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.
She is an investigative reporter and author, and has won six Walkley
Awards and the Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year Award. Email Pamela at pamela.williams@afr.com.au
