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Howard Lutnick, Larry Silverstein, Jim Pierce and Mitt Romney all had last-minute changes of plan that kept them out of the
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On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda hijackers took control of four commercial airplanes.
Key facts
- On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda hijackers took control of four commercial airplanes
- More than 30 of his kitchen staff died, and he has since raised nearly $25 million for restaurant workers’ families
- Her charity’s mascot doll, Little Red, was found in the rubble and now sits in the 9/11 Memorial & Museum
- Lutnick, then CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, worked out of the North Tower’s 105th floor and was normally at his desk by 6 a.m
Summary
The attacks reordered American life almost overnight, from airport security to two wars to a new Department of Homeland Security. Among them include current Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and former Senator Mitt Romney. Lutnick, then CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, worked out of the North Tower’s 105th floor and was normally at his desk by 6 a.m. “So it was my son Kyle’s first day of kindergarten,” he told NPR in 2016. Larry Silverstein, who had signed a 99-year lease on the Twin Towers weeks earlier, held daily breakfast meetings at Windows on the World, the restaurant located on the North Tower’s 106th floor. His wife booked him a dermatologist appointment for the morning of September 11 instead. Michael Lomonaco was the executive chef at Windows on the World.