Amazin’ Conversations with Jay Horwitz
Aug 25, 2026 · 20 min · 10 segments
Retired Port Authority Police Officer Will Jimeno joins Jay Horwitz to share his extraordinary story of survival from September 11, 2001. Jimeno recalls arriving at the World Trade Center, surviving…
Will JimenoGuest
Jay HorwitzHost
Um, only a couple years ago I was away on September 11th, 'cause I do speaking engagements, and I was in Clover, California, where they have a beautiful, uh, memorial, the largest outside New York City.
Uh, my, my, my thing as a survivor is to never forget by sharing the story of courage from all my teammates, all, all the people I seen that day.
I was brought up by my mom, who told me, "Be proud of your heritage, but we're Americans.
We're gonna fly the flag." And I grew up watching all the black-and-white movies of American soldiers fighting for our freedoms.
... and all those soldiers, all those airmen, all those sailors that I would see molded me to join the military, join the Navy, and eventually become a police officer, and wanting to serve my community and my country.
Um, only a couple years ago I was away on September 11th, 'cause I do speaking engagements, and I was in Clover, California, where they have a beautiful, uh, memorial, the largest outside New York City.
Uh, my, my, my thing as a survivor is to never forget by sharing the story of courage from all my teammates, all, all the people I seen that day.
I was brought up by my mom, who told me, "Be proud of your heritage, but we're Americans.
We're gonna fly the flag." And I grew up watching all the black-and-white movies of American soldiers fighting for our freedoms.
... and all those soldiers, all those airmen, all those sailors that I would see molded me to join the military, join the Navy, and eventually become a police officer, and wanting to serve my community and my country.
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