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omeleteman
09-12-2001, 10:46 PM
Extracted from NYT

September 12, 2001

A CREEPING HORROR
Buildings Burn and Fall as Onlookers Search for Elusive Safety
By N. R. KLEINFIELD

...John Cerqueira, 22, and Mike Ben Fanter, 36, were working on the 81st floor of 1 World Trade Center when they felt the collision. "People were freaking out," said Mr. Fanter, a sales manager. "I tried to get them in the center of the office. About 40 people. I led them to the hall down the steps."

He continued: "We stopped on the 68th floor. I could hear people screaming. There was a woman in a wheelchair. John and I carried her down from the 68th floor to the 5th floor, where we got out. We started to see people jumping from the top of the World Trade Center." ...

Shawn
09-13-2001, 06:40 AM
Thank GOD for all the people who assisted in saving lives in that terrible tragedy. Being disabled or in a wheelchair in such a disaster, must be the most frightening thing a person can go through so therefore, i'm grateful and thankful to all people who saved lives. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif