Posted on 09/11/23
| News Source: FOX News
Millions of people in the United States and around the world turned on their televisions on 9/11 and saw a dreadful scene unfold in front of them. At 8:46 a.m., a hijacked plane crashed into 1 World Trade Center (north tower). At 9:03 a.m., another hijacked plane hit 2 World Trade Center (south tower). At 9:59 a.m., the south tower collapsed, and the north tower followed at 10:28 a.m.
During the time between the initial strikes on the towers and their collapse, those inside made phone calls to both emergency services and those closest to them. In the calls, you can hear words of encouragement victims provided to worried family members and friends, and concerned parties giving advice and consoling the trapped victims. One similarity among all recorded phone calls is that they display indescribable bravery in the face of horrific tragedy.
In 2009, a documentary was released titled "9/11 Phone Calls from the Towers." The release of this documentary shed new light on this dark day in American history, as it provided further insight on the thoughts of those inside the towers. Several courageous family members and friends of individuals who lost their lives inside the twin towers on 9/11 shared the conversations they had with the victims. Some are recorded phone messages, while other individuals shared a recitation of what the conversation was like on the day.
Here are the phone conversations from inside the twin towers on 9/11 as shared by the "9/11 Phone Calls from the Towers" documentary.
Jim Gartenberg was a real estate executive who was trapped on the 86th floor of the north tower. Gartenberg had just accepted a new job offer. He went into work at the north tower that day to clean out his desk. He made several calls, including one to his wife Jill.
"Jill, there's a fire on my floor. I love you, tell Nicole ‘I love you.’ I don't know if I'm going to be okay here-I love you so much," Gartenberg said in a message left to his wife. After initially hearing the message when she arrived to work that day, she was able to call back and reach her husband.