Article October 8, 2001 Issue

IN THE SHADOW OF THE WTC

'I just dropped down on the sidewalk and started praying.'

By Chris Meyer

Chris Meyer, an actor, stepped out of the World Trade Center subway station moments after the second tower had been hit by a hijacked jetliner. He'd just finished working a graveyard shift, proofreading legal documents in Upper Manhattan. He was on his way to jury duty at a courthouse three blocks north of the Center.

The next day, Chris spoke with the Sentinel about what he'd witnessed that morning and how he'd responded.

The street was packed with people. Somebody said, "A plane ran into the World Trade Center." But at that point, nobody really grasped what that meant.

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