9/11 survivors: How reporter NJ Burkett, photographer Marty Glembotzky escaped Twin Towers

Eyewitness News reporter N.J. Burkett and photographer Marty Glembotzky rushed down to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. While shooting a standup right below the burning towers, the first tower began to collapse.

NEW YORK -- ABC7 New York Reporter N.J. Burkett and photographer Marty Glembotzky rushed down to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

While shooting a standup right below the burning towers, the first tower began to collapse.
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For the first time ever, in 2021, they returned to the scene where they ran for their lives.

Hear their powerful story of survival on that horrible day by watching the video in the media player above.

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September 11 survivors: Reporter and photographer share how they escaped Twin Towers collapse