'We came to the States just to see the Towers,' Argentinean couple says
Submitted on September 19, 2001 - 12:00am.
Federico Arellano - Fall 2001
“If we had gotten to New York City an hour earlier, I would have been dead,” Gonzalo Vidal, said. “The first thing I wanted to do the moment I got here was to go to the Towers, even without unpacking, and just lie on the ground to look at all their height.” When Vidal saw the column of thick swirling smoke and the World Trade Center burning, he could barely believe his eyes.
He turned, still confused, to the Indian cab driver. His wife, Claudia, an Argentinean as well, tightly grabbed his hand. “ ‘Yes, yes, those are the Trade Center Towers,' the taxi driver said, and told us that two planes had crashed into them,” he remembered. Then they saw a strange spectacle: dozens of police cars, ambulances and motorcycles passing them in the emergency traffic lane. This was their first time in the Big Apple, the capital of the world, and they thought it was the normal rhythm of the city.
He turned, still confused, to the Indian cab driver. His wife, Claudia, an Argentinean as well, tightly grabbed his hand. “ ‘Yes, yes, those are the Trade Center Towers,' the taxi driver said, and told us that two planes had crashed into them,” he remembered. Then they saw a strange spectacle: dozens of police cars, ambulances and motorcycles passing them in the emergency traffic lane. This was their first time in the Big Apple, the capital of the world, and they thought it was the normal rhythm of the city.
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