a temp at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, so she could buy a Mariah Carey CD, a decision that ultimately saved her life

The then-24-year-old singer left New York City after the attacks and married her boyfriend two months later

Now a financial advisor and mother of three, Botkin still revisits the footage from that life-altering day

On the morning of September 11, 2001, the mall beneath the World Trade Center was bustling as usual when Sara Botkin, 24, took a few…

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