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Resilience in the Face of Tragedy: New York City on 9/11
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ON September 11, 2001, a group of al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airliners.

Two planes - American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 75 - crashed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City while American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the West wall of the Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field.

A television producer has opened up on the heartbreaking day he spent at the World Trade Center, hours before 9/11.

John Barra, who was working for New Jersey's public broadcasting station at the time, barely escaped the attack after making a last-minute decision to reschedule an interview.

On September 10, 2001, Barra drove into New York City with his production crew after wrapping up a story at Newark Airport.

He was supposed to stop by the World Trade Center the following day for a different story but had to move the appointment up due to his schedule.

The weather was beautiful, and he remembers somehow driving into the city without running into any traffic.

The interview went well, and he and the other crew members went to the top floor to get some B-roll footage.

They captured some of the final moments when the Twin Towers were left standing.

"We've met a lot of people on the same floor that the second plane hit the next day," he exclusively told The U.S. Sun.

Over two decades after the attack, he wonders how many employees he met that didn't make it out alive the following day.

Continue reading: https://www.the-sun.com/news/9034089/man-filmed-top-world-trade-center-before-attack/

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