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How United Flight 93 Passengers Fought Back on 9/11 - HISTORY

The passengers of flight 93 had learned of the other attacks on the 2 towers. When their plane was hijacked, they decided to take back control. A passenger, Todd Beamer was heard talking to others before they took back control. He was reported to have said "let's roll" before executing the plan.

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John Lawless- Tom Cavanan climbs out the ruble

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John Lawless- Tom Cavanan climbs out the ruble

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Tom was working on the first tower when it collasped and and buried him alive. Tough, he survived because of a large cement wall that covered his body from all the debris. What a remarkable story.

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Today marks 21 years since a series of coordinated terrorist attacks took place on September 11, 2001.

A total of 2,977 people were killed in New York City, Washington, DC, and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Those who survived had their lives transformed by the attacks. Here are some of their stories.

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Genelle Guzman-McMillan was the last person pulled alive from the rubble

Guzman-McMillan and her colleagues decided to take the staircase down after the first plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center. When they reached the 13th floor, the tower collapsed on them.

Guzman-McMillan, now 51, was the lone survivor among her colleagues and was miraculously rescued after spending 27 hours trapped under the rubble.

Source: startTV

Brian Clark was one of only 18 people in the South Tower to escape from a floor above where the plane struck

During his descent from the 84th floor of 2 World Trade Center, where the office of his international brokerage firm was, Clark stopped to save the life of a man - Stanley Praimnath - who was trapped.

Praimnath was pinned underneath some debris behind a wall that had stood firm, and Clark, who is 75, was able to hook his arms around Praimnath and lift him over.

Source: PBS, Independent

Captain Jay Jonas survived because he stopped to rescue a fallen woman

Captain Jay Jonas, and five of his firefighters from Ladder Company 6, were exiting a search and rescue mission in the North Tower shortly after the South Tower collapsed.

While Jonas and the unit were on their way down the stairs, they spotted Josephine Harris - a 59-year-old bookkeeper who had fallen and was unable to continue her descent. They stopped to help get her to safety.

Shortly after, the North Tower collapsed around them, but Harris and the men were not crushed.

"You cannot say that something that happened to you is a miracle," Jonas told The New York Times. "But we had the courage to do what we did, and you can say that if she was not there for us to save her, we probably would not have made it."

Source: The New York Times

Lauren Manning had burns over 80 percent of her body

Manning was arriving for work at the North Tower moments before the first jet crashed into it. As she entered the elevator that would take her to her office, she was met by a fireball.

She was burned on over 80 percent of her body and spent almost two months in a medically induced coma. Manning made a recovery that surprised doctors.

In 2013, then-President Barack Obama cited Manning as an example of American people who "bounce back."

In July 2016, she gave a widely-acclaimed speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Sources: Newsday, The New York Times, The Washington Post

Brian Birdwell survived the attack on the Pentagon and later became a state senator

Texas State Senator Brian Birdwell, 61, was a lieutenant colonel in the US and was working at the Pentagon when it was struck by the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 on September 11, 2001.

He was left with severe burns over 60 percent of his body and was the lone survivor in the E ring at the crash site, Birdwell told KWTX.

Birdwell was awarded a Purple Heart in 2004 and spent the 13 years after that running a non-profit organization to support critical burn survivors.

In a June 2010 special election, Birdwell was elected to the Texas State Senate. He has been re-elected three times since.

Sources: The Texas Senate, KWTX

Sarah Rudder had her leg amputated and later competed in the Invictus Games

Rudder, who was in the US Marines, was at the Pentagon on September 11, awaiting her promotion ceremony. She was unscathed in the attack and was able to help others get to safety.

She returned to the Pentagon two days later to assist in removing victims' remains and, during this effort, got her ankle trapped and crushed beneath a concrete barrier.

After several reconstructive surgeries, her leg was eventually amputated in 2014.

In 2016, Rudder competed in the international Invictus Games for wounded and injured servicemen and women. The 9/11 survivor won six medals.

Source: Tampa Bay Times

Will Jimeno was buried under 30 feet of rubble

After seeing the first plane crash into the North Tower, Jimeno - a rookie officer with the Port Authority Police Department - rushed to the World Trade Center with 20 other officers.

Shortly after he arrived, the South Tower collapsed, and Jimeno was trapped under 30 feet of debris. He was one of two officers to be pulled out of the rubble alive but spent weeks in the ICU undergoing 13 surgeries.

Source: CBSN New York

John McLoughlin tried to send a radio message for Jimeno's pregnant wife

McLoughlin, a sergeant with the Port Authority police, was trapped with Jimeno under the rubble. He tried to use his radio to send a final message to the rookie officer's heavily pregnant wife, asking that she fulfill Jimeno's wish that they name their unborn child Olivia.

McLoughlin survived being buried underground for 22 hours. After being placed in a medically induced coma for six weeks, he returned to Ground Zero four months later to witness the removal of "the final column" at Ground Zero.

Source: CBS News

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September 11 21st anniversary: 9 incredible stories of people who survived

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Today marks 21 years since a series of coordinated terrorist attacks took place on September 11, 2001. A total of 2,977 people were killed in New York City, Washington, DC, and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Those who survived had their lives transformed by the attacks. Here are some of their stories.

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A brave man with a red bandana over his face guided people on the 78th floor to the closest stairway bringing them to help. The man went up and down the stairs 3 times just to help as much people as he can save, but that was until the south building collapsed. He died attempting to try to save as many lives as he could not caring about his own. After a reported contacted the man’s mom she said he had always carried the red bandanna since he was a boy no matter what. Now that bandanna is on display in the 9/11 museum.
https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/remembering-man-red-bandana

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The structure of skyscrapers majorly changed after 9/11 as to guarantee that nothing like 9/11 could ever occur, the material in many skyscrapers now is made of solid, tough, fire proof concrete and some have implemented reinforcing bars as sort of a shield to protect the building. Designs to help escape and firefighters get in and out the building have also been put in. Skyscrapers are also deliberately designed against collapse as the World Trade Center when hit, collapsed and killed hundreds, this also means that if a plane hits the top of the building, then the lower parts or floors will be able to withstand the damage.

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Muzamil Kakar | My stepfather’s father 9/11 experience

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Muzamil Kakar | My stepfather’s father 9/11 experience

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My stepdad’s father worked in the World Trade Center, 70th floor, in tower 1. One evening he is having a normal day at work except for the fact that he was tired. He’s finishing up his work and his manager says “Can you stay late to finish this, unless early in the morning will be more comfortable for you.” He said sure I’ll finish it up now. Once he finished, his manager calls him and says, “Since you stayed late, you can come later tomorrow.” The next morning he wakes up comfortably and get’s ready and watches the news. It says how a plane crashed into the top of tower 1. He was so scared that he could’ve been there and for the people he knew in the building. He had two coworkers that were going to a meeting to one of the higher floors and they got directly hit by the plane.

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As my group and I were approaching the exit one of my employees said “I have to go back I for got to turn off the coffee pot.” He went back to the office while the rest of us continued to the exit that took us out by seven World Trade Center.As i left the area and started to walk up west broadway i noticed a medical doctor standing in the door way of his office looking at the towers. By the time i decided to leave for home, the subways were already shut down so i started walking back to penn station. Since the sidewalks were full of people leaving the World Trade Center area,I was walking in the street right next firemen going directly into the area form which everyone else was evacuating . Since 6world trade center was right under tower one. I knew then that we probably lost our building. The first step was to contact all employees.who worked at the World Trade Center to make sure every one evacuated safely.

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Bob Swierupski, CBP

It was the loudest bang I ever heard. It wasn't just a single sound but seemed to reverberate for over a second. Since I was located on the fourth floor of 6 World Trade Center I couldn't tell what just happened. One of my employees then noticed that some debris had fallen from above right past my window. It was then that my front office employees and I decided that we should evacuate the building even though an alarm had not gone off yet. Since the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center we were always prepared to leave the building whenever we felt threatened by any type of incident.

As I left the office I noticed many other employees from the National Commodity Specialist Division already filling the hallways to go to their evacuation exit. As my group and I were approaching the exit one of my employees said, "I have to go back; I forgot to turn off the coffee pot." He went back to the office while the rest of us continued to the exit that took us out by Seven World Trade Center. It was then that I noticed large chunks of concrete and pieces of metal in my path. At that point it seemed better to get inside a building than to stay outside. Still not knowing what had happened I went into the lobby of 7 World Trade Center. Within a short period of time, however, the lobby started to fill with people who were trying to evacuate that building. Then there was another loud bang. It was at that point that the relative calmness of everyone evacuating turned into a sense of urgency. The building management of 7 World Trade Center then decided to open the emergency exits to let everyone outside.

I'll never forget my first sight of what had happened. Standing right near tower one and looking up I saw what appeared to be the outline of a plane right through the side of the building. At that point I wasn't really sure what to do. I tried to call my headquarters office with my cell phone, but the cell phone didn't work. As I left the area and started to walk up West Broadway I noticed a medical doctor standing in the doorway of his office looking at the towers. I asked him if could make an emergency call to Washington and he said, "sure, go ahead." When I reached my supervisor I remember saying, "we have a problem here in New York." His response was, "you sure do, we're under attack. Tell your people to try to get home as fast as possible."

I waited for about 30 minutes, but couldn't find any of my employees because there were hundreds of people leaving the area. By the time I decided to leave for home, the subways were already shut down so I started walking back to Penn Station. My route took me up West Broadway. That's where I saw wave after wave of New York City firemen rushing to get to the towers. I never saw so many different types of fire fighting vehicles. There were also many other firemen coming in their own private vehicles to help. Since the sidewalks were full of people leaving the World Trade Center area, I was walking in the street right next to the firemen going directly into the area from which everyone else was evacuating. I could see the fearless intensity in their faces. They were going to put out the fire and save lives.

After walking for almost an hour or so I finally made it to Penn Station. It, too, was shut down. Everyone was just standing outside on 7th and 8th Avenues completely filling the streets. There was no other place to go. Amazingly, I ran into one of my employees who had also just arrived at Penn Station. Since we still didn't know exactly what happened we decided to enter the Hotel New Yorker to find out what had happened and to call home. The lobby of the hotel had a big screen TV showing live action and replays of what was going on down town. I was stunned to see that tower two had collapsed. I couldn't believe what I was watching. When I was standing beside the towers when I first left building 6 I thought the worst was over. I never thought that either tower would collapse. All those people, all the firemen, police.....

Since 6 World Trade Center was right under tower one I knew then that we probably lost our building. Did everyone get out? Where will we go? Was everything lost? What will become of our division? I finally got to make a phone call home, but my wife was teaching in school at the time so I just left a message that I was safe but didn't know when I'd get home.

After leaving the hotel I went back to stand outside of Penn Station and, to my surprise, I heard the rumbling of a subway. I went down the stairs and there was an E train going to Jamaica. I got to Jamaica and was able to get a Long Island Rail Road train going to my station. When I got home around 4 p.m. I immediately put the TV on to see the latest developments. I was shocked; both towers gone, our building destroyed and 7 World Trade Center burning. I kept watching all through the night for any new developments.

The next morning I attended the New York DFO's recovery meeting at JFK Airport. The first step was to contact all employees who worked at the World Trade Center to make sure everyone evacuated safely. Plans were already underway to explore possible relocation sites. My supervisors did an outstanding job contacting everyone and keeping them informed that plans were underway to find a new location. In days following 9/11, I was "on call" with my headquarters management from 7:00am to 10:00pm to keep them informed of ongoing activities.

Two days after 9/11, around 9:45pm, I received a very unusual phone call from the New York Times. They were calling to find out if I had survived the attack on the World Trade Center. I asked them why, out of all the thousands of people who worked there, would they be calling me? They told me that a lady living in Brooklyn found a Ruling Letter that I had signed in her backyard the day after 9/11. It was singed around the edges and looked official. It appeared that when tower one went down it created such a strong air current that it took the ruling letter over the East River and into Brooklyn. After finding the letter the lady was so upset that she called the Times to report what she found and asked if they could find out if I had survived. She was relieved to hear that I was ok. The story appeared in the Times the next day.

The next several weeks resulted in several amazing accomplishments through the coordinated efforts of various offices in the Customs Service. Through the extraordinary efforts of the NY DFO's Office, the Office of Information Technology in Headquarters, the Logistics people in Indianapolis and the Office of Finance, our new location at One Penn Plaza was up and running in record time. While our new temporary space initially looked more like a warehouse than an office, it was wired for computer access and stocked with computers, supplies and telephones. All we needed was to have our employees return.

Then came the big day. On October 9th the employees were contacted and told to report to work at One Penn Plaza. While many of my employees were eligible to retire, no one did. They all returned. I'll never forget the pure joy of seeing everyone again in our temporary conference room. It was one of the happiest days of my near-forty year career. Despite losing all their national commodity files, records and resource materials, the national specialists, their assistants and the staff in the Customs Information Exchange were ready to get back to work to perform their assigned tasks. As true professionals it took very little time before all NCSD tasks, functions and programs were back and running smoothly. We eventually had our office space renovated to accommodate all our needs. I'll always remember the dedication my employees had to their job and to the Customs Service in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.

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9/11 Stories: I Was Inside the World Trade Center When It Happened

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It was the loudest bang I ever heard. It wasn't just a single sound but seemed to reverberate for over a second. Since I was located on the fourth floor of 6 World Trade Center I couldn't tell what just happened.

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A couple weeks prior to the 9/11 attacks Janice Brooks moved to New York. In the South Tower of the World Trade Center, she worked for international brokerage firm Euro Brokers. Brooks worked on the 84th floor and she managed to escape after hearing about a plane hitting the other tower. Sadly, 61 of her colleagues did not survive.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/age-of-terror-911-survivor-janice-brooks

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Ronald Bucca worked as a fire marshal of the NYPD fire department. According to his wife, he had always thought that there were terrorists coming to the USA but didn’t know when. However, on September 11th, 2001, the planes hit the south and north tower. Bucca was put on duty to save lives out of the south tower. When Bucca was saving lives, the south tower came crashing down, instantly killing him. Bucca will always be remembered for his heroic actions.

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Eve Bucca said her late husband, Ronald Bucca, always knew the terrorists would come back. "He has said for years, and he was very verbal about it," she said. "He felt like we would always have an attack in New York and he wanted to minimize the loss of life."

When the planes hit on Sept. 11, 2001, she said there was no doubt what Ronald, who was a New York City fire marshal, was going to do. "He said to me, 'I'm going into that building,'" Eve said. "I knew exactly what was in his mind."

But to understand just how Bucca ended up inside the south tower trying to rescue people, you have to understand what happened to him back in 1986.

As a young firefighter, Bucca responded to a two-alarm fire on the Upper West Side. But he fell five stories to the ground while trying to rescue an FDNY lieutenant who was trapped in an apartment building.

Doctors at the hospital where he was taken said it was simply a miracle he survived. He suffered a broken back but eventually made a full recovery.
RELATED: Identifying World Trade Center remains continues 20 years after 9/11
"I think we've used a lifetime's worth of luck in that short span of time," Eve said in an interview that aired on FOX 5 all those years ago. "We used all the luck we ever had."

In a new interview, Eve told me what her husband said to her while he was on the stretcher.

"Lying on the stretcher going into the MRI, and him saying to me, 'I'm going to go back to Rescue within a year,'" she said, referring to his unit, Rescue Company 1.

Bucca earned the nickname "The Flying Fireman" for the fall and transformed his career.

He combined his time in the Army as a Special Forces Green Beret and military intelligence with years in the fire department and was assigned to the FDNY Terrorist Task Force.

"He would go to firehouses and talk to them about 'this is what you look for, this is who you contact,'" Eve said.

He carried field guides with him to show fellow firefighters how to respond if there was an attack.
RELATED: 9/11 as American History: Schoolteachers prepare lessons
Eventually, Bucca was promoted to fire marshal, which brings us back to Sept. 11, 2001.

"They actually made it up," Eve said, "and were assisting the civilians there."

Radio transmissions show Bucca linked up with FDNY Battalion Chief Orio Palmer. Their team somehow made it all the way up to the 78th floor of the 2 World Trade Center, which was the so-called crash zone - the section where United Airlines Flight 175 slammed into the building.

It was higher than any other known first responders. Palmer and Bucca and their team never made it out. Bucca's remains were recovered six weeks later.

"When he was recovered, his turnout coat was found on a civilian next to a group of civilians by a staircase," Eve said.

She added that all the pockets of that coat, where he kept all his supplies, were empty.

"I realized he used everything he had to help with the civilians," Eve said.

In the two decades since then, the family established a nonprofit called StandFast Alliance and partnered with organizations like Friends of Firefighters. The organization's goal is to help military members and first responders be better prepared physically and mentally for disaster - like Ronald was.

"We're just continuing Ron's work," Eve said. "We're still looking out for his family and his extended family."
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Remembering Ronald Bucca, 'The Flying Fireman' | 9/11: 20 Years Later

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To understand just how Fire Marshal Ronald Bucca ended up inside the south tower of the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, one must understand what happened to him in the line of duty in 1986.

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Rick Rescorla worked as the head of security in the south tower. The 62-year-old Vietnam veteran fought for better safety measures at his place of work, especially after the 1993  terrorist bombing in the North Tower’s basement. Ever since, he always worried there would be another attack. He had warned his wife Susan of a feeling that he had that something was going to happen, months before the attack. Fast forward to September 11, 2001, disaster struck. Amid the chaos, Rescorla picked up his megaphone. And despite receiving instruction to stay in place, he refused and told the workers to follow his evacuation plan. He led nearly 2,700 workers out of the office. Once it seemed like they all evacuated, he decided to go back in and make sure none was left behind. Rescorla went back up with firemen to make sure everyone on the top floor was out. It was the last time anyone saw him alive. Rescorla didn’t make it out of the building. But because of him, nearly 2,700 people did.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/sept11-anniversary/911-world-trade-center-hero-rick-rescorla/

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Stephanie Zelada | 9/11 Survivor , Captain Jay Jonas

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Stephanie Zelada | 9/11 Survivor , Captain Jay Jonas

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Captain Jay Jonas was leaving the North Tower with a few of his troops. As they were leaving they spotted someone who had fallen and couldn’t get up. It was a 59-year-old-women, Josephine Harris. Jonas and his troops went to go help her and a little while after, the North Tower then started to fall around them, but didn’t crush any of the troops, Captain Jay Jonas, or Josephine Harris. Jonas felt as though if she were not there at the time, him and his troops would be dead.

https://www.insider.com/september-11-21st-anniversary-9-incredible-survivor-stories-2021-9#captain-jay-jonas-survived-because-he-stopped-to-rescue-a-fallen-woman-4

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McLoughlin, a port authority police, was trapped with Jimeno under the rubble. Thinking he would die, he used his radio to tell the other policemen to tell his pregnant wife asking that she fulfill his wish that they name their unborn child Olivia. He survived being buried under for 22 hour. He was in a coma for six weeks.

https://www.insider.com/september-11-21st-anniversary-9-incredible-survivor-stories-2021-9#john-mcloughlin-tried-to-send-a-radio-message-for-jimenos-pregnant-wife-9

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https://www.9news.com.au/world/september-11-attacks-how-one-man-escaped-world-trade-center-south-tower-on-911-joe-dittmar-exclusive/14e4e02d-7246-4c8f-868d-f5ecd338ed26
Joe Dittmar was at the top of the South Tower , Floor 105, and managed to escape. Joe and others have been ordered to evacuate the building without knowing why they were told to do so. After walking 15 floors down, he looked out the window and saw the unbelievable sight of the “Huge black holes” in the North Tower. He saw the plane lodged inside the North Tower while it being up in flames. He continued to go down the stairwell until around the 73rd floor when Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower but he was already a few floors below the strike zone. He finally made in to the first floor, then escaped through the subway station underneath the World Trade Center. The Twin Towers started collapsing after he got outside but fortunately, he found shelter in an apartment and survived.

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https://fox17.com/news/local/the-heroic-stories-of-911-rescue-dogs-and-their-lasting-impact-on-america-september-11-attacks-new-york-city-twin-towers-ground-zero-k-9-police-dogs-firefighters

There has been so much accomplishments with these dogs, an estimated 300 search and rescue dogs helped find survivors in the rubble of the former Twin Towers. These dogs only suffered minor injuries like scrapes and cuts. Lots of these cute, fluffy animals have played a major role of helping people out after the attacks. One German Shepherd police dog named Trackr rescued one survivor and according to TIME magazine, is called the most heroic animals. Some other dogs have helped there owners lead their way out of the burning buildings, like Salty and Roselle. Many dogs spent hours trying to find lone survivors. Not just rescue dogs have helped in these outrageous attacks, therapy dogs have a major role since according to the American Kennel Club, 100 teams of therapy dogs were deployed to NYC and helped assisted lifting the spirits of first responders, and families of lost ones, etc. Many of these dogs are still living but some has sadly passed away. These dogs are heroes and should continue to be recognized.

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Moira Ann Smith was a 38 year old police officer, she had helped and led multiple people from the South Tower however she had passed away in an attempt to rescue and evacuate more people from the tower due to it collapsing. On the day of the attack a picture of her had been taken helping out a man who had been injured out of the tower, after this image had been taken it was she had ran right back inside the South Tower however this is when the tower had collapsed leading to the passing of Moira Smith. It had also been said that she had brought more people away from the area to 13th Precinct which had been the place she worked at, and headed right back to help more innocent people. A way the NYPD had commemorated her heroic deeds were by naming the street she grew up on after her as well as naming the Square Park that was in Madison after her.

Moira Ann Smith was a heroic woman who risked her life helping out others, to this day she is a role model.

https://www.dailyitem.com/news/montour-official-nypd-officer-killed-on-9-11-was-my-hero/article_23564988-09ea-11ec-9de9-9bf188867544.html

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Sofia Lachapelle is a news reporter for Univision. Sofia was in New York the day that 9/11 happened and saw the towers explode. While she was interviewing Mayor Giuliano, they told her that something is going on with the twin towers and that she and her crew had to leave at that moment. While she was leaving, she saw that everyone was running the other way including cars. Once she and her crew got to a corner, a couple minutes later the first tower exploded and she captured the tower falling. But she did not even hear it when the first tower exploded because she was so confused in what she was going to do that she couldn’t hear  she and her crew that they had to leave, she ignored the police because she ended up going to the way that the explosion happened. While they were going towards the explosion, the other tower exploded. But the camera person did not stop recording even while they was running away from the explosion.
https://www.911memorial.org/learn/resources/911-primer/module-1-events-day

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Dhaanvi Sharma. The two survivors Lucy gonzales and Richard Eichen were in the building when the airplane crashed. They were on the 90th floor when it happened and they both decided to evacuate but then Richard wanted to stay and help others get out first so they both stayed but then by the 25th floor Lucy fainted the firefighters came and gave her oxygen and they exited the building few minutes later the whole building collapsed. 

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Dhaanvi Sharma. The two survivors Lucy gonzales and Richard Eichen were in the building when the airplane crashed. They were on the 90th floor when it happened and they both decided to evacuate but then Richard wanted to stay and help others get out first so they both stayed but then by the 25th floor Lucy fainted the firefighters came and gave her oxygen and they exited the building few minutes later the whole building collapsed. 

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https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/911-survivors-reunite-survivor-tree-10-years-later

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On September 11, 2001 a man named Charlotte was in a conference room on the 81st floor. Charlotte suddenly felt the entire building shake and automatically thought it was a earthquake. When Charlotte was heading to the stairs he over heard someone yell “an airplane hit the building”. Since there were no messages and you can make barely any calls, Charlotte sent emails to his loved ones. Charlotte eventually made it out of the falling building and he still has the shirt and visitor badge from that tragic day.

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Elizabeth Ramirez | Firefighters at 9/11

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Elizabeth Ramirez | Firefighters at 9/11

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Firefighters were at the World Trade Center mere minutes after the first plane struck. At 8:50 AM, an Incident Command Center was established in the lobby of the North Tower. The FDNY Chief arrived at 9 AM shortly after United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower, the FDNY Chief arrived and took over control of the scene, moving the command center across West Street due to concerns for falling debris and safety, however numerous fire chiefs remained in the lobby that continued to serve as an operations post where alarms, elevators, communications, and other equipment continued to operate. FDNY was initially on rescue and evacuation, which involved sending firefighters to assist people trapped, and to ensure that all floors were completely evacuated. Many firefighters did not stop at staging areas to report and get instructions, which meant that chiefs could not keep track of their units, and several firefighters reported directly to the building lobbies, who ordered them to go into the building immediately. Even worse, commanders lost radio communication with units because the World Trade Center’s repeater system malfunctioned after the attack, which was required for portable radio signals to transmit reliably. Many off-duty firefighters also arrived to help without their radios. This all meant firefighters were unable to report to commanders on their progress, and were unable to hear evacuation orders. FDNY also lacked communication with NYPD, who had helicopters, or EMS, and the firefighters lack access to TV reports or other outside information, and was unaware what happened when the South Tower collapsed at 9:59 AM. The battalion chief made an order to evacuate the North Tower immediately afterwards, but many did not hear the order due to faulty radios, resulting in 343 firefighters dying in the collapse. The command post across West Street was taking out when the South Tower collapsed, and falling debris killed Peter Ganci, the FDNY Chief, when the North Tower collapsed. The FDNY deployed 200 units to the site, with more than 400 firefighters on the scene when the buildings collapsed. Other neighboring jurisdictions helped with the effort, and aside with helping at Ground Zero, also helped take other fire and emergency calls. The picture shows a firefighter looking at the collapsed South Tower.

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On the tragic day of September 11, 2001, it shocked the entire country. So many heroic people risked their lives to try to save other people inside and out of the World Trade Center. The city of New York was in shambles. Not much more than a month later, Mark Messier and the New York Rangers set to start the season against the buffalo sabers. The captain of the New York rangers at the time, Mark Messier had a huge role to play. His family had a long line of firefighters and firefighters were heavily affected by 9/11. The start of a game starts with the annual national anthem. Mark Messier greets the firefighter that attended the game. He then steps on the blue line with the rest of his team but he was different. He wore the top ranked firefighter helmet white the national anthem played. That’s why he played a huge role in the months after of 9/11.

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The “Survivors Staircase”, was the only remaining structure left  on Ground Zero after the towers fell. This structure was 2 stories above ground level and was located next to a building that was adjacent to the Twin Towers located in the trade center complex. This 37 step staircase acted as a safe passage way for more than 100 Americans to evacuate safely to the trade center plaza below. After the 9 story building next to the staircase collapsed from the “earthquake” and debris from the North tower, this was the only above ground structure remaining. This staircase is now displayed next to an escalator in the September 11th museum. This staircase reminds us of how even when everything is falling around us, we have to try to stay on top. Article: https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4418329&page=1

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The perfect pitch was held in the Yankee Stadium in 2001, was thrown by George W. Bush. In fact, it took place before the third game of then World Series began after the 9/11 attack. This pitch that was thrown by the president was considered as one of the bright moments in the nations darkest times. But still after a week after 9/11, the games resumed, but the New Yorkers were still worried an shocked. Bush was determined to serve the first pitch at the first game of the worlds series in Bronx on October 30. He was dressed very with a bulletproof vest. Bush came out from the Yankees dugout while waving at the crowd, the crowds of people cheered as the president threw a strike right over ho e plate. He said, "I've been to conventions and rallies and speeches: I've never felt anything so powerful and emotions so strong, and the collective will of the crowd so evident." Finally, Bush’s iconic pitch will always stand in the sports history as one of the most wonderful moments.

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Jasper Shaffer: David M. Paventi’s escape from the North Twin Tower on 9/11

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Jasper Shaffer: David M. Paventi’s escape from the North Twin Tower on 9/11

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David M. Paventi is a survivor of the attack that day on 9/11. He had been in the North Twin Tower when the tower got hit by the first plane. According to the source I read about his story he had at first thought it was an earthquake so he decided to hide under a table. He had hid under the table until  he got word of it being a plane and started to go down the nearest stairs he could get to, escape. David Paventi had with him at the time no cell phone like we do today, but he did have a pager in which he had almost left in Charlotte where he had traveled from for business in New York City. On his pager he received major stock market update emails, but today as he was going down the stairs to escape he was receiving news alerts that there would be a delay in the stock opening due to a plane crashing into the Twin Towers. He quickly sent emails back and forth talking to his wife back in Charlotte, reporting to her his escape.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/9-11-survivor-recounts-escaping-81st-floor-world-trade-center-dont-look-just-run

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Brian clark a man who was one of the only 18 people in the south tower above the zone in which the plane impacted the building. Clark and 8 other employees only made it to the 81st floor before the group saw people coming up the stairs warning them about that happened. There group was debating whether to go to the roof and hoping to be rescued or going down to the bottom of the tower. People came up and saved Clark’s life by by evacuating them down the stairs but yet 61 of Clarks co workers died https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwibla3_qpL6AhXBEmIAHbFtBlMQFnoECBQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBrian_Clark_(September_11_survivor)&usg=AOvVaw0tTOxOw1mBfceJizOHo2mm

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So my uncle on 9/11 was going to the twin towers. Just a normal day for him. He was getting ready to go but he got late. And even worse he missed his train so he had to go on the next train. As he was on the train he looks at his phone and he sees the tower get hit. His train was late and so he did not go in the tower.

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Genelle Guzman-McMillian was one of the only survivors from 9/11. Genelle and her colleuges decided to run down the stairs after the first plane hit. They made it to the 13th floor until the building collapsed. Genelle was buried under the rubble for 27 hours until she was rescued. Genelle was the sole survivor between her and her colleuges.