Port Authority Police Officer Will Jimeno was pulled from the rubble in Manhattan after being trapped for 13 hours
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- Port Authority Police Officer Will Jimeno was pulled from beneath rubble on Sept. 11, 2001
- He spent 13 hours pinned beneath a slab of concrete and was gravely wounded
- Jimeno was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in New York City, where he underwent eight surgeries
After rescuers finally pulled Port Authority Police Officer Will Jimeno from beneath the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center towers late on Sept. 11, 2001 — following 13 hours pinned beneath a slab of concrete and gravely wounded — he looked up at the late-night sky.
“Where is everything?” Jimeno asked a firefighter.
“It’s all gone, kid,” he replied…