Ari Schonbrun, an executive at the firm of Cantor Fitzgerald,
made a harrowing escape from the 78th floor of the World Trade Center
NBC News (2006): From the Ashes of 9/11, Religious
Inspiration
Ari Schonbrun experienced first-hand the terror of Sept. 11,
2001. He came away with a reinforced faith in the power of God.
We make no claim of Mr. Schonbrun having received any
advance notice about the attacks of September 11. Our purpose is to document
the event -- while noting the long list of VIP miracles that occured on that
fateful day.
In 1971, at the age of 14, Schonbrun's family moved to Israel, where he would later attend Bar Ilan University before returning to the United States. He worked at the Israeli-founded United Mizrachi Bank for 10 years rising to the position of head trader. In 1993, he went to work at Cantor Fitzgerald. Long active in Jewish causes, he was also a member of Partners in Torah study group. (here)
Schonbrun's office at CF was located on the deadly 101st floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower. As the story goes, a series of delays left him running late that morning, placing him on the 78th floor (where the first leg of the elevator journey stops) when the first plane struck. Thrown to the ground by the impact and surrounded by smoke, fire, and chaos, Schonbrun is said to have helped a badly burned colleague to safety and was thrown into the national spotlight thereafter. How someone could have been "badly burned" on the 78th floor when the "plane" struck between the 93rd & 99th floors seems to defy explanation. Only 4 of Schonbrun's 662 co-workers present that day survived.
From the Description: "A series of seemingly ordinary delays left him running late that morning, placing him on the 78th floor when the first plane struck. Thrown to the ground by the impact and surrounded by smoke, fire, and chaos, Ari began searching for a way out. That search brought him to Virginia, a severely burned coworker who begged him not to leave her. Ari made her a promise and helped her down dozens of flights of stairs." Question: Doen't smoke RISE? So how did the fire and smoke from the upper floors make it all the way down to the 78th floor??? Just askin'.
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