September 11th Survivor Florence Engorian Shares Her Story

Today marks 22 years since the September 11, 2001 attacks happened and while I still choke up when I think about the events of that day, I feel a different sadness now that I'm a mom. A deeper sadness.

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I can't help but think about all the children who lost their parents, an aching that I feel deep in my soul that wasn't as strong before I had a child of my own. How difficult this day must be for them to so publicly relive year after year. I also can't even wrap my head around what must have been going through the minds of the victims when they knew that there was no way they would ever be returning to their babies and that their kids would grow up without them.

On September 11, 2014, the Hawk Morning Show had the honor of speaking with an amazingly brave woman named Florence Engorian. Engorian not only survived the attack on the South Tower on September 11, 2001, but she was five months pregnant when the towers fell. This is her story.

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