VIDEO: An Arkansan and former Manhattan firefighter was one of many first responders rushing to the scene of the World Trade Center to save lives.
Lazerus Thompson was 21 years old. He woke up and went to work like any other day, ready to fight fires from the Manhattan Fire Station 2.
“It was just a regular day, and then it was like breaking news,” Thompson said.That was until he heard the fire tone ring out for the World Trade Center. They then turned the sirens on without fully understanding what they would be driving into.
“We geared up, took off and we did what we had to do to help the people out of the building,” Thompson said.
It was later determined that at 8:46 a.m., hijacked Flight 11 hit the north tower of the World Trade Center; as evacuations began, hijacked Flight 175 hit the south tower at 9:03 a.m.