MAY 8th 1995
I had the pleasure of taking the lift to the top of 100 floor World Trade Centre . Observation deck was busy with tourists from all around the globe enjoying the superb views. The Twin Towers were among the tallest buildings in the world. The complex was located in the heart of New York City's downtown financial district and contained 13.4 million square feet (1.24 million m²) of office space.
I had the pleasure of taking the lift to the top of 100 floor World Trade Centre . Observation deck was busy with tourists from all around the globe enjoying the superb views. The Twin Towers were among the tallest buildings in the world. The complex was located in the heart of New York City's downtown financial district and contained 13.4 million square feet (1.24 million m²) of office space.
My WTC ticket
September 11, 2001 On that morning nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. Each team of hijackers included a member who has undergone some pilot training. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners (American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175) into the World Trade Center in New York City, one plane into each tower (resulting in the collapse of both buildings soon afterward and extensive damage to nearby buildings.
15 years on an d the world still bleeds.The day that changed the world for ever.
The hijackers crashed a third airliner (American Airlines Flight 77) into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C.. Passengers and members of the flight crew on the fourth aircraft (United Airlines Flight 93) attempted to retake control of their plane from the hijackers; that plane crashed into a field near the town of Shanksville in rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania. In addition to the 19 hijackers, 2,974 people died as an immediate result of the attacks, and the death of at least one person from lung disease was ruled by a medical examiner to be a result of exposure to WTC dust. Another 24 people are missing and presumed dead. The victims were predominantly civilians. This brings the total of casualties of the September 11th attacks to 2,999.
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OCT 12TH 2009
I returned to the site of World trade centre now known as Ground Zero. We were shown round Ground Zero by ex New York fire fighter Joe Torrillo. Joe told us about his experiences on Sept. 11, 2001, when he was trapped beneath the rubble of the Twin Towers and woke up in a hospital.
I returned to the site of World trade centre now known as Ground Zero. We were shown round Ground Zero by ex New York fire fighter Joe Torrillo. Joe told us about his experiences on Sept. 11, 2001, when he was trapped beneath the rubble of the Twin Towers and woke up in a hospital.
THANK YOU JOE TORRILLO
We were shown round Ground Zero by ex New York fire fighter Joe Torrillo. Joe told us about his experiences on Sept. 11, 2001, when he was trapped beneath the rubble of the Twin Towers and woke up in a hospital.
Torrillo was taken to a New Jersey hospital where he was treated for a fractured skull, broken ribs and arm, internal bleeding and damaged eyes.
Because Torrillo had grabbed another firefighter's bunker gear that day, and because of the sheer pandemonium that took place, Torrillo was thought to be missing even after he was admitted to the hospital. By nightfall, one official declared Torrillo dead. News that Joe survived reached his family later that night.
We were shown round Ground Zero by ex New York fire fighter Joe Torrillo. Joe told us about his experiences on Sept. 11, 2001, when he was trapped beneath the rubble of the Twin Towers and woke up in a hospital.
Torrillo was taken to a New Jersey hospital where he was treated for a fractured skull, broken ribs and arm, internal bleeding and damaged eyes.
Because Torrillo had grabbed another firefighter's bunker gear that day, and because of the sheer pandemonium that took place, Torrillo was thought to be missing even after he was admitted to the hospital. By nightfall, one official declared Torrillo dead. News that Joe survived reached his family later that night.
