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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Traveler on September 11, 2026, 10:04:53 AM
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On 9/11/2001, I had arrived at my office located in Tower 1, the north tower of the World Trade Center 48 floor, to prepare for a 9AM meeting with the aviation department of the Port of Authority located in tower 2 on the 72nd floor. My firm Printz & Associates, Inc. provided aviation related services to many of the corporate flight departments of the business world. Leaving my office, the corridor windows faced East and I stopped for a moment to enjoy the sight before me on that spectacular morning. My view, unrestricted showed me the Aircraft going into and out of JFK and other aircraft lining up for the river approach to LaGuardia, I was a former Pilot for Eastern and tend to have a natural tendency to perform an aviation scan out of habit. I see a speck moving toward my location, I identify it as an aircraft, a commercial aircraft, a 767 moving fast, and I’m wondering what idiot controller vectored this guy over Manhattan? That’s a no no. He’s headed directly at me and I’m thinking, this guys not high enough to clear the building. He hits the building and on the 48 floor, most of the droop ceilings do exactly that, along with a ton of collected dust and dirt. I reentered my office and instructed all the employees to follow me down the stairwell. I was a combat medic in Vietnam and at 50 years old once again became a combat medic in the streets of lower Manhattan for the next 72 hours.
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I thank you for sharing your 9/11 story. It hurts to read but about that day but it hurts more to forget.
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Wow Traveler, you always have the most amazing stories Sir. :salute
I was a high-schooler and moving our school gym from inside to a new building and saw it on the cafeteria TV. Joined in '05 as a combat medic. :salute :cheers: Hope to see you and Gunston taking a couple 38s in the Oct scenario.
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Watched "The Falling Man" documentary last night. While I tend to agree with most that it isn't necessary to know the names of those in the pics of people falling it was still interesting. I liked how the coroner's office said no one jumped when asked how many people jumped. "Jumping" has the connotation of suicide and all of these were murdered and they knew it. Some simply had the choice of the method of their death.
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Remember building #7...
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Thoughts and prayers my friend, that was another day that lives on in infamy. :salute
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:salute Traveler
Eagler
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:salute Traveler
I was working as a Paramedic in Bristol Pa when this all Happened. a Few of us were taking our morning Naps when the Plane hit the First tower and Our Office Manager jumped on the Intercom screaming the Towers Are being hit by Planes,,,, the rest of the day we watched the NEws Reports as our specialty team was on standby but we were never activated to help out. That Memory til this day 25 years later still lives in my mind and I will never forget this day as long as I am still walking this Earth
Molsman
FF/Medic 1988 -2017 (Disabled in 20717)
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I remember waking up and wondering why there was a movie playing on morning tv. It was so surreal/horrible to find this wasn't some disaster/action movie (We are about 18 hours ahead so it was about 3pm NY time, and by then there was a lot of footage).