9/11 Aniversary

Mon, Sep 9th 2013 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am

New York Rotary club honors heroes in 9/11 anniversary remembrance


Mon 9th Sept ----------- Speaker Luddite John MacKail
John gave a moving talk to coinside with the 12th anniversary of 9/11 disaster on 11th September 2001. John outlined the Rockefeller / World Trade Twin towers. Construction began in 1966 and cost an estimated $1.5 billion. One World Trade Center was ready for its first tenants in late 1970, though the upper stories were not completed until 1972; Two World Trade Center was finished in 1973. Excavation to bedrock 70 feet below. They became the tallest towers in New York at 1368 feet from the previous tallest Empire State building at 1250'. John then gave chilling statistics of the the World Trade Center towers which were destroyed by terrorist attacks in 2001, 2749 workers died in the twin towers 77% male, 29 police and 340 firemen died, 246 on the 4 planes that crashed, 292 people were killed at street level by burning debris. John then showed a Rotary International video featuring President Helen Reisler the first lady president of the Rotary Club of New York 2001-2. How "America's Host Club" Responded to 9-11 In the video below, members of the Rotary Club of New York recall how the club took action after the attacks on the World Trade Center twelve years ago.
How "America's Host Club" Responded to 9-11 from Rotary International on Vimeo.
Big thanks to John for showing this video to remind us of the 9/11 disaster and the part Rotary played in the aftermath of the attacks.
Links - New York club honors heroes in 9/11 anniversary remembrance
- World Trade Centre
- Tallest buildings in New York

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