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Christina Stanton Guides WTC Tour

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Christina Stanton leads a deeply personal walking tour of the World Trade Center site, recounting her firsthand experience on September 11, 2001. She begins outside a Burger King on Liberty Street, explaining its history as an NYPD staging area, then stops at the elevated park near the twin towers' footprint. She shares how she and her husband, Brian, lived at 21 West Street in July 2001, newlywed on the 24th floor with a terrace view.

Her tour, which once included her mother at Windows on the World restaurant, now starts and ends at the 25-ton Koenig Sphere. She recalls the impact of the first plane, watching smoke rise from the North Tower with Brian and their dog, Gabriel, before being blown back into their apartment. As the South Tower fell, they were engulfed in dust and smoke, recalling details like 47,000 employees and 40,000 doorknobs.

Her tour aims to preserve memory for younger generations, gripping listeners with escalating dread and silence.