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Jim Riches Jim Riches is a deputy chief(retired), new york city fire department.He did 32 years in the fire department, before he retired. He had just graduated from college in 1997 and it was his first time working at in fire department. His son ”Jimmy” was a firefighter. He died on 9/11. He died in the North tower. He was at the very top of the buildning, trying to resuce people, when the buliding suddenly collapsed. Jim Riches was watching the news on 9/11, when they suddenly begang to talk about the twin towers getting attacked. Right away he decided to go to Mahantten to help his son and to see if he was still alive, but right when he arried the second twin tower got attacked and collapsed. He new right away that he was dead. From 9/11/2001 till May 30th 2001 Jim Riches had spent his entire time picking up bodies. Richard Fern-new jersey He was in the computer room when the light faded, they went out to check what was wrong. They saw the second tower in flames suddenly. Flame was so bad that , papers were flewing all over from the window. People were jumping out from the buildings. Richard was in the North tower on the 84 floor, he went over to take the elevator down but suddenly the 2nd plane came into the building under him, he went to the side, he fell on the floor in the elevator. He did not notice his other colleagues. He looked for the closets emergency door to go out, it was very dark and there was smoke all over the place. He went into the emergency door and ran down the stairs. Fortunately he found a open door and there was another room were there were no smoke in it. Then he kept runnijg down the stairs. He lifted up a wall and then he kept going down the stairs, he went more and more down and when he got to the 30rd floors his legs felt bad, but he kept going and went out of the bulding. After he went out of the building and he made a little bit away from the towers he collapsed he couldent do it anymore, then he noticed what had happend. He heard the south tower falling. People thought it was another plane. Everyone was running, and many people went through him. He got into a store/building with another man were they stayed there for a while, and then they went out and got over the brooklyn bridge.He tried to call home but he could not (no sign). The north tower started to fall when he was on the bridge but he would not look at it. All the cars was covered in sand and people in the cars was covered in dust too. He went to his wife cousins store and he broke down crying. His wifes cousin comforted him and called his wife and sister and said that he was ok. It was 4 am when he got home. it was one of the best things for him to see his family again. He is very thankfull for living now and that he is here to tell the story. Now he is always happy when he goes to work because it is a “good” day when there are not a plane crashing into your building.