TRADE CENTER WAS THE TARGET OF THE FIRST TERRORIST BOMBING.
AND SHEINELLE CAUGHT UP WITH A MAN WHO WAS THERE ON THATITH A
MAN WHO WAS THERE ON THAT FATEFUL DAY.
FATEFUL DAY. >> THAT FEBRUARY DAY, A MAN
NAMED KARL WAS TRAPPED IN AN
ELEVATOR KNOWING HE MAY NOT MAKE
IT OUT ALIVE. KARL WROTE A GOOD-BYE LETTER.
BUT THANKS TO FIRST RESPONDERS,
KARL GOT A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE
AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU DECADES LATER. TO SAY THANK
YOU DECADES LATER. >> TO MY FAMILY FROM DAD.
A FEW THOUGHTS IF I AM FATED TO
LEAVE YOU NOW.
>> Reporter: CHILLING,
BITTERSWEET WORDS.
BITTERSWEET WORDS.
>> I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. DO AWFULWONDERFUL THINGS IN YOUR
LIFE.
LIFE.
>> Reporter: WORDS HE THOUGHT MIGHT BE HIS LAST. HE THOUGHT
MIGHT BE HIS LAST. >> DOUG, MY BOY, DISCOVER
SECRETS TO CURE LOTS OF THE WORLDS PROBLEMS.LOTS OF THE
WORLDS PROBLEMS. >> Reporter: KARLS SECOND
CHANNELS INVOLVES A STUNNING
RESCUE AND A DARK DAY THAT WOULD
FOREVER CHANGE HISTORY. >> IT WAS A COLD, WINTRY
MORNING.
MORNING.
>> Reporter: FEBRUARY 26, 1993. EIGHT YEARS BEFORE THE 9/11993.
EIGHT YEARS BEFORE THE 9/11 ATTACKS, BEGAN LIKE MANY FOR
KARL, WHO WORKED IN BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE NOW FALLEN TWIN TOWERS.IN THOSE NOW FALLEN
TWIN TOWERS. >> I WAS HAVING AN IMPORTANT
MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER AT 2:00 THAT
AFTERNOON.
>> Reporter: HE GRABBED LUNCH TO GO, A MEAL HED NEVER FINISH.H TO
GO, A MEAL HED NEVER FINISH. >> I TOOK MY TAKEOUT SALAD BACK
INTO THE ELEVATOR FROM THE 43rd
FLOOR AND THE ELEVATOR STOPPED.
>> Reporter: THE ELEVATED
STOPPED.
STOPPED.
THE FOUR-WALLED CAR SUSPENDED IN
A HIGH SHAFT WHILE TON THINKABLE WAS HAPPENING.HILE TON THINKABLE
WAS HAPPENING. IN A GARAGE DEEP BELOW, A BOMB
HAD BEEN DETONATED.
TIM FERRELL WAS IN THE NYPD
EMERGENCY UNIT.
EMERGENCY UNIT.
>> SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF BOTH OF THE TOWERS.OMING OUT OF BOTH
OF THE TOWERS. >> Reporter: SOME 40 STORIES
ABOVE, KARL WAS ALL ALONE.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR?
>> BANGING, YELLING HELP.
>> Reporter: ECHOES FROM OTHERS,
SCARED AND TRAPPED, TOO.
>> IT GOT SMOKIER.
>> Reporter: BELOW HIM, UTTER
DEVASTATION.
DEVASTATION.
THE 1,200 POUND DEVICE IGNITED BY A TERRORIST CELL.CE IGNITED
BY A TERRORIST CELL. A HORRIFYING SCENE THAT KILLED
SIX AND INJURED MORE THAN A
THOUSAND.
THOUSAND. KNOWING HE MIGHT NOT LEAVE THAT
TINY METAL BOX, HE PENNED THAT
REMARKABLE LETTER TO HIS WIFE
AND THREE CHILDREN. >> DEEBBBIE, MY BEAUTIFUL GIRL,
GOOD.
GOOD.
JEFF, WHAT A TERRIFIC PERSON. STAY WELL AND MAKE GOODERSON.
STAY WELL AND MAKE GOOD DECISIONS, HELP PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THEN, POWER WENT
OUT.
OUT.
KARL WAS IN THE PITCH BLACK. >> A LOT OF THOUGHTS GO THROUGH
YOUR HEAD OF RATIONAL THINGS,
IRRATIONAL THINGS.
IRRATIONAL THINGS. >> Reporter: AGONIZING MINUTES
BECAME BLEAK HOURS.
AT THE SAME TIME, A MASSIVE
INCREDIBLE RESCUE OPERATION WAS
UNDER WAY.
UNDER WAY. TIM FERRELL, AMONG THE TEAMS
HELPING SAVE PEOPLE INSIDE.
COULD YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE ON
THE ELEVATORS TO LET THEM KNOW?
>> WE COULD NOT.
>> Reporter: WITHOUT
INFORMATION, KARL WAS TRAPPED IN
THAT ELEVATOR PRISON, FOR 5 1/2
STAGGERINGLY LONG, LONELY HOURS.
>> THE SHAFT MOVED.
WERE GOING UP.
>> Reporter: AMAZINGLY, HELP HAD
ARRIVED.
ARRIVED.
TIM AND HIS RESCUE TEAM PRIED OVER THE THICK DOORS.AM PRIED
OVER THE THICK DOORS. >> KARL WAS JOCULAR WHEN WE
OPENED UP THE DOOR.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> HE WASNT PANICKED OR UPSET. >> Reporter: WITHOUT INJURIES,
HE WAS TAKEN TO SAFETY.
SINCE THAT RESCUE 25 YEARS AGO,
TIM AND KARL HAVE NEVER SEEN
EACH OTHER UNTIL NOW.
>> UNCLE TIM, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> WHAT THE HELL TOOK YOU SO
LONG?
LONG? >> Reporter: WEREUNITED FOR THE
FIRST TIME BY THE 9/11 MEMORIAL
MUSEUM.
MUSEUM.
>> YOU HANDLED IT WELL THAT DAY. AND YOU GAVE A BREAK TO ME ANDY.
AND YOU GAVE A BREAK TO ME AND MY TEAMMATES.
MY TEAMMATES. >> Reporter: NOW, A QUARTER OF A
CENTURY LATER IN TRAGEDYS
HAUNTING FOOTPRINT, THE MEMORIES
ARE STILL RAW.
>> IN MY MINDS EYE, I CAN WALK
THROUGH MY FLOOR.
TO THINK THATS ALL DUST AND
DOESNT EXIST ANYMORE, ITS HARD
TO COMPREHEND THAT.
>> Reporter: AND KARL?
HES AS GRATEFUL AS THEY GET,
FOR A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE.
>> THANKFUL IVE SEEN MY
CHILDREN GROW.
CHILDREN GROW. I HAVE FIVE GRANDKIDS, A LOT OF
THINGS HAVE GONE WELL IN MY
LIFE.
>> SEVEN MEN WERE CONVICTED OF
PARTICIPATING IN THE BOMBING.
ONE IS STILL AT LARGE.
WE WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS
TO THE 9/11 MEMORIAL MUSEUM FOR THEIR HELP WITH THIS STORY ANDR
THEIR HELP WITH THIS STORY AND FOR ARRANGING SUCH A SPECIAL
REUNION.
REUNION. I WAS TALKING TO HIM, AND O SAID
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING IN AN
ELEVATOR FOR THAT LONG BY
YOURSELF?
YOURSELF? >> WHATS BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THE
REUNIONS, NOT ONLY DO THEY SEE
EACH OTHER AND SAY THANK YOU,
THEY GET TO HEAR THE LIFE THAT
WAS GIVEN BACK.
THIS IS WHEY WENT ON TO DO.