Two Survivors Reunite After 911 | Omaha News

Twenty-five years after 9/11, two men who were unknowingly in the same place at the same time reunite—FBI agent Eugene Kowel, a prosecutor turned rescuer, and Port Authority officer Will Jimeno, one of the first responders trapped under rubble. Jimeno, unaware the south tower was hit, entered with his team; Kowel, fresh in his job, rushed to help. When the second plane struck, Jimeno witnessed a fireball and was buried under tons of debris. Kowel, drawing on his firefighting background, triaged victims before the collapse and later risked his life digging them out. Jimeno survived three hours underground, his se...