Trapped On 86th Floor Of North Tower

Another call came from the floor 30 minutes later.

Trapped on 86th floor of north tower. 11 2001 abc news listeners heard the voice of james gartenberg speaking calmly and reassuringly while trapped on the 86th floor of the word trade center s north tower. The original one world trade center also known as the north tower tower 1 building one or 1 wtc was one of the twin towers of the original world trade center in new york city it was completed in 1972 stood at a height of 417 metres 1 368 ft and was the tallest building in the world until 1973 when surpassed by the sears tower in chicago it was distinguishable from its twin the. James gartenberg and patricia puma were on the 86th floor of tower 1 well below the bottom of the impact zone on the 94th floor. But they said that access to the exits was blocked by the.

It looked like the explosion came up through the elevator said ms. In the north tower at least 28 people were freed on the 86th and 89th floors by a small group of port authority office workers who pried open jammed doors. A moment earlier the walls shook the ceiling rattled. A new york fire department dispatcher receives a call from a man trapped on the 86th floor of the north tower.

There was a huge explosion. It looks like the firewall came down and i believe the stairs are on the other side of it accounts from the north tower. Calls came over and over from some of the same spots in the towers where pockets of people had sought shelter producing fragmentary narratives as conditions worsened. Those self assigned rescuers died.

This 34 year old port authority worker had begun the descent from his office on the 64th floor of the north tower via stairwell b and had reached what he believed was the 22nd floor when the. The new york times may 26 2002. Smoked poured into james gartenberg s office on the 86th floor of the north tower of the world trade center. Puma 33 of staten island.

Trapped on the 86th floor the operator said. Interview by jim dwyer 85th floor.