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Originally posted by Jim Cesiro
The last time I was there was July 2001, I have family there as well and an Aunt who has worked for Morgan Stanley for over 20 years. She was supposed to transfer from her office in midtown to WTC in Oct. 2001. She lost a lot of friends in there.
I miss the city and want to go back next summer. I already warned my wife it will be very emotional for me.
I had promised my son in July 2001 that the next time we go back we would go up on the roof of the WTC, we were on the observation level in July and I never knew you could go up another floor to the roof.
I am listening to a replay of Howard Sterns 2001 broadcast this morning. Some of the comments he made along with callers are chilling.
Something they keep talking about:
How does a plane hit the Pentagon 48 minutes after the WTC was hit? They cannot understand how it made it to the Pentegon.
The towers have not fallen yet on the replay, to hear the distress in everyones voices, the frustration... something I forgot about.
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I'm glad I got to Windows on the World while it still existed.
CBS had a documentary last night that I hope they will repeat. There was a French film crew doing a story on probationary firemen. They are the ones who caught the image of the first plane going into the tower, and kept the camera rolling throughout the day as the ash and dust fell, and ultimately as each one of the firefighters came back to the station. The probationary fireman they were there to film was presumed lost. It's fantastic footage, and very emotional to see the sense of family that was forged in the fire station that day. I hope everyone gets to see it.