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The Last Elevator

Published September 11, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

Michael Nestor, Liz Thompson and Richard Tierney rode in the last elevator down from Windows on the World in the moments before American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Hear their story.

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