He Was Inside the Twin Towers on 9/11. Only 4 of His 662 Coworkers Survived.

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25 years ago the world changed forever on September 11th. And I sat down just a few years ago with someone named Ari Schonbrun. And Ari was in the World Trade Center [music] when the planes hit those towers. He survived, fortunately. And I sat down with him and I heard his story, which is nothing short of a miracle every step of the way from the decisions he made when he woke up that morning and how he got [music] home back to his wife and kids that night. Cannot think of a better time to re-share this story as we mark 25 years of a terrible day. This is Ari Schonbrun's [music] story. >> Welcome. Thank you so much for for taking the time out of your busy schedule and being here. I wanted to sort of start off by saying that something that I was discussing with Momo um earlier was it's crazy that people listening to this I would say a big chunk of people listening to this were not even alive when 9/11 took place in 2001. And for you, who someone who experienced so much on that day is what what's a thought like that? It's it's must be crazy to think like that. >> Um it is. Um I it it it's so often that I come across, you know, people and um the invariably the conversation goes towards 9/11 and I would ask. I said, um do you remember 9/11? They go um I wasn't born yet. And I go like oh. But then I realized, you know what? It's 21 years ago. Guess, you know, when you start out going to school, all right, by 21 in general, all right, not really in the firm world, but in the in the in the

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2. 5:47>> I think I'm I'm like a >> You're in that sweet spot. >> I'm in…
3. 12:07trauma responses. We're We're not processing information. >> flight. >> Correct. So, um, you know, I…
4. 18:19>> [laughter] >> Monty Hall is going to come over for 100 bucks for a flashlight.…
5. 24:40thing, person, being, angel, saved our lives that day. So, we come out on the first…
6. 30:58And I saw him. And I literally ran to him. I grabbed him. I hugged him.…
7. 37:23spend time with my family, you could blink and it's all it's just all gone. >>…
8. 43:46There were four people that survived from Cantor Fitzgerald in the in those upper offices, and…
9. 50:01let me into the house. >> A Jewish mother is a Jewish mother. >> Take your…
10. 56:17it, if he's given that, you know, issue to you, that means you can beat it.…

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