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Civilian Armada Ferried 500,000 to Safety

(DOUG KANTER/AFP via Getty Images)

Wednesday, 08 September 2021 06:27 AM EDT

It’s one of the incredible acts of 9/11 heroism that’s mostly been forgotten.

Hundreds of thousands of Wall Street-area workers fled for their lives as hijacked jets slammed into the Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan — only to find themselves trapped with no escape.

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It's one of the incredible acts of 9/11 heroism that's mostly been forgotten. Hundreds of thousands of Wall Street-area workers fled for their lives as hijacked jets slammed into the Twin Towers...
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