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I Was 13 When My Father Was Killed On 9/11. It’s Taken Me 20 Years To Heal.
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“My childhood came crashing down alongside those towers.”
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. While our country commemorates our shared national tragedy, for me, this milestone memorializes the abrupt end of my childhood and continues to impact my life in unexpected, life-shattering ways. My father, Steven Jacobson, worked on the 110th floor of One World Trade Center. He served as chief broadcast engineer for WPIX and tended to the transmitter to maintain a clear and crisp TV signal. During thunderstorms, he would scale the ladder inside the tower’s 360-foot antenna to make his adjustments. Over the 22 years he held this job, the signal crashed for a total of only two hours. One time, he even revived the signal using his shoelaces.More Related News