John Abruzzo was already at his desk on the 69th floor of the North Tower when the first plane hit.
He was a Port Authority accountant and a C5-6 quadriplegic.
His power wheelchair was how he moved through the world.
Most of his floor emptied fast.
Ten coworkers did not.
They lifted him out of his custom chair and into a lightweight evacuation chair the agency had bought after the 1993 bombing - the same attack that had already trapped Abruzzo in this building once before.
That first time it took six hours to get him down.
This time they took turns: two at the front, two at the back, sliding him down flight after flight, pivoting on every landing.
One person scouted ahead.
When they hit smoke they changed stairwells.
They even stopped at a Snapple machine.
Firefighters they passed offered to take him.
The group said no.
They would not leave him.
It took about 90 minutes to descend 69 floors.
They carried him over debris in the lobby and out through a broken window.
They were on the sidewalk roughly ten minutes before the North Tower fell.
The chair that brought him down is in the 9/11 Memorial Museum now.
The names of the people who stayed with him are not as widely known as they should be.
There was no speech.
No vote.
Just a group of office workers who looked at a man who could not take the stairs and decided his life was not someone else’s problem.
That is the story.
@annyFLLx2@SueOC_NBCBoston@NBC10Boston Let’s see the criminal history of every juror on this case. Otherwise this is illegal, and an invasion of this man’s privacy.
Oh btw, did you know Lyndsay killed her own children with her bare hands? Let’s focus.
@Chet87396216872@johnnymaga Why was nobody alarmed or calling 911 if it was a serious medical emergency? She was an older woman and a medical event could be life or death. Why didn’t they show any sense of urgency?
I honestly don’t know what happened but they all seem so unconcerned. That’s curious. 🤔
@johnnymaga@greg_price11 It’s very curious. Nobody seemed alarmed, no 911 calls for a woman having a medical emergency? It’s was almost like they had seen this before. Just another day will Hillary. I don’t get it. 🤷🏼♀️
Was she drunk?
NYC firefighter BLASTS pro-Palestine activist:
“Go back to f*cking Palestine, you anti-American motherf*cker! … And take f*cking Mamdani with you, and f*cking AOC, and Hochul! Take them all!”
NEW: DHS confirms that a murder suspect who killed a woman in Sacramento, CA on Tuesday by chasing her down with a gun, shooting her, then shooting her again in the head on the ground, is an Indian illegal alien who was caught & released at the border by the Biden administration.
DHS says Rohit Rohit was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the Arizona border illegally in August 2023, but he was released into the country.
Per local media, he had been stalking and harassing the woman he killed, even putting an AirTag under the hood of her car.
He shot and killed himself after the murder.
DHS statement:
“This illegal alien from India harassed, stalked, and then killed a 38-year-old woman in California, and then took his own life when police caught up to him,” said a DHS Spokesperson. “This tragedy would have been completely avoided if it weren’t for the Biden Administration RELEASING this killer into our country.”
Lisa: Yes sir, I’ve been talking with a passenger, a Todd Beamer, on Flight 93 who managed to get to an air phone unnoticed.
Goodwin: Where did this flight originate, and what was its destination?
Lisa: The flight left Newark New Jersey at 8 A.M. departing for San Francisco. The hijackers took over the plane shortly after takeoff, and several minutes later the plane changed course – it is now flying east.
Goodwin: Ms. Jefferson…I need to talk to someone aboard that plane. Can you get me thru to the planes phone?
Lisa: I still have that line open sir, I can patch you through on a conference call…hold a mo…..
Todd: Hello Lisa, Lisa are you there?
Lisa: Yes, I’m here. Todd, I made a call to the FBI, Agent Goodwin is on the line and will be talking to you as well.
Todd: The others all know that this isn’t your normal hijacking. Jeremy called his wife again on his cell phone. She told him more about the World Trade Center and all.
Goodwin: Hello Todd. This is Agent Goodwin with the FBI. We have been monitoring your flight. Your plane is on a course for Washington, DC. These terrorists sent two planes into the World Trade Center and one plane into the Pentagon. Our best guess is that they plan to fly your plane into either the White House or the United States Capital Building.
Todd: I understand…hold on……I’ll…….I’ll be back..
Lisa: Mr. Goodwin, how much time do they have before they get to Washington?
Goodwin: Not long ma’am. They changed course over Cleveland; they’re approaching Pittsburgh now. Washington may be twenty minutes away.
Todd: (breathing a little heavier) The plane seems to be changing directions just a little. It’s getting pretty rough up here. The plane is flying real erratic….We’re not going to make it out of here. Listen to me….I want you to hear this….I have talked with the others….we have decided we would not be pawns in these hijackers suicidal plot.
Lisa: Todd, what are you going to do?
Todd: We’ve hatched a plan. Four of us are going to rush the hijacker with the bomb. After we take him out, we’ll break into the cockpit. A stewardess is getting some boiling water to throw on the hijackers at the controls. We’ll get them….and we’ll take them out. Lisa, …..will you do one last thing for me?
Lisa: Yes…What is it?
Todd: Would you pray with me?
They pray: Our father which art in Heaven
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive our trespassers,
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory
Forever…..Amen
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…
He makes me to lie down in green pastures
He leads me beside the still waters
He restores my soul
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His name’s sake
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil, for thou art with me…..
Todd: (softer) God help me…Jesus help me….(clears throat and louder)
Are you guys ready?……..
Let’s Roll……………………