For both Fred and Janice, it was the beginning of a terrifying one hour and 42 minutes that would leave more than 2,800 innocent people dead and the Twin Towers, symbols of New York, shattered.

Everywhere the group passed through with the beam, people stood on overpasses and on the sides of roads, holding American flags, waving and cheering. The journey back with the beam “was so cool ...

“We saw a lot of people running towards the impact zone ... at the event and remembered being in the classroom when the Twin Towers were struck. Krohn works with the Freedom Flag Foundation ...