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9/11 Survivor Tells How He ‘Surfed’ 15 Floors Down The Collapsing Tower
A man has spoken about how he survived the collapse of the Twin Towers by “surfing” down the falling buildings on a block of concrete.
In the aftermath of 9/11, there were reports that one man had survived the collapse of the North Tower by “surfing” down the falling building, through a blizzard of debris.
However, the man was never traced and the story was dismissed as the stuff of legend.
Now documentary-makers have tracked down Pasquale Buzzelli, who believes he is “the world’s luckiest man” and gained expert testimony from rescuers, engineers, and eyewitnesses to piece together his story.
Mr Buzzelli, 43, told The Sun newspaper that he had avoided speaking publicly until now because he found it hard to talk about his experiences and felt “survivor guilt” after losing 14 colleagues in the tragedy.
Close to 3,000 people died in the 9/11 attacks, after four hijacked passenger planes were crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
The deaths included at least 200 of those at the Twin Towers who fell or jumped to their deaths.
Mr Buzzelli was in a lift in the North Tower when the first plane hit it between the 93rd and 99th floors, he said.
When the lift stopped, on floor 44, he saw scenes of panic, but the structural engineer who worked for the New York Port Authority continued to his own office on the 64th floor.
His wife Louise, then seven months’ pregnant told how her husband telephoned her, and asked her to switch on the television to find out what was going on.
biggest load of bulldust ever