Jay Jonas

But before that, the United States has been marking 25 years since the deadliest terror attack in history, 9-11.

When one of the four hijacked planes used in the attack was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York, firefighter Jay Jonas and his crew were sent to rescue people.

As the two towers targeted by the planes collapsed, Jay and his crew astonishingly survived.

He's been telling Rowan Bridge how.

8.46 in the morning.

A Boeing 767 has just been deliberately flown into the north tower of the World Trade Centre.

Firefighter Jay Jonas and his colleagues raced to the scene.

As others fled, Jay ran into the tower lobby to be briefed on his role.

A Boeing 767 has just been deliberately flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

Firefighter Jay Jonas and his colleagues race to the scene.

As others fled, Jay ran into the tower lobby to be briefed on his role.

There was a line of fire officers waiting to speak to the chief in charge, who was Pete Hayden.

Finally, a third mayday came in that says, "Is there anybody out there can help us?" He says, "Sorry, Mike, I can't help you." And I went back down the stairs, and that was the last I heard from, from Mike.

He passed after that.

Buried under the twisted metal, burning jet fuel, and collapsed masonry of the North Tower, Jay Jonas realized he and his team probably wouldn't be able to get themselves out.

The rescuers would have to be rescued.

The man with the red bandana was Crowther.

couldn't make it out ling yong one of the people that he had helped she survived now do you remember jay jonas the firefighter who had gone into the north tower with his crew they were still inside that building they had climbed to the 27th floor and they stopped briefly for water and a rest then they heard a roar then the tower started shaking the building next door had collapsed jay knew that they needed to get out of their own tower too he said he told his crew to turn around and start heading back down when they reached the 28th floor they came across a woman called josephine harris she was 59 years old she worked as a bookkeeper for the port authority she had been making her own way down but she was really struggling with her leg and she couldn't manage the rest of the stairs on her own Now these firefighters, they were trying to get out before this tower fell.

Stopping would slow them down but they were not just going to leave this woman.

So they started helping Josephine down the stairs.

she couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that her office did not exist anymore then she started asking about the people that she worked with again and again her husband had to tell her they didn't make it canto fish gerald her company had lost 658 employees lauren also hadn't seen her baby tyler for 67 days while she was in hospital he had turned one he had learned to walk then one day he finally visited he didn't recognize her at first then she tried singing a lullaby that she sang to him a lot you know and he turned towards her and smiled so she went home in march of 2002 but going home did not mean that she was well again there were more operations years of treatment all of that ahead they remember brian birdwell the army officer that was burned at the pentagon he also faced a very long recovery he went through 39 operations and he stayed months in the hospital He eventually retired from the army in 2004 and he later entered politics.

In 2010, he was elected to the Texas Senate.

Then Jay Jonas, our firefighter, remember? He continued his career in the fire service.

He and the firefighters who had helped Josephine stayed connected with her.