Part 2—Segment 6

For the Single Mom Who Went to Work on a Tuesday

In reflecting on why he made the decision to go public, O’Neill talks about meeting some of the 9/11 families. “That’s the reason that we went, accepting death the way we did.” Driving it home, he shares, “It wasn’t for ourselves to get the big mission and have bragging rights. It was for the single mom that went to work on Tuesday morning and later that morning she made the conscious decision to jump to her death because it’s better than burning alive.”

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