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Sean Rooney was working in the south tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

He was on the 105th floor when the planes hit. Amid the chaos, he called his wife, Beverly, the love of his life since high school.

Talking to her kept him calm as he searched desperately for a way out. But everywhere Sean turned, there was smoke and fire. He was trapped.

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