I was sitting at my trading desk in midtown Manhattan when I heard from a broker at Cantor that a plane hit the WTC. We turned on the tv' s but didnt see any footage for about 5 minutes. After the guy at Cantor called, a client from Fiduciary called to say that he was ok and was leaving the building---he never made it out and about 2 weeks later his mom called to see if we knew his last words. We ended up pulling our tapes and gave her the 3 minute conversation. Needless to say, I watched live as the second plane hit the other WTC.

I ended up trying to walk across the GW Bridge only to have cops on horseback close the bridge about 50 yds in front of me. After a near riot, I walked to a friends apartment on the East side of Manhattan. Went to work the next day and finally caught a ride home from a guy at work. I called in sick on that Thursday.

Never forget and hunt these people to the ends of the earth.