People flee as the north tower of the World Trade Center collapses. Getty Images
When the first report comes on my radio that a plane has hit the north tower of the World Trade Center, I keep running. I turn to my neighbour jogging on the treadmill next to me and tell him a light aircraft has crashed into the corner of one of the towers.
Pamela WilliamsWriter-at-largePamela Williams is The Australian Financial Review’s writer-at-large.
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