by september 11th, 2001, al qaeda had been attacking american interests for almost ten years. first, they were suspected of hitting the world trade center in 1993. we heard the explosion, the building rattled, the whole thing shifted. it was shocking when the world trade center was hit. and it was really a tragedy. but i don t think many people recognized that this wasere were worst things to come. five years later bin laden s operatives bombed two american embassies in africa killing more than 200 and injuring 5,000.
But then i heard a voice. the choice was who s here ? he couldn t see each other. it was totally black. we were alive. we were virtually standing on top of what was left of the world trade center. when i say that you have to picture a straw and a pancake. we were in that straw. david lim and handful of others were standing inside a lone stair well that had somehow with stood the collapse. eventually, i remember ladder company 43 come around the corner bp. i never thought i would be so happy to see firemen you know. and they came and they threw us ropes. as david lim was treated for
they lived in houses, in motel 6s. mindi who lost her husband in the world trade center presented evidence to the commission that revealed serious immigration violations. i m holding in the hand some of the applications of the terrorists who killed my husband. all of these forms are incomplete and incorrect. had the ins or the state department followed the law, at least 15 of the hijackers would have been denied visas and would not have been in the united states on september 11th, 2001. while the hijackers made their preparations for the 9/11 attacks, the white house changed hands. once in office, president bush decided not to immediately
His wounds lee alpei arrived at the world trade center to search for his missing son, jonathan pz we walked down the street and many of the people who were still just moving away from it. walking, bleeding and walking up the street. and i just had a sinking feeling that we might have a problem trying to find jonathan. stanley and i talked to for 45 minutes finding out about each other s families and so on. he gave me his personal business card.
The firefighters, cops and ems workers. two men were told to get away from the building as fast as they could. stanley stopped and he looked back at two world trade center. i looked at brian and i said, this building is going down now. huge explosion.