Originally posted by Paula: | 14 Nov 2011 , 21:59 PM
September 9, 2011
So after all these years, a North Tower stairway hero kid rears on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Never before heard from until now...
Remembering 9/11: Broker Reunites With Boy He Helped Out of World Trade Center
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| Originally Posted by Fox News Producer Kathleen Foster How in 10 years have I never heard of a little boy escaping the Twin Towers on 9/11? That was my initial reaction when a friend told me about a World Trade Center bond broker who was looking for the little boy he helped get out of the South Tower on 9/11. I thought, is this a hoax? Then, I received an email with the broker’s phone number and decided to give him a call. Anthony DeBlase told me how the little boy in the stairwell saved his life. He was working for Eurobrokers on the 84th floor of the South Tower, when the first plane hit the North Tower. His brother, Jimmy, was in the North Tower, working for Cantor Fitzgerald. The two brothers were speaking on the phone when the first plane hit so they agreed to meet downstairs, outside. Anthony was making his way out when the second plane hit his building. In the crush of people running down the stairs, he met a little boy who had gone to work with his mother that day. Anthony said he thought the boy was in shock, so he took his hand, told him jokes and talked about sports until they parted ways in the lobby of the South Tower. He said that little boy gave him the courage and focus he needed to get out of the tower alive. Anthony’s brother was not as lucky. Ten years later, Anthony is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, so his doctor suggested he find the little boy to help him heal. He asked me to help. But, all Anthony could remember was that the boy was 9 years old and his name was Michael. That was all I had to go on. I suggested to my Bureau Chief, Kendall Gastelu, that we pitch Anthony as a guest segment. “Maybe the TV gods can help find the boy,” I remember saying to her. “No, you find the boy,” Kendall said. Despite feeling like this was the ultimate needle in a haystack, I started looking up 9/11 support groups and hunting around the internet for any news item that might mention a child surviving the attacks on The World Trade Center. That’s when I found a television clip online from 2006. It was an interview with 14-year-old Michael Yakubov and his mother, Margarita. I watched as Michael described how he went to work with his mother on 9/11. I got the chills when he said he met a nice man in the stairwell who talked to him about sports. This was the boy. But I still hadn’t found him. I started calling six phone numbers that could possibly belong to Michael’s mother. The first five were wrong. The very last one was right. A girl answered the phone and I asked for Michael. I heard him express surprise when she handed him the phone, “It’s for ME?” I told him why I was calling. “You mean the guy who was talking to me about sports? Yes, I remember him,” Michael said, and put his mother on the phone. Margarita Nisarova-Yakubov was working at Morgan Stanley on the 69th floor of the South Tower on 9/11. She brought her 9-year-old to work that day because he had a doctor’s appointment downtown. She told me she had often wondered what happened to the man in the stairwell who held her son’s hand and told him jokes. Did he survive? Did his sibling survive? She and Michael agreed to meet Anthony at ground zero. It was only the second time Michael had been back there since 9/11. I kept my distance as the three greeted each other for the first time.  As a journalist, I am accustomed to being an observer. Playing a role in reuniting Anthony with Margarita and Michael made me uneasy. But, watching them thank each other for saving their lives reminded me we are all people first.  |
There is no way in hell that a mother would leave her son behind in any situation.
Oh come on! Who would believe this story?
Fox News reunion video;
http://video.foxnews.com/v/115188234...r-and-the-boy/
Video link for MSNBC
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/vid...?cpkey=924f1b6
The MSNBC video contradicts the reunion story.
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