Dad Cancelled Meeting at World Trade Center on 9/11 Because Son Was Born on the Wrong Day
Dad Cancelled Meeting at World Trade Center on 9/11 Because Son Was Born on the Wrong Day
It's been 20 years since the world was changed utterly - with the attack on the World Trade Center.
Thousands of lives were lost, the New York City skyline was changed forever, and it was a dark day, not just for the USA, but for the world awhole.
Now, a story has emerged of a child who saved his father by simple being born on the wrong day.
Keep scrolling to learn more.
20 years ago, history was made in one of the most horrific terrorist attacks on U.S. soil that have ever taken place.
This deadly attack was carried out by the terrorist organization, al Qaeda, who ultimately took the lives of nearly 3,000 innocent people and injured 6,000 more.
The attacks consisted of members of the terror group hijacking airplanes around the country...
A total of 4 airplanes from major U.S air carriers United Airlines and American Airlines were hijacked and flown directly into targets. 2 were crashed into both towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, another was crashed into the Pentagon in Washington D.C, and the final flight was crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after crew and passengers valiantly fought back against the hijackers.
Many lost their lives as they were stuck in the towers of the World Trade Center...
There were hundreds of people working on the floors above where the planes hit, and those who weren't killed instantly by the impact were stranded in their tiny offices with nowhere to escape the rapidly burning fire from the jet fuel.
This was a truly devastating sight to see...
People were seen desperately hanging out of their windows and waving t-shirts and rags in an attempt to catch attention and get help.
Nobody imagined what would happen next...
People began falling from the windows, plummeting thousands of feet to their deaths. The hardest thing to accept about this fact is that these poor souls were jumping, rather than falling. They were jumping because they couldn't take the raging heat of the burning towers no longer, and jumping out was their only escape.
This shocked not only the nation but the entire world...
But despite these devastating views, photographers captured chilling images that would go down in our world's history.
The towers eventually collapsed, causing utter havoc across New York City...
And shortly afterward, the Pentagon in Washington D.C was struck by a third plane. A fourth plane in the terrorist plot was hijacked but thanks to the bravery of the passengers on board, it crashed in a field near Shanksville.
September 11th continues to be one of the most harrowing days that our country has experienced...
And every year, without fail, we come together to remember those who gave their own lives to try and save others on that fateful day.
The emergency services of New York came together on that day...
And they didn't stop working around the clock for weeks following the tragedy.
The NYC Fire Department had never seen anything like it.
Firefighters from across the state selflessly ran into the burning buildings in a desperate attempt to save as many lives as possible.
343 firefighters were killed on that day in the line of duty...
And every year since, they have been commemorated and remembered for their heroic and life-saving actions.
It's utterly painful to think about...
And these heroic firefighters deserve to have their memories remembered just as much as they did nineteen years ago.
And alongside these brave men, there are other heroes from this tragic day.
And one story recently did the rounds online.
About a canine hero guide dog, Roselle.
She managed to lead owner Michael Hingson, a sales manager for Fortune 500 company Quantum to safety amidst the chaos.
But the latest 9/11 story that is being shared online.
Is all about TikToker Mark Bowling who went viral for sharing his story just a few days ago.
Mark Bowling saved his father's live on 9/11. But not in the way you'd think.
Taking to TikTok, Bowling said that his story is a one in a million story.
His father always wanted to have a son.
However it didn't happen. Instead he had three daughters... But his dad kept trying and eventually the good news came.
And Mark wasn't born on his due date... Instead he was born on September 11th 2001.
On that day, his father was scheduled to have a meeting on the 101st floor of the Twin Towers - meaning certain death. When his father heard that Mark was being born, he cancelled the meeting and rushed to the hospital. So Mark saved his father's life, simply by being born.
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