"Each year, hundreds come together at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, where the Twin Towers once stood, and reflect on one of the great catastrophes to take place on American soil. That tradition continued Thursday morning, with moments of silence marking the painful sequence of the attacks that happened 24 years ago, but for many, seem like they occurred only yesterday."
"We were 22 floors below the impact of the plane. So, there was no fire, no smoke, nothing falling from the ceilings or the walls, but the building was violently moving, Bitwinsk told amNewYork. I heard crunching steel as the building was moving. The floor was rolling like being on a skateboard. That lasted about one to two minutes until the building righted itself."
Nearly a quarter-century after the 2001 attacks, 2,977 people remain dead and survivors and families continue to live with lasting trauma. Each year, hundreds gather at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the former Twin Towers site for moments of silence and remembrance. Peter Bitwinsk, who survived on the 69th floor of the North Tower, described violent building movement, crunching steel and a floor rolling like a skateboard during the first minutes after impact. Bitwinsk and co-workers improvised evacuation systems and used an evac chair to help a paralyzed colleague escape. Flags and memorial placements honor the lost.
Read at www.amny.com
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