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2006-09-11

On 9/11/2001 I was on my way to my doctors office on Park Avenue in NYC as I often did many times.I commute to NYC by way of the NJ Transit and I always use PATH trains to go to NYC afterwards.The PATH train took me to the WTC as usual and then about a minute after the train got to the WTC the building went under attack.I seen much chaos with many people running out of the concourse.I was actually one of the very first people out of there but the sight was so horrifying it was beyond belief.I was almost totally blinded by the falling mountain of debris and paper from the damaged floors up above.I was so very lucky I did not get hit by something solid falling from above like typewriters or furniture and worst of all innocent people who worked in those upper offices.I got out and started heading to the walkway by the Hudson River and by then I seen the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower.I was clear of the debris and could clearly see the 2nd attack.I was still too close to the WTC so I started running away from there by way of the Hudson River walkway.When the 2nd plane hit I did notice something that really shook me up.I actually thought the building was going to be knocked over and fall on me.The hit caused a tremendous swaying of that tower and the 1st tower that was hit also started swaying.I was running to safety by then but I did not look back until I got past Canal St. by way of the Hudson River walkway.I kept moving further away and by this time the towers were both collapsing.Fortunately I was far enough away the smoke was no where near me.It was a sight I will never forget for the rest of my life.